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- From: mccoy@cayman.com (Michael McCoy)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Kenpo
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 18:40:27 GMT
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- In <BzDDE4.B1K@world.std.com>, eclipse@world.std.com (Mark Urbin) writes:
- >Kempo (or kenpo, it's an accent thing. How you pronouce
- >depends on what part of Japan you are from) is the
- >Japanese translation of chau fa (sp!). Roughly in English,
- >it means `Fist Law'. It's a generic term for a striking
- >based martial art.
-
- Hmmm... I was under the impression that Kempo and Kenpo were very
- distinct styles. I studied Kempo briefly while I was in college (I was on
- vacation, and couldn't find a Shotokan school near my house) -- I
- remember being distinctly underwhelmed by the Sanchin stances and
- emphasis on circular blocks and movements (and lack of sparring). A
- couple of years later, I started studying Kenpo in Newton, Mass. The style
- there was very linear, with a lot of emphasis on straight punches and
- blocks and more training in kicking. The instructor emphasized we were
- studying keNpo, not keMpo -- white belts were required to spell it as part
- of the first test. So.... are the two styles variations on a theme, or are
- they really different styles? (Or is kenpo/kempo so generic that it covers
- almost any style?)
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