I am still pursuing Kempo as my primary style. But I'm not sure where the schools are in the quad cities. Perhaps there is someone here who is from there,...
Has anyone ever experienced an alive visualization while doing thier forms? What I mean is going into your form empty and reacting to whatever attack you...
I read in "The Bubishi" that a certain monk once developed 108 techniques for pressure points and how to attack them. Do you think GM Villari had this in mind ...
Does anyone heare have the Tiger-crane form of hung gar as part of the kempo system. On another forum a senior AK practitioner was lamenting that it is not...
Marlon,<br><br>I was taught the first 10 moves a long time ago, but then training in it stopped. I believe it is very common in AK circles, but not very common...
I don't know what was in his mind or in his plan, but 108 is a very popular number in Chinese systems. For instance, a regular taiji form is 108 moves. Most ...
I'd also be interested in getting a copy of either of the USSD video sets (east or west coast). If you have a contact number or company address, maybe you...
Hello all. Are any lurkers from the southern california area, specifically from oceanside south to the border? I'm interested in setting up a SK training group...
I have the Master Steve Demasco Animal Form Videos as well as the USSD training videos from the West Coast of which there are 5 in total. Would be willing to...
Is Long Beach CA too far out of the way. I trainied in SK for years then tried our AK for about 9 years getting a 3rd Black. Then onto to Southern Shaolin 5...
nah, Long Beach is close enough. We can discuss it off line if you like. In fact, I'll be in LA (near LAX) in April for a few days. Maybe an initial hook up...
Hello Guys,<br> Been quite busy lately! I will be away all next week.I will touch base with you all after Sensei Kadir's big bout in Times Square NYC.<br> 1....
Correction to my previous reply.<br>The USSD west coast tapes which are narrated by Charles Materra consist of 6 tapes in total not 5 as I wrote earlier.<br>I...
Master Ingargiola, <br> The vtc club decided there was not enough chatting going on so they closed it. I myself thought it was doing great, perhaps you should...
I was just wondering...we all take it as a given that James Mitose traveled to Japan from 1921-1936 (age 4 to 19), but I've never seen any third party proof of...
As you might have guessed, I'm looking for factual sources for a 'Shaolin Kempo History Timeline' that I have been working on. There are many 'gray areas' that...
Hi Matt,<br>The editors of The Dragon Times once mentioned to me that he had sources that proved that J.Mitose did not go the Japan<br>Also Tom mentioned knows...
I've read that there is some proof that he returned from Japan, i.e. passport stamps and such. <br>What's interesting is everyone that trained with him or knew...
Masayoshi "James" Mitose, a Japanese-educated Japanese American ("Kibei"), starts teaching a Japanese martial art at Honolulu’s Beretania Mission. Mitose ...
I'll keep searching, and if/when I get documentation I'll post what it is and where to get it here. Sometimes I feel like the 'Fox Mulder' of the kempo world- ...
Sorry to reply to my own message but, I forgot to mention the Motobu Hawaii trip. <br><br>If Mitose was in Japan until 1936, there is no way he could have...
Just some 'food for thought'.<br>According to Thomas Young, in a 1993 letter, he had never heard of 'Kenpo-jujutsu' until the book came out. Mitose always told...
Is anyone interested in forming a study grp on the forms and combinations? We could pick one or two numbers, or three or four moves of a form and take three ...
Actually do any of you think that too much sharing of ideas might be detrimental to learning the material with understanding?<br>Respectfully,<br>Marlon...
Do you do the three punches in statue of the crane all to the same target (head) or somewhere else. I have it as block-spear, half moon forwards and three...
I've seen folks do three punches high, middle and middle-low. Or low, middle, high. I usually do them all to the same spot (neck).<br><br>BTW, when you do a ...
The neck..hmm, I usu do them to the head, all three.<br>I visualize a stomp to the knee after the crescent kick most times, I could almost step into a horse ...
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