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

The roots of the Two Man Set

There is always a lot of discussion on the early days of Mr. Parker's kenpo and how the forms and sets came to be. It seems like the only thing anyone agrees on is that they can't agree on the exact history of the forms and sets. But as Dr. Ron Chapel has said before "people spend a lot of time arguing about the wrong thing when they should be working on their stances."

So without getting too deep down the rabbit hole about the origins of Two Man Set, here is a video of what could be the roots of what we know today as our Two Man Set.

(it looks like you have to click the link to watch it directly on YouTube)

Old Style Okinawan & Chinese Kempo:

Two Man Kata - Part A

MOH CHAU SEMETE - Attacking Hand

Two Man Kata Part B

MOH CHAU UKETE - Receiving Hand

Great photo of Mr. Parker

Maybe another photo cleaned up or restored using AI, not sure.

Great photo either way.

Links to Mr. Frank Trejo interviews

Frank Trejo interview #1

Frank Trejo interview #2 - part 1 of 3

Frank Trejo interview #2 - part 2 of 3

Frank Trejo interview #2 - part 3 of 3