Sunday, August 16, 2026

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, (we know it has Chinese origins since Mr. Parker was studying many Chinese systems in the early days of his art's development) 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


No comments:

Post a Comment