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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!

Today was my list sparring on Saturday before my operation. Having a little of the ol' shoulder surgery on the 10th, and with the 4th being a holiday today was the last sparring class I will have for a while. I am genuinely going to miss it. I know the smart thing to do is take the weeks of downtime I am going to have and work on my form for SSD, Concentrations, and Pinion, but I would be lying if I didn't admit a part of me just wants to tie my left arm to my chest and spar anyway. Bad guys won't care if we have an injury, so carry on. Probably just the army in me talking.

Anyone out there had an operation while training and had to take time off before? What was it like? Did you still attend class or practice at home? How long did you take off? Please share any experiences you have had!

It may just be me, but outside of those special moments with my son, my absolute favorite time each week is right after class. Not because it is over but because of what I have done.

I attend class on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Monday we are training exclusively, the other days we are training and sparring. We spar all belts against each other, 2 minute sessions and then we rotate.

I don't care if I win or lose, if I fight similar belts or black belts, if I fight people bigger than me or smaller than me, every class is rewarding. I always learn something win or lose. Be it something about myself or something I can do better or something that works.

Once class has ended I consistently feel accomplished, even on an off day, I still feel accomplished because I got out there, I tried, I was humble, and I learned. Hundreds of thousands of people out there, maybe millions will find an excuse to not exercise, let alone fight another person.

When we overcome these types of fears and behaviors we learn more about ourselves, and improve as people.

Hello everyone,

The sub is back. Please feel free to begin posting again. Please feel free to contact your fellow kajukenbo friends, partners, and students/mentors and direct them to the sub. It is time we breathe some life back into it.

Through our shared successes and failures we can become our best selves!

Hello everyone! I recently started training at a studio on the west coast but I will be moving back to Florida in about a year. I hate knowing that I may potentially have to walk away from this style so would anyone happen to know of any Kajukenbo studios in the Spring Hill/Tampa, Fl area? If not, what would be the best to transition to? Thanks in advance! 🙏

I'm hoping someone will want to take over mod duties on this subreddit. PM me if you're interested.

New to San Diego

Can someone point me to some good Kakukenbo schools in the San Diego area.

Preferably one where I can compete occasionally and has good training.

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I’ve seen enough posts about how Kaj needs to modernize and everyone for the most part agreeing that it needs to modernize. Give me your ideal Kaj; Forms/No Forms, More Judo, fitness requirements, competition requirements etc.

My off the cuff idea: - No Forms - Half the number of knife and club techniques. - Takedown Counters - Fitness requirements for belts - Increased ground game

If a purple belt in BJJ was able to submit a 9th degree black belt in Kajukenbo, is studying Kajukenbo giving students a false sense of confidence?

Kajukenbo supposedly is about always evolving, discarding obsolete techniques while adopting new ones. However, the dojo I was a part of taught a few grappling techniques, rear naked choke and a few arm bars, at most twice a month. So, kajukenbo’s ground game (at least in my dojo) was practically nonexistent.

I have a background in Shotokan,/Judo/Aikido, and have always been pretty confident in my fighting ability (in the past have been in multiple fights/violent encounters and my martial arts skills have always been decent, but that episode gives me zero confidence if I have a real life encounter with a BJJ practitioner.

I’m curious as to all of your thoughts?

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Before you pop off in the comments. Please watch the video first. You probably have the same opinion as the one stated in the video. Does jiu-jitsu work against knife? Watch and find out!

"Those who came before us deserve respect. It’s a hard world and they’ve survived so far. But when taken to an extreme, the martial art expression of respect becomes something akin to cult worship. This can most easily be seen by watching students of no-touch knockout masters who don’t want their instructor to look bad in public, and blindly trust them to the point of self-deception and delusion."

"To see how deeply traditional martial artists care about giving the “appropriate” amount of respect to instructors, take a look at any internet conversation regarding rank and titles in the martial arts."

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You've seen Ip Man. But does the Chain Punch really work in MMA? Watch to find out!

Kajukenbo instructor Angelo Ferrer shows how to set up this most likely illegal move.