Ed Parker Jr. has been kind enough to type in belt manuals into Kenpotalk posts. These manuals were in the final stages of pre-print at the time of Ed Parker’s passing. Please check them out, but don’t be reselling them, etc.
EPAK Manuals from Ed Parker, Jr.
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Northern California Kenpo Gathering
I just saw a posting about a gathering in California this coming fall. It benefits women and children at risk (although I’m not clear exactly how, but I’m taking their word). It features some big name instructors – Steve Labounty, Professor James Muro, Dr. Ted Sumner, Professor Bob White, Dr. Ron Chapel and more. Contact Dave Crouch for more information.
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Tigi Mataalii – Kempo Senior?
I was perusing Youtube, and thought I found a nice little kempo variant. Tigi Mataalii has channel on Youtube where he posts lessons. As with any other person I wasn’t familiar with, I did a little homework. Depending on where you look, he’s a student of Professor chow, Sam Kuoha earned a third dan under him, he’s an Olympic medalist in Judo in 1968 and Judo and Karate in 1976, and a breaking world record holder. Sounds great! Except…
Judo wasn’t in the 1968 Olympics, and Karate hasn’t been ever. There’s no record of Tigi Mataalii winning an Olympic Medal. He apparently got booed off the stage for precutting his ice, and Chow didn’t know him. John Bishop smacks him down pretty well at the Kajukenbo Cafe. What’s the deal.
After the jump there’s also an obnoxious video demonstrating one of his ‘signature chi breaks’, by some kid in his kitchen. Obnoxiousness after the jump.
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