The Philosophy of the Guardian Angels

Mr. Joe Palanzo highlight video

So this is kind of an interesting video. It first caught my eye because the title of the video is "How Joe Palanzo Saved Ed Parker's System."

I hurried and clicked on it thinking I was going to get some narration and a story on how Mr. Palanzo saved Mr. Parker's system. However there was no such narration and not really anything to explain why the video is titled as it is. 

I was left scratching my head but I did enjoy the video, there is a lot of old clips of Mr. Palanzo doing some demonstrations, performing Long Form 6, as well as some other highlights. It is worth a watch. 

Also, earlier this year I posted a video of Mr. Palanzo interviewing Mr. Parker and that video is a great one to watch if you haven't yet, here is the link. But watch this video first!

Mr. Palanzo interviews Mr. Parker

Mr. Parker and Mr. Speakman on the set of The Perfect Weapon

Per Wikipedia, Mr. Parker was an advisor to Mr. Speakman on the set of The Perfect Weapon.

I think many people are under the impression that Mr. Parker choreographed the fight scenes as well but according to Wikipedia, (if you believe everything Wikipedia says,) he was just an "advisor" where Mr. Rick Avery, a well known Hollywood stuntman, did all the fight choreography. 

A plethora of seminars and tournaments

These are just a few that I have seen promoted but I'm sure there are many more. 

Long Form 4 with Mr. Jamie Seabrook

Mr. Jamie Seabrook just put together a 4 part series on YouTube about Long Form 4 and its techniques and why they are in the form.

It is greatly worth the time to not only watch the videos but to use them as a study guide to help us better understand this important form.

Part 1: Walk-Through Pace

Part 2: Walk-Through Pace

Part 3: Walk-Through Pace

Part 4: Walk-Through Pace

Mr. Tatum on extensions to base techniques

(posted on Facebook by Mr. Tatum earlier this year)

An extension to a base technique serves different purposes.

Some extensions are just the reverse of the base technique, but move on to different planes of motion.

Some are the same pattern but using your legs as the weapons.

Some extensions take one of the master key geometric shapes from a base technique and place it within the extension to highlight its use on different planes and usage.

Some extensions keep the base technique without altering it, but move it to other planes by using different footwork to change the plane of your action.

Some extensions use the same basics of the base technique, but within a different pattern.

Some extensions depart from the base technique and consist of random elements of techniques within the system; this teaches that even the random can easily be connected to your base without giving the lesson of reverse, opposites, pattern change, or re-highlighting one or more patterns within a base technique.

The base techniques are like cells of concepts and principles of motion that can be randomly generated and cross-referenced to a new base, or what we call extensions, so the student can see the totality of how all the Art is related to itself and morphs into what is needed to continue your flow of action without hesitation.

You might say that the base techniques are like your conscious mind, while the extension is your subconscious mind, feeding you what you need beyond the conscious mind. Later, the two merge into a single, unified mind, or super consciousness.

Remember that each alteration of a base technique creates a new ideal phase of a technique through an extension.

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(some follow up information when Mr. Tatum was asked if the extensions are over-kill)

Not over kill but over skilled in terms of understanding how the base technique fits into the extensions and in the process giving one the three Dimensional use of the Art. There is no cap on learning in the system, it is an open-ended triangle of a progressive learning cycle that once learned in its totality, there is no beginning or end to it, it becomes self-fulfilling, so the student can pick and choose what is useful for them depending on the situation.

Kenpo does have an ethical code of behavior, but it is built into the system's first part. What can be viewed as an overkill is allowing the student to understand the ramifications of escalated use of force. But in terms of survival, he is taught to go beyond the line of basic defense and do whatever it takes when your life is on the line.

Kenpo clock

I saw this "kenpo clock" for sale on the internet the other day and thought that isn't a bad idea. However I could come up with a few better ideas for a kenpo clock than this one. 

How 'bout:

- Time to put the gi on

- Time to practice finger set

- Time to get to the dojo

- Time to check someone's height, width and depth

- Time to see if kenpo really works

- Time to watch "The Perfect Weapon" again