During my Chinese Boxing and Kempo Karate classes we often discuss different topics, and the other day we spoke about awareness. The discussion started as a discussion on the “fighting measure” in Chinese Boxing (more specifically in Jeet Kune Do). The ‘fighting measure’ is the ideal distance you want to maintain between yourself and your opponent. When you […]
Is it KeNpo or KeMpo?
“The Kenpo vs Kempo Debate” While there are many systems using Kempo and the alternate Kenpo spelling, there seems to be some misconceptions in regards to the term Kenpo vs. Kempo as it pertains to systems with a lineage to the Hawaiian Karate / Self-Defense traditions; e.g. Mitose’s Kosho Ryu Kenpo; Chow’s Chinese Kempo, and […]