The Belt Requirements of Nick Cerio's Kenpo

White Belt (9th Kyu) - New Student

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Yellow Belt (8th Kyu) - 

Blocking Form #1 and #2

Combination #1

Checking the Storm, Battering Ram, Rotating Destruction "B", Downward Hammer

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Orange Belt (7th Kyu) - 

Pinan #1

Combination #2, #3, and #4

Buckling Branch, Bending Tree, Menacing Twirl, Hammering Vice, Fleeing Snake, Circling Armbar, Wrist Grab #10, and Rotating Destruction "A"

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Purple Belt (6th Kyu) - 

Blocking Form #3, Pinan #2

Combination #5,#6,#7, and #8

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Blue Belt (5th Kyu) -

Pinan #3

Combination #9 and #10

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Green Belt (4th Kyu) - 

Cat 1 and Cat 2

Combination #11 and #12, 

Sweeping Tiger, Dance of Death, Rotating Ram, Sword of Destruction, Preying Mantis Kick,

Pressing Palms, Twisting Branch, Spinning Sword, Three Swords, Haka Dori, Tornado, and Circling Sword

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Brown Belt (3rd Kyu) - 

Circle of the Tiger 

Combination #13, #14, #15 and #16

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Brown Belt (2nd Kyu) - 

Shushi No Kon Sho 

Combination #17, #18, and #19

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Brown Belt (1st Kyu) - 

Cat 3 

Combination #20

Tiger's Mouth, Returning Sword, Tiger Whips His Tail, Spinning Crane, Ripping Panther, Driving Ram, Mountain Cat, Raging Bull, Helping Hand, and Cyclone

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Black Belt (1st Dan) - 

Statue of the Crane, Pressing Vice and Circling Snake

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Black Belt (2nd Dan) - 

Blocking Form #4, Circle of the Leopard, Lin Wan Kune, Cerio No Kon Sho

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Black Belt (3rd Dan) - 

Bassaï Daï, Sanchin, Suji No Kon Sho, Kanegawa Ni Sho Gama

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Black Belt (4th Dan) - 

Blocking Form #5, Empi, Cerio No Kon Dai, Matsu Higa No Saï

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Black Belt (5th Dan) - 

Circle of the Panther, Konku Daï, Goju Shi Ho, Hama Higa No Tonfa

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Black Belt (6th Dan) and (7th Dan) - No New Material, Promotion based on contribution to the art

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Black Belt (8th Dan) - Highest Rank given out by Professor Cerio, no longer obtainable through the promotion process in Nick Cerio's Kenpo.

The Forms of Nick Cerio's Kenpo

Kata - Origin

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Blocking Form 1 - Stationary Blocking Set from Karazenpo Goshinjutsu

Blocking Form 2 - Creation of Nick Cerio, based on BF1 with addition of foot movement

Blocking Form 3 - Creation of Nick Cerio, BF2 but with extensions of blocks

Blocking Form 4 - Creation of Nick Cerio, BF2 but with open handed blocks

Blocking Form 5 - Creation of Nick Cerio, BF4 but with added hand strikes

Pinan 1 - Based on Taikyoku #1 of Kyokushin Kai

Pinan 2 - Same "I" pattern as Pinan 1 but with Cerio Combinations 2,3 and 4 incorporated

Pinan 3 - Same "I" pattern as Pinan 1 but with Cerio Combinations 5,6,7 and 8 incorporated

Cat 1 - Based on Heinan Sandan of Kyokushin Kai

Cat 2 - Based on Heinan Yondan of Kyokushin Kai

Cat 3 - Creation of Nick Cerio, based on Heinan Series from Kyokushin Kai

Circle of the Tiger - Based on Katas 3,4 and 5 of Karazenpo Go Shinjutsu

Circle of the Leopard - Based on Kata 2 of Karazenpo Go Shinjutsu

Circle of the Panther - Based on Kata 7 of Karazenpo Go Shinjutsu

Statue of the Crane - Based on Kata 8 of Karazenpo Go Shinjutsu

Hansuki - Form presented to Nick Cerio by GM Bill Chun Sr.

Lin Wan Kune - Form presented to Nick Cerio by Sifu Gan Fong Chin

Bassaï Daï - Form from Shotokan Karate

Empi - Form from Shotokan Karate

Konku Daï - Form from Shotokan Karate

Goju Shi Ho - Form from Shotokan Karate

Sanchin - Traditional Karate form

Cerio No Kon Sho - Bo Form created by Nick Cerio

Cerio No Kon Dai - Bo Form created by Nick Cerio

Shushi No Kon Sho - Traditional Bo form (Master Shushi)

Suji No Kon Sho - Traditional Bo form

Kane Gawa Ni Cho Gama - Traditional Kama form

Matsu Higa No Sai - Traditional Sai form

Hama Higa No Tonfa - Traditional Tonfa form

In honor of Papa George Lim

Papa George Lim recently passed away at the age of 67, he will be greatly missed.

(from limkarate.com)

Born in Yokohama, Japan and trained in Hawaii, Papa George Lim has been exposed to the best. With over 40 years of martial arts experience, he represents the teachings, training and techniques of Professor Marino Tiwanak and Grandmaster Allen Abad.

Papa Lim has traveled and taught nationally, as well as internationally & is able to fuse the traditional and contemporary in a way that defies your wildest expectations. The tide goes in and out everyday but some things happen once in a lifetime. Don’t miss a unique opportunity to learn from such an inspirational teacher!

Lim Family Hawaiian Kenpo

(from Lim Family Hawaiian Kenpo Facebook page)

Lim's Martial Arts International MANY STYLES...ONE 'OHANA Lim's Hawaii Kenpo is a traditional yet progressive art of realistic self defense, blending Chinese and Hawaiian techniques, with many schools.

(from limkarate.com)

“Carrying on a Proud Tradition”

HARD STYLE KENPO Hawaii Kenpo is a self-defense-based martial art created by Sijo Adriano Emperado & Professor Marino Tiwanak in 1940’s Hawaii, and was designed for street survival. Lim Karate offers lessons under the Direct Teaching & Lineage of Grandmaster George Lim & Sr. Professor Patrice Lim, at various locations in Arizona and around the world. Lim Family Fighting & Healing Arts Hawaii Kenpo Est. 1972

-We are the Lim Karate Family-

Under the direction of Papa George Lim, with schools in Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, and Germany, we honor past & present Masters of the Hawaiian martial arts with a martial arts family that circles the globe. Through our teaching we are able to encourage our students to stretch their limits, build their confidence, and make their dreams a reality. To us, martial arts is more than a way to defend oneself. It is our life & passion.

Imagine being in beautiful Hawaii, interacting with living legends, connecting with the goddess Pele on a real volcano, and enjoying a beach luau; all while experiencing the mana or “life force” of the islands.

Hawaii Kenpo is an original martial art, believed to be hundreds of years old, considered to be one of the most direct links to ancient wisdom due to the remoteness of the Hawaiian Islands.

https://limkarate.com/schools/hawaii-kenpo-karate/

Well known Kenpo practitioner Sunnie Road in Deadly Art of Survival magazine

(from Amazon)

(Alternative cover only) The 23rd edition of our #1 Bestseller Martial Arts Magazine Worldwide. Featuring Sunnie Road, Robin Black, Austin Trout, and more. The Deadly Art of Survival Magazine continues to move forward, highlighting the latest legends of the Martial Arts Community. These women and men are not just martial artists; they live the code. Part of our collectible Martial Arts series, make sure to get your copy today! Join our Patreon (DAOS TV) membership to get a permanent 10% off discount code for our entire store (This applies to all future orders) Patreon members get their name included in our all of our print magazines! As well as access to free online seminars, free eBooks, and a free dojo or small business listing in our magazine!

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Who is Sunnie Road? per Google "Sunnie Road is a martial arts instructor and owner of Zhen Studio. She is a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Kenpo, an investor, a day trader, a mindset coach, and a business strategist, according to her social media profiles and online store. She is also featured on the cover of Deadly Art of Survival Magazine and has a presence on platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook." 

Maybe more importantly is this photo from Sunnie's Facebook page from 2019 (I'm assuming from her black belt test.)

If Mr. Tatum is at your black belt test enough said. 

Small circles - big success

Click here for "impossible 2 punch combo with rear hand" video on Facebook

There are a few sayings in kenpo that go something like, "big circles lead to big problems" or "the smaller the circle the better" or "where a line ends a circle begins".

Anyway, it is nice to hear those teachings wrapped up in a saying, but until you actually see it in action it may not mean much. 

Above is a link to a video on Facebook that shows exactly how effective a small circle can be from a recent boxing match between Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford.

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"If you know boxing, you’ll know how hard this combo is to throw, even just on the bag, but never mind in a fight with Canelo Alvarez and actually landing the bloody thing.

There’s no denying that Crawford is the pound-for-pound king right now.

For me, he’s the GOAT.

That was an absolute masterclass performance against, in my opinion, one of the greatest of all time: Canelo."

Bruce Lee scenes in "Marlowe"

(from a recent discussion on Facebook)

Most people know Bruce Lee played an enforcer in the James Garner film "Marlowe" (1969) but most don't know Garner was actually one of the many celebrity students who trained with Bruce Lee.

While he may not have been as devoted as Steve McQueen or James Coburn he did more than just receive "on the set" instruction. Here Garner demonstrates some basic board breaking ability. Garner also seemed to be genuinely interested in the study of martial arts for personal rather than professional reasons. He never really seemed to try and incorporate martial arts into any of his films and to the contrary was just as likely to "take a beating" as he was to dish one out. This is in sharp contrast to other Hollywood celebrities of the time with very minimal training who tried to present themselves as experts, especially in films.

The film also seems to have been an effort of two of Lee's students, Stirling Silliphant (writer) and James Garner, to help their teacher break into Hollywood films. This was one of the few Hollywood film roles Lee was able to get before returning to Hong Kong to make films for Golden Harvest. "Enter the Dragon" was a Warner Bros. film but of course shot on location in Hong Kong. 

Lee might have had a minor role in Marlowe, but he certainly made the most of it.

"Winslow Wong, that is I."

After watching Bruce Lee tear up James Garner's office in "Marlowe" (1969) it makes me wonder if Mr. Parker used that scene as inspiration for his scene in "Revenge of the Pink Panther" (1978). 

I've never seen it really discussed anywhere but you have to figure he did, he and Bruce Lee were good friends and Bruce Lee had just died a few years earlier. 

I can see where Mr. Parker would use this scene as a way to pay homage to his friend.

(watch Mr. Parker's scene in Revenge of the Pink Panther here:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shE7b_6NNpU