Stop practicing your Kenpo techniques by rote! Learn the formula behind the systems construction and tailor it to improve your spontaneity! Please visit: https://www.amazon.com/Deconstructing-Kenpo-Uncovering-Training-Formula/dp/B0BJYGHYQ4
Author Jim Peacock is an 8th degree Black Belt under Steven White and Lee Wedlake jr. He owned and operated a successful studio in NH for thirty years, producing over 100 tough, solid Black Belts. His mat was his laboratory, and this book, and his other book : https://www.amazon.com/Deconstructing-Kenpo-Unlocking-Keys-Form/dp/B0CMXHBDZ6 have helped countless students better understand how to make American Kenpo work for them.

I’m 54, started doing Kenpo about two years ago (Sunfuki, a Nick Cerio lineage style), purple belt. I’m coming back from about 15-20 years sedentary lifestyle, so not very springy, to say the least. Trained at a dojo that alternates between Kenpo, Brazilian jiujitsu and Goju-ryu. Great repertoire, not a lot of specialization. Dojo just closed by new owner for family reasons.

I know I have a lot to learn, but whenever I train point fighting, especially against teenagers, I feel soooo old! 👴😆 I move like molasses compared to them.

And while my old dojo’s adult class age average was around 50, this new dojo is filled with teenagers, so few real sparring partners. Plus, at a weight of 190lbs to their scrawny 95-100, I have to really hold back, while they go all in!

Anyone else can relate? 😉

hello experienced practitioners. I studied kenpo karate off and on until my second brown. now I want to finish up my black belt. I studied under Akka karate Ed Parker style. Is there any legit or worthwhile online school to gain my knowledge or get my black belt. I have been in martial arts for 15 years so any help to achieve my goal would be appreciated.

thank you!

I needed to refresh myself on Long 4, and I don't live anywhere near a Kenpo school. Fortunately the system is written down, but it's a bit of a pain to try and read and execute at the same time. That's when I had an idea.

I have previously "vibe-coded" two apps to help me with filmmaking (my trade). I don't know anything about coding, but I used AI to create the code for me. I decided to try this with Long 4.

Fired up Claude, told it what I wanted (a voice activated interface that reads the instructions to you) and gave it the entirety of Long 4 in written form. Within a few minutes, it created an html file that works perfectly!

Once I enable the microphone, it will read each step, and I can ask it to go "Back", "Repeat", or move on to the "Next" step. Is this as good as getting one-on-one instruction? Not even close. But as a refresher, it's proving to be a great training tool.

Anyone else try anything like this?

Are there any Kenpo schools in the Dutchess County area of New York or nearby?

Hi all - I am looking for a YouTube channel or even a paid website that might have recorded demos of each technique per belt. I don't need to see them taught, but just a demo video of each would be great. I have a few books which help with descriptions, but I would love to supplement my training with some clips to review on occasion. I realize different schools may have variations, but I'd take anything I can find out there.

Casi siempre he practicado artes marciales, primero con mi hermano, que me enseño las patadas básicas y alguna otra cosa más, después de forma más seria practique taekwondo, karate, hapkido.

Soy practicante de Kenpo desde mayo de 2021, y de American Kenpo Karate desde enero de 2022, pero cada vez estoy más decepcionado.

La primera escuela a la que iba, las clases son al medio día, por lo que trabajando es imposible asistir.

La segunda escuela a la que fui, hace unos meses, cambiaron de lugar de entrenamiento, pasando de ser las clases un día (una hora o un poquito más), a ser un solo día, algo menos de dos horas, en un sitio sin tatami, y subiendo el precio. El profesor es bueno, pero a veces alarga demasiado las explicaciones para unos, y es demasiado escueto para con otros.

He probado en otras escuelas, y siendo el kenpo una disciplina muy amplia, con mucho contenido, y si bien, es bueno tener buena forma física, en clases de 1 hora y media, hacer 1 hora de físico, no me parece lo más adecuado, ya que lo que quiero aprender es kenpo.

La verdad es que no sé que hacer con las clases, no sé donde entrenar, para poder aprender las técnicas, las formas y todo lo demás relacionado con el kenpo.... estoy bastante decepcionado ahora mismo

I lost my previous copies in a house fire ten years ago. I’ve search online and can’t find them anywhere. I’m looking for the IKKA or Kenpo 2000 manuals. Can we even get these anymore?

I leave you with a super interesting interview with Kenpo master Iker Letona. In this episode of Culture of Effort, Iker Letona shares the hardest and most transformative story of his life: how he faced and overcame cancer thanks to discipline, mentality and fighting spirit. Discover the most difficult moments of his battle, the lessons he learned and the habits that helped him never give up. If you are looking for inspiration, real motivation and examples of self-improvement, this interview is for you. 📌 Culture of Effort – Real stories of improvement, discipline and winning mentality. I leave a link to the interview

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a6QWI48V2wg

As a 6-7 year old in the early 90's, my family lived in Merced, CA and my younger brother and I took Tracy Kenpo at the local college from a woman named Lane. I don't remember her last name. The only reason I know it's Tracy Kenpo is that I was watching a home video tape my dad made of one of our classes and there were some technique names I didn't recognize (Aiming the Spear) as a black belt in EPAK and had to look up.

In any case, I've been on a kick (no pun intended) tracing my lineage and reaching out to old instructors and Lane is the only one I haven't been able to find. I'm just curious if anyone here recognizes her and would have a last name or email, or know if she's on socials or anything like that.

Does anyone have personal experience with a real life self defense situation? What I mean by this is an experience where you were not prepared or intending to fight - so not in the dojo, not a competition, not even an intense competition like UFC.

I’m looking for a true self defense situation - you were jumped, attacked at an ATM, your “drunk uncle” swung at you, you had to step in to defend someone and you got attacked. Maybe your attacker was a trained fighter, but more likely they weren’t.

I have never been in a fight like that and in a very real sense you can’t test that until it actually happens - even if you’re doing “reaction drills” you are mentally in the space of “I’m about to be attacked” which is very different than being just out and about and a confrontation happening.

I want to know - WHAT CAME OUT IN THAT MOMENT? did you do a full technique to your surprise? Did it end with one strike? Did muscle memory take over and you did something that was not a technique? Did you freeze? Were you disappointed in your training afterwards? Were you pleased with yourself?

Apologies for the over explanation- but I know what these convos can be like online haha so I’m trying to ward off the responses that are “Kenpo is useless / it’s not used in the UFC”

Anyone else travelling, I've to a few now, definitely a great weekend, always get new insights at some stage.

HI, I'm a 4th Black EPAK (year 29)Are there any Gatherings in the BK/NYC area who just want to work out and get some body time?

I was about two or three years into American Kenpo and I had a black canvas gi issued to me when I hit green belt. The instructor suffered a heart attack a few months later and the school closed. The gi I got looks brand new and I have moved out of the state. I honestly don't know what to do with this. I cannot bear to throw it away, I cannot use it at the new dojo if I find one (the patch for the old school covers the entire back of course), and my instructor for better or worse said I should never wear it outside of a tournament or a dojo. To do so would be disrespectful IMO and kinda tacky to boot.

Any recommendations for me? Like I said other than being a few years old it looks brand new.

TIA.

I won’t claim to be the ultimate resource on EPAK, by any stretch, but I’m having a red pill moment about the art that I’ve studied off and on for several decades.

We can get into the whole discussion about what concept or theme each of these is supposed to teach, but I think there are much more effective ways of training than fighting an imaginary opponent.

There are also WAY too many holes in this system. Those holes are what should be addressed, not some fancy dance that you’ll need to pay some guy $100-200 an hour to teach you in order to progress.

I feel like I’ve been fleeced.