American
Kenpo Legacy Association
Advanced Weapons Forms Series
The Forgotten Forms of American
Kenpo
The advanced
weapons forms of the American Kenpo Legacy Association are designed
to enhance the knowledge and effectiveness of the Kenpo practitioner.
These forms make usage of concepts, principles and theories of weapon
usage and weapon retention that are vital for a complete education in
Kenpo; and yet these theories are currently not included in any other
Kenpo self defense techniques or forms. What you will learn from these
advanced forms are not simply transplanted information from other martial
arts styles, but carefully researched principles that are often overlooked
within the existing Kenpo Material.
Background and
Developmental History:
The material and design for these forms uses existing forms that never
were included into the Kenpo curriculum by Ed Parker. These forms are
Short Form 4, Short Form 5 and Mass
Attack. When Ed Parker was designing forms, self-defense techniques
and other curriculum for his American Kenpo Karate system, he had some
his top black belts to experiment with the various forms. These forms
were developed during the years of 1968-1969. After all of the forms
had been developed, these three forms were left out of the curriculum.
The empty hand version of these forms were designed in the following
manner:
- Mass Attack – self-defense
techniques against multiple attackers.
- Short Form 4 – the
self defense techniques utilized in Long Form 4, except on one side
only, the opposite side is not repeated.
- Short Form 5 – the
self defense techniques utilized in Long Form 5, except on one side
only, the opposite side is not repeated.
All three of these forms are ‘asymmetric’
i.e., the technique sequences are continuous without repeat on the opposite
side. Some of the main concepts that these forms possess relate to the
use of the Universal Pattern. Mass Attack utilizes the ‘spiral’,
Short form Five utilizes the ‘diamond’ and Short Form Four
utilizes the concept of ‘compassing’. Kenpo Karate has always
been encumbered with a great amount of material. Ed Parker chose, therefore,
not to include these forms to prevent the belt system curriculum to
become overly encumbered.
There has always been a great deal
of interest in these forms, yet few have been taught them. Of these
three forms, only Mass Attack is, and has been, utilized in belt curriculum
(Mass Attack is 2nd Brown Belt Requirements in the
Tracy System of Kenpo). The few American Kenpo instructors
who may have knowledge of these forms often refuse to teach the forms,
stating that “there is nothing ‘new’ to learn in the
forms,” and label the inquiring student as a ‘collector’.
The American Kenpo Legacy Association now presents these forms as curriculum
in the advanced Black Belts of American Kenpo Karate. These forms are
presented in their original form – with a modern adaptation –
these forms are now executed with the weapons of the cane (walking stick),
single stick and the Kenpo karambit. This allows for the growth of the
advanced Kenpo student! Within these modern adaptations, new material
is presented, while preserving the history and heritage of Ed Parker’s
American Kenpo Karate. Some of the ‘new material’ that is
presented in these forms is as follows:
Cane Set #1
– (original title – Mass Attack) - Required
for 5th Degree Black Belt
- Use of the cane (walking stick) as a fighting
weapon
- Weapon retention
- Strikes, blocks, controls, joint locks, takedowns,
using the cane
- The Spiral within the Universal
Pattern
Karambit Set #2 – (original title – Short
Form Four) - Required
for 6th Degree Black Belt
- Use of the Kenpo karambit as a fighting
weapon
- Single and double weapon applications
- Regular and reverse grip applications
- Special precautions regarding the use
of Kenpo techniques with bladed weapons
- The concept of ‘compassing’
within the Universal Pattern.
Cane Set #2 – (original title – Short
Form Five) - Required
for 7th Degree Black Belt
- The use of a single stick (club), ‘jo’,
or cane (walking stick) as a fighting weapon
- Strikes, blocks, controls, joint locks, takedowns,
using single stick (club)
- Nine different takedown methods utilizing the
stick (club)
- Weapon recovery
- The tri-lateral neck restraint (The “Auroboros”
hold)
- The Diamond
within the Universal Pattern
Bonus
Material! - As a very special bonus, purchasers of all
three volumes of the Advanced Weapons Forms DVDs will receive the Advanced
Weapons Forms Written Reference Manual. This 40 page manual will only
be available to with this special.
(As an exclusive bonus, we have included the written
description of Nunchaku Set # 2 !!!)
Order this new Advance Forms of Kenpo Three
Volume Set and get an additional $10.00 off at the introductory
price of only $75.00. Order begin shipping on June 30, 2005:
June
Order Special!
(Includes all three Advanced Weapon Forms
DVDs and the written Weapons Forms Reference Manual)
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Advanced
Weapon Forms of Kenpo Packages |
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Three Volume Set
(Includes all three Advanced
Weapons Forms DVDs and the bonus written manual) |
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Cane Set #1
(Mass Attack) |
$34.95 |
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Karambit Set #2
(Short Form #4) |
$34.95 |
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Cane Set #2
(Short Form #5) |
$34.95 |
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