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, you have immediate credibility. 

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

Lots of new Ed Parker Jr. artwork

Mr. Ed Parker Jr. has come out with a lot of new artwork lately!

According to his Facebook page they are all part of a couple of different series's he's working on, one that covers the forms of Kenpo and another that covers different animals associated with the martial arts.

To order it looks like you have to contact him or his wife Mrs. Baer Parker directly through their Facebook pages. 

(Here are a few examples of the artwork posted on his Facebook page.)

Lua: Preserving Hawaii's ancient fighting tradition

Makes you wonder if some of the spirit of Lua influenced Mr. Parker's Kenpo. 

I don't think Mr. Parker specifically trained in Lua, usually we hear of a boxing and judo background, but I could see where Lua's spirit was always present.

Kenpo Karate well represented in Masters magazine