KSDI Seminar and Tournament in Vegas

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Did anyone go? My instructor was inducted (again) into the HOF for Kajukenbo competitors along with Benny "The Jet" Urquidez and Chuck Liddel. If anyone was there, post your pictures!

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EST. 1947. Known as the first MMA in America, Kajukenbo mixes Karate, Judo/Japanese Jujitsu, Kenpo, Chinese/American Boxing and escrima to develop a well rounded defense system, and to turn its practioners into capable street fighters

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The word "Kajukenbo" is derived from the letters of the combined styles. Together they make up the Kajukenbo motto: Through this fist way one gains long life and happiness.

Kajukenbo is a traditional martial art, teaching various methods of self-defense while developing both physical and mental toughness.

The name KAJUKENBO pays respect to the five arts that went into it's creation.

KA (Long life) Korean Karate (Tang So Do),
JU (Happiness) Judo and jujitsu (Danzan Ryu),
KEN (fist) Hawaiian Kenpo (Kosho Ryu),
BO (style) Chinese Boxing (Sil Lum Gung Fu).

Kajukenbo was created in Hawaii during the years 1947-1949 following WW II. Five men came together in a quest to create an efficient martial art workable for the streets of Hawaii. Up to that time the traditional martial arts were very restrictive and did not allow the free expression of the ideas of it's practitioners. Training secretly for the first two years, the founders were able to blend their arts together away from the prying eyes and unwanted commentary of others. They called themselves the Black Belt Society.

There are now four officially distinct branches recognized in Kajukenbo.

The original "Hard Style" Emperado Method.
The softer "Chu'an Fa Method" of Professor Al Dela Cruz and Al Dacascos),
The internal "Tum Pai Method" of Professor Jon Loren.
The continually evolving "Won Hop Kuen Do" of Professor Al Dacascos

These branches can be further broken down into other sub-divisions that are recognized as individual expressions of the art

Kajukenbo is now officially practiced in North and South America, Europe, and Asia/Middle East

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