How To Get From Chinese Kenpo Karate To Matrix Kenpo!

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That Kenpo is one messed up art is obvious. Actually, not to hurt anybody's feelings, it has been broken right from the start. One simple proof is that the founder himself, Ed Parker, presented five different variations of the art during his lifetime.

Five variations, starting with a traditional karate based version, and progressing through a variety of made up kung fu systems. Yet, before you decide I am nothing but a detractor, all the martial arts are in Parker's Kenpo. It is a massive system, a genius system, and the potential is available to the diligent and patient student.

Now, the problem is that most kung fu systems have been taught for generations. They have had hundreds, even thousands, of years to become polished, developed, and evolved. Chinese Kenpo, on the other hand, has not had a chance to be more fully formed by this process.

The first version, the classical karate version, was extremely workable. Parker ran into difficulties with his instructor, however, and ran out of material to teach. Thus, he hired a kung fu artist from the San Francisco area, Jimmy Wu, to help him put together more material.

The next four versions of Chinese Kenpo, then, are they Parker? Or are they Wu? To be honest, they are probably a mix, but of what percentage?

And, one must realize that Parker, through his lineage, and Wu, through his, did bring a certain amount of tried and true material to the overall curriculum. And, to be generous, one must realize that the times were rich with fighting systems. There were all sorts of systems of karate and kung fu making their appearance, and Parker had front row through these times.

That brings us to the promise made by the title of this article, how to make Kenpo inot Matrix Kenpo. The best way to fix Parker's art is to throw away the belt ranking system, categorize the techniques by attack, and arrange them in order of difficulty. While this has been done somewhat, in doing it anew one will find all sorts of things that were left out, inserted into the order wronlgy, and so on.

The point is that all the martial arts are inside Parker's system, but they need to be arranged in a more workable manner, and only by a more scientific analysis is one going to come to grips with the truth of Kenpo. When I tried this method I came up with a system I called Monkey Boxing. Though, if I wanted to, I could call the system Matrix Kenpo Karate.

About the Author:
Al Case has researched martial arts for 40 years. You can find out more about his method for Fixing Kenpo, and other arts, by picking up his free ebook at Monster Martial Arts.

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