I stumbled across the @mangjitsu youtube channel and the creator there has helpfully created playlists with demonstrations of some Tracy Kenpo techniques by rank. I always appreciate folks who make the arts more accessible to others, especially in an organized way. If you are curious about Tracy Kenpo or looking for some resources, drop by and give them a like or subscribe.
Here’s an example from the blue belt playlist – Advancing Phoenix:
Although not a ‘Shaolin Kempo’ form, many folks are adding elements from the Nick Cerio’s Kenpo material, and some might do his Bo forms. Here’s a nice example of Cerio No Kon Dai performed by Shihan Régis Poirier.
The Tracy Kenpo lineage had a splinter Tracy/Connors group, and I was lucky enough to meet a practitioner of this particular flavor of Kenpo years ago at a ‘Gathering of Eagles’ in Las Vegas. I’ve always felt that the Tracy and Parker flavors of Kenpo had their pluses, but somehow the intense taxonomy of techniques left a sterile flavor in my mouth. It reminds me of my work in a behavioral program where traditional learning generalization was expected through learning enough examples was replaced with a more loose process where the learning was varied so you wouldn’t be stumped by a small change in the situation. This video, although well produced, gives a good example of my concerns with the methodology.
