The "kenpo wheel" patch

 

I have no information on the history of this patch, but it looks like someone put some effort into its design. 

Kind of a play off the Universal Pattern, it has the circle with overlapping lines representing the 8 directional points, like an octagon. 

I've seen it discussed before where the lines also look like kenpo sticks or clubs, as in Long Form 7.

And the colors of the lines represent kenpo's three depth zones:

Zone 1 - the closest depth represented in red

Zone 2 - mid-depth represented in orange 

Zone 3 - the outermost depth represented in yellow

This patch is readily available on many martial art supply websites.

available on awma.com

Circular Tiger and Dragon patch

 

I have no history on this patch either,  but I'm assuming it was just created by one of the many martial arts supply companies. 

Most likely they needed to offer an alternate kenpo patch and this is what they came up. Who knows? 

I used to see it for sale on many different martial art supply websites but now it is only coming up on one website that I can see, 

https://www.bokleipo.com/patch/266-dragon-tiger-with-kkenpo-karate-patch-35.html

Mr. Eddie Downey interview

Great interview with Mr. Eddie Downey with some great stories and kenpo history shared. The interview is an hour and a half long so put on a pot of coffee, or boil some water for tea, but sit back and relax with your favorite drink and enjoy.

Just cleaning out the "saved photos" file

You get these photos saved on your computer thinking you will do something with them and then you never figure out what to do. 

Probably a good time to just post them as is.

The Mr. Parker photo is an interesting one, someone used AI to clean up an old photo and make it look like a recent one. The only problem is AI didn't know what to do with the patch on Mr. Parker's gi so it looks like no patch Mr. Parker ever wore. Silly AI.

The photo of Professor Chow must have been taken when he was young, he has short hair and looks to be in very good physical shape. You almost get nervous just looking at the photo, like that strike could come at you at any moment.

And the photo of Grandmaster McSweeney is just a classic photo from the good old days of kenpo.

AI enhanced photo of Mr. Parker

 

A young Professor Chow

 

Grandmaster John McSweeney