The Speed Of Kempo
Throughout the world of martial arts, the style known as Kempo is one of the best. Kempo uses extremely fast strikes, which is the area it is most known for. Kempo has been around for many years, originating from Japan. It was tested on the ancient battlegrounds, using punches, kicks, and very little grappling. Kempo employs weapons as well, including disarming techniques against opponents who are using weapons.
What many don’t realize, is that Kempo is actually an older form of Karate. Throughout this deadly martial art, stylists will be taught that every block is a counter, and ever counter is a block. Instead of simply blocking an attack, stylists will learn how to block in a way that executes a strike.
The most well known aspect of Kempo is speed. If you’ve ever seen it in action by someone who has been studying for many years, the hand speed of the stylist is simply amazing. Those that have been practicing for many years, including black belts, are able to execute techniques with blinding speed. Often times, a Kempo stylist can land many strikes before you can even get the chance to counter - or block.
The hand speed in Kempo comes from something known as “speed striking”. Although Kempo uses weapons and weapons training, it is more an unarmed martial art that teaches students how to defend themselves in any situation. This style isn’t about just going around and hurting people though, as stylists learn a lot in terms of self control, and only to react when they are given no other option.
The speed striking in Kempo takes many years to master. Students of the art will practice forms on a daily basis, which helps with the speed. By practicing a certain movement over and over again, students will get faster and faster. They will practice with other students, the instructors, and also with equipment such as punching bags. Over time, students will get amazingly quick and able to execute strikes with amazing speed and precision.
Shadow boxing is also essential to developing speed with Kempo. Students will spend quite a bit of time shadow boxing, learning their own movements. As a result of shadow boxing, students will learn physical resistance as well as improve their levels of fitness. This also helps with technique as well, as students will be engaging in practice with themselves.
The main exercise where speed striking will really come into play is with sparring. When sparring, students will test their knowledge and skills against other students. The instructors will pay close attention during this exercise, to see just how well the students are learning. Sparring can be very fun to watch, especially when there are two black belts squaring off. The more time a student spends sparring, the faster he will develop in the art of speed striking.
Throughout the years, Kempo has proved to be a martial art with very fast strikes. It is one of the fastest striking martial arts in existence, although it teaches students self control and how to avoid confrontations. Kempo is taught all around the world, making it an excellent martial art for children as well. From adults to children, the martial art known as Kempo can teach self defense, harmony, self control, self confidence - and how students can help others in the world live a better life.
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3 Annoying Myths in Self Defense
This Author is right on the money.I would add that your M.A. training should kick in an the use of any available weapon, a rock, a tree branch or even a hand full of change should be an automatic response or reaction to a serious and possibly deadly situation.There are a lot of self defense myths and falsehoods out there. Unfortunately, every martial artist has heard are fallen victim to one or more of them. I am no different in this case.
Yet there are three big ones that seem to trick people time and time again. So in hopes of exposing these myths, I am showing you these today.
Annoying Myth #1: There is an Ultimate Self Defense Style/ Course
The forums ring with people claiming this self defense course is the ultimate self defense course or this style is the ultimate self defense style. These people are often cleverly coined forum warriors.
These people are often affiliate marketers of a specific course or just wannabee martial artist, many of which have never been in a serious fight in their lives. No wonder so many of their comments leave people confuse.
In truth, when you want to determine a self defense style, a lot of things come into play. What is you size? How strong are you? What is your style of learning? All these things come into play when you are determining the best method for you.
You also have to look at the school. How well do the students
Remember, when you are looking for a good self defense school, you do not need to find the very best. That is a life long journey. You just need to find a good school that will show you how to effectively get the job done of defending yourself. Thats all.
Once you get that down, then, only if you choose to, you can begin searching for schools that can advance your techniques because you will know what to look for.
So in a nutshell, instead of searching for the ultimate style, just focus on finding a style that you think works well for you, and a school where the teacher is a good communicator who answers your questions and the students are good fighters.
Annoying Myth #2: You Can Become A Deadly Commando In Just a Few Days With this Take-Home Self Defense Course!
You have probably seen ads for these on the internet or in self defense magazines. Some top secret law enforcement or army guy tells you that they have the ultimate top secret self defense technique that will turn you into an army super soldier in days. Yet when you get them, what you learn does not live up to the hype.
Again, we are not attacking take home self defense courses. There are some very goods ones out there that, when used along with live martial arts training can really help you to improve your overall technique.
However, when a scam artist states that their course can deliver impossible results with very little training, you have to wonder. Our opinion is, when you see these offers, dont get over excited. They may have some very valid tips, but nothing that will make you a one man or woman army.
So, again, martial arts training from a school mixed with take home self defense courses can be very good if you get the right one. But take home self defense courses without proper training from a school can often be incomplete and leave you unprepared for a real life-death situation.
Annoying Myth #3: Your Own Two Hands Are Your Best Self Defense Weapon
This myth is absolutely ridiculous, and makes me angry more than anything. This myth states that there is no better self defense weapon than your own two hands and feet. And to me, there is no sillier of a myth than this.
For those of who self defense dreamers with Champaign wishes and caviar dreams, who think that this empty hand combat is the only way to go, allow me to elaborate...
You are walking down the street when an attacker tells you to get in the car. You tell them, I dont think so, and put up your dukes. The attacker then pulls out a gun. Who will be the victor?
I can almost guarantee you it will not be you.
Now, if you have been specially trained in the art of unarmed combat through the military, law enforcement, and martial arts youre chances are much better than that. However, those people know and understand the importance of using more than just your hands and feet.
Now dont be mistaken, training in any empty hand combat is an excellent idea. It conditions you, and shows you how to effectively defend yourself. However, empty hand combat should only be used as an absolute last defense.
The truth is the most effective self defense weapon you could use is not your hands or feet, or anything else for that matter. The most effective self defense weapon is your brain. In other words, good old fashioned common since.
Think about it for a second. If you had a choice of a way to stop a criminal dead in their tracks, I am sure you could think of about 3 or 4 that might be more effective then just using your bare hands.
For example, you might think of using a taser gun, to stop them dead in their tracks. Or you may want to use a pepper spray to shoot at them for 6 feet away. You could hit them with a stun gun and run like heck or you could pick up a stone or brick and throw it at them.
You see what we mean?
Too many people think that the world is a kung fu movie, when really its not. The real world thugs will not only hurt you, they will kill you and they dont care about your empty hand abilities or not. So you need to do as much as you can to legal stack the odds of survival in your favor.
But what happens if someone takes away my self defense weapon?
Well, there is a possibility that this could happen, but again, by educating yourself on self defense products you can greatly reduce the chance of you being harmed if this happens. For example, did you know that most stun guns have a disable pin that, once removed renders the device inoperable? That means they could never use your stun gun against you.
You may also want to think of the fact that having the advantages of having a self defense weapon on you far, far outweighs the disadvantages of not having anything to defend yourself with.
Think of a self defense weapon as the ultimate diversion. It is a doorway out of a difficult situation, so if you find yourself in a situation where someone is taking you self defense weapon away, dont tussle with them. Throw it at their face. Use it to your leverage and always, always, run as if your life depended on it, because in truth it does.
About the Author
Nerode Abraham is a martial arts enthusiast, and has done extensive research on the area of self defense weaponry. You can find out more and purchase self defense products including Stun Guns, Taser Guns, and Pepper Spray at Nerodes Website.Article Source: ReadEZArchive.com
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A New Domain Name
I decided recently to go beyond my blog and set-up a website. After a lot of thought and planning I set out to find the best Domain Name for my new site. I tried all the obvious ones, Karate.com, Shotokan.com, Karate Training.com, KarateKa.com, KarateDo.com etc. etc... There all gone!
Most of them are just owned, no site, parked somewhere and being offered for sale. One was priced at $6000, another at $4500, no bids, no offers, just like their sites, nothing. So I thought about it and found a Japanese to English Martials Arts terminology page and went to town, Karateuchi.com, Bujutsu.com, Kumite.com, Ahh, heres a good one, Ikken Hissatsu.com (the death blow), GONE! I tried some variations Ikken.com, Hissatsu.com, GONE! Ikken is parked with real estate ads and Hissatsu is a knife, thats kind of cool. I could have got BritneySpearsInADeepKiba-Dachi.com, but eveyones already seen thos pics. I say "THE HELL WITH IT" all the karate names are taken. I'll just stick with my IPPONKUMITE and forget about a website for....wait a minute, ipponkumite, thats a karate term and I own it! I'll see all of you at ipponkumite.com as soon a I figure out how to build a website. OH and the name is "FOR SALE" only $12500.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
OLD SCHOOL TRAINING
Awhile back, after what seemed like a very hard workout, I was thinking back to when I first started training. My first training was in Tae Kwon Do at the local YMCA. A friend was training there and got me interested. This was either late 1970 or early 1971, I was 14 at the time, involved in Olympic Weightlifting and in pretty good shape. The workouts weren't to tough, but somewhat difficult at first, very different from what I was used to. There were a lot of breaks and while other people were sparring or doing kata, we would set and watch. Latter in life I understood that you have to accommodate your class some, there were children, elderly and people who hadn't really done any real exercise in there life. The Instructor approached us after the class, he was sweating and his gi was dirty. He was pleasant enough and seem to have a real knowledge and passion for the art. He explained that the art he taught was called SHOTOKAN KARATE and that it was similar to our art, just less emphasis on kicks. He told us that we could train there for $2.50 a month, we were paying $10 at the Y. (Ahh the good old days) OLD SCHOOL TRAINING GOT TO LOVE IT.
One day we stopped at the local boys club because we had heard that they taught Karate there. We went up to the gym area and watched as an Instructor was just finishing teaching a class with four students. We thought, this guy can't be to good, he only has four students.
We signed up, feeling a little sorry for the guy, just four students, maybe we could help him out with our months of experience in Tae Kwon Do.
The workouts were Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, but they were two to two and a half hours long, that seemed kind of long to me.
We arrived with our clean, pressed Gis, I brought my yellow belt, (just earned that week) all of his students were white belts and he might want me to take over and show them some of my stuff.
Only three of his students show up for this workout, Chuck 17, Mike 16 and Vince 16. The other student had joined the marines and wouldn't be back.
The workout begins and the Instructor has us do this little bowing ritual which was kind of cool, very Asian and mystical. Then he said something in Japanese which I think meant: WELCOME TO HELL.
he was throwing out terms like Gedan Barai, Oi-zuki, Uraken-uchi,
Mae-geri, well it was all French to me. This continued on and on, up the floor, back down the floor. I'm thinking he's trying to kill us, I felt bad for his students, they must really be dieing.
We then moved into this thing he call "Ippon Kumite", he explained that we probably did something similar and that we would just do some basic Oi-zuki and Chudan-Ude-Uke, HuH. "He forgot about our break"
I'm paired up with Chuck, he gets in a front stance, I get in my ready stance and Chuck punches me square in the chest and I land on my ass about five feet back. I immediately look to the Instructor, he's really going to let chuck have it, no, he looks at me and says "GET UP, LETS GO!", Chuck still has 4 right handed Oi-Zukis and
5 left handed Oi-zukis, then I get my turn.
Next were going to do a little Kumite, The Instructor has a Dentist appointment so were going to have to cut the workout short about an hour, forty-five minutes, we'll make it up on Saturday though.
He wants Chuck and Vince to Spar a little, show us what he wants to see when his students spar. I was just punched in the chest THIRTY TIMES by his students so I assume the best crossed leg stance on the floor that I can, only to quickly find out that there is no setting down, we could stand in a deep Kiba-dachi and if our legs got to tired in that stance, we could switch to any of the very comfortable stances offered in Shotokan Karate. Well, we each sparred for about 20 continuous mins, "light day". Didn't have time for Kata, because of that Damn Dentist appointment, so we ended the workout with a hundred squatting front kick, fifty squatting side kicks, 25 squatting round kicks, and 25 squatting back kicks.
He explained that he was sorry for the light workout that day and promised he would make it up Saturday.
We left there that day, my friend said "he's never going back, he's staying with the Tae Kwon Do, he's not going to pay good money to get beat up". I thought about it all night between the cramps, the gasps for air, the bumping of sore arms and legs from the THOUSAND BRUISE WORKOUT. I was there the next Saurday and every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY after that, getting beat up, shins all banged up and watched as the "NEW RECENTLY EARNED YELLOW BELT" students from other schools would come and want to try a class and maybe show us a few things. The Advanced Shotokan Karate Bible: Black Belt and Beyond
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
MY FAVORITE MMA FIGHTERS
I love watching the top MMA fighters compete. Their skills and sheer determination to win, is so impressive. I like different fighters for different reasons, the only ones I don't care for are the one skill fighters, knockout punch, but nothing else or great grappler, but no stand-up. Those guys usually get weeded out when they compete with the top fighters, so it's all good My favorites are.
These few fighters I have listed are my favorites, I try to never miss any of their fights, I find the action and skill levels offered by these men to be the best.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
MARTIAL ART EXERCISE PROGRAM
Finding less and less time to workout each day, me too. Heres an exercise program I've been trying out for about two months now. Good results and time to do it. Give it a try.The exercise program will consist of only bodyweight exercises done for about 2-3 minutes, 6-8 times per day, throughout each day. Now obviously if you work a normal office job, you are going to have to not be shy about doing a few exercises in your office and having your cube-mates watch you. This is not only a martial exercise program its good for everyone. Actually, I've found that some people that have tried this have actually gotten their co-workers to join them!
If you have a private office, then you don't have to worry about anybody watching you. If you work from home, or are a stay at home mom, there's no reason you can't fit this exercise program in throughout the day while at home. If you end up having a busy day with meetings and so forth, and can only fit a couple of these 2-minute workouts in, then so be it, but try to get as many done each day as you can.
If you're on a normal 9-5 office schedule, I recommend doing your 2-minute workouts every hour, on the hour, with the exception of lunch. For example, you could try 9 am, 10 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, and 4 pm. On really busy days I do a workout in the morning, then when I get home I'll do one every hour or so, it's amazing, it feels like your just getting started and the workout is over. I highly recommend you check this exercise program out. FIND OUT MORE HERE
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Some of my Favorite "Quotes" M.A. and Others
"The true value of the martial arts is not in 100 victories but in the perfection of the character of the students." -- Gichin Funakoshi
"He who hesitates, often meditates, in the horizontal position" Ed Parker
"Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch" Bruce Lee
"Mercy is for the weak" Reese Kobra Kai
"Myagi don't like fighting, Someone always get hurt" Mr. Myagi
"Well, the best course is still intercourse" Ronald Reagan
"The couragous man dies a single death, the coward dies a thousand deaths"
"What techniques do you use to psyche out your opponent" --reporter "I punch him in the face"--Mike Tyson
"Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that. "George Carlin George Carlin
"Our Enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and people, and neither do we,"--George Bush
"The deadliest weapon in the world is a marine and his rifle. It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat. Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. You will become dead marines and then you will be in a world of shit because marines are not allowed to die without permission. Do you maggots understand?-- Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann --Full Metal Jacket
"Although it is important to study and train for skill in techniques, for the man who wishes to truly accomplish the way of Budo, it is more important to make his whole life in training and therefore not aiming for skill and strength alone, but also for spiritual attainment." --Mas Oyama
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."-- Albert Einstein
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Only Wine gets better with age
Oh, and some women. I wonder where the myth of the 80 yr old Karate Master soundly defeating 5 young warriors started.Martial Arts seems to be the only physical art where this myth survives. As we age we may develop wisdom and experience, but we lose physical attributes. Reaction time slows, strength declines, lose of flexability and the ability to recover slows. I can't think of any other sport or physical art that makes the claims I have heard in Martial Arts. This is especially true in combat arts. Does anyone think Angelo Dundee could have climbed in the ring with Ali and defeated him?, of course not, yet Dundee had years of experience and the "eye" to see what his fighter needed to do to win. There was an article in the paper recently how three muggers attacked a 72 yr old man and even though his defense failed, he sent one to the hospital at the scene and had sevearly injured another. this man had been a boxer and a boxing trainer most of his life, if he was only 50 or so at the time, he probably would have walked away unharmed. Look at non-combat sports, you don't see Arnold Palmer walking away with the Masters Trophy anymore, even though he is a Master at Golf or Jimmy Conners winning any top Tennis Tournaments, Why, because they can't keep up or out play the young warriors in their prime in there respective sports. Now at 52, in a conflict I'm going to take the quickest path of least resistance, I'm not going to bang away, trade blows, or try to outlast any opponent, especially a trained fighter in his prime. When I brought this topic up on a forum recently, you should have heard the ageing 7th and 8th degree black belts talk about how much better they are now, as compared to when they where 35 yr old 3rd degree black belts. Wisdom and age do go together, thats why you see so many smart old people ,especially driving the car in front of you at 28 mph in a 45 mph zone. I know I'm much wiser now, atleast I think I am................what was I talking about?
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