American Kenpo Karate - Speed

[@gregory4154]

Man where did the time go. Still excellent to watch.

[@elizabethsmith3609]

I love this, plllleeeeease someone tell me what happens to David Hamilton 😮❤

[@dabr9149]

I have worked out with Brandon many time, his instructor in the video was my original instructor and both of then are tough as nails. Ed Parker quoted, speed times mass equals power and both hit very hard. Not as hard and Paul mills but that is a different thread.

[@BODYBAGxPAT]

I've been watching this video for over a decade it seems like. This guy's so fast

[@VinDcator]

I've seen and practiced many thousands of mile of strikes, but this has impressed me.

[@jons6834]

Is that the bad guy from karate kid II?

[@lawrencejackson9655]

with the speed and accuracy he has I'm pretty damn sure he's hitting them lightly ... its funny how people with only one or two videos and no profile pics always have negative comments, in a real fight if someone is coming at you that fast idgaf who you are moving won't help... smh

[@mrvsbhs]

Nevada Kenpo Karate Studio, great school, great teacher, wish it was still there.

[@punk702]

Rod Viquez me too

[@awpatt]

I love all of the people who claim this is a slap art with little to no knowledge of it. I work with Okinawan Karate, TKD, and MMA Fighters all the time. I work plenty of Kenpo Drills on them, both successfully and unsuccessfully. Training in the ideal (with a static opponent) lends to formulating the defense in real time. To sit here and say you can whoop somebody based on a training video is foolish and disrespectful. You are obviously not practicing Martial Arts and it basic tenet of Respect. Have respect for the work these folks have done. If it doesn't work for you, then fine. No reason to be an internet tough guy. I say great job guys!

[@erickeberlien8182]

+awpatt My main and preferred style is Kenpo. And I agree with your comment completely. Some people have no respect. All fighting systems have there good.......and bad or weak points and Kenpo is no exception. I'm always amazed at how there are still so many folks out there that judge. They like to say this style is better than that and the like. It isn't the style that makes the fighter, it's the fighter that makes the style. This truth seems pretty clear to me, I really don't get how some folks can't see that. At any rate, good comment, positive.......a nice change.

[@awpatt]

Thank you Erik! Hope that your day is well sir!

[@Ryukozai]

+Erick Eberlien true just our neutral stance makes us more susceptible to sweeps.

[@maexpert11]

awpatt i have noticed most trashtalkers on here are ufc fanboys that have never trained in anything let alone have never picked up a weight and when you look at alot of their uploads its either retarded video games or lousy music

[@rmraiders24]

Does this work in real life what about goju ryu

[@mlk4life]

Wow I literally said to myself - I see a lot of Paul Mills in this and there at the end the shout out. VERY good use of energy and motion. Impressive to say the least.

[@jeffCyberCafe]

You in town ?

[@soliskenpo]

Awesome nice speed and everyone has good questions about technique and can you pull off when inflicted with pain and a real life situation, answer yes and no, depending on the person/fighter.

[@minasz]

and who is doing tkd??

[@Chad01234]

I'd like to see body manipulation. What we are seeing here (mostly) are fluid strikes (i.e., a forward blitz of circular to linear techniques) but the target body is not moving. Where I come from (as a new student), the instructor uses some contact to target areas, and moves the body into various positions due to push drag, marriage of gravity, cancelling height, and so forth, to show the kinetics of the techniques. Anyway , I enjoyed this video and as it stated above, it was about speed.

[@carterjustice3310]

Chuck Justice , I don't know if anyone noticed on the AKKI video that there's two Ed Parker studios in this video, Pasadena and Santa Monica. You can tell by the walls . The one with the wood is Pasadena where Calvin Nall was the evening manager. The other one where the instructor is wearing the red bandana is Santa Monica where I believe is Jeff Speakman. I attended Pasadena on Friday evenings back in the70's for advanced black belt then open sparring back then if anyone knows where Cal is now a days I would appreciate a call at [phone] thanks Chuck Justice

[@buzzardneckseahag]

To all the critics are saying the person is offering no resistance that is just to showcase the technique with her bridges out resistance the technique can still go on. Anyone who knows Kempo knows that the person offers no resistance so the other students can learn the flow of the drill but even in motion I have seen many Kenpoists do their combinations and self-defense even a full context boring I've seen it with my own eyes

[@derrickboyd9225]

Speed and power are important in karate the more speed and power you gain the power when you become the only way to get better as you have to change yourself in this class is the key of chasing your body and mind and Spirit it all depends on how you use it just truly effective and very formidable and very powerful it best to buy principles it could be formidable is very very effective in a fight depending on the situation at hand never to last karate is amazing it all depends on how you use the thing that can change a person who they are 🥋🙏😌🙏🥋

[@miimagensolucionesgraficas6508]

How is this song??the band????

I'd love to acquire that kind of Fluidity🤩🤩😍😍😍 That's what all of the other ' 'systems' ' hate not having and envy about Kenpo. Kenpo economizes while all of the others scatter and waste.

[@awpatt]

Love this video! You all did a fantastic job! Thank you for sharing!

[@jeffCyberCafe]

Just watch first 5 minutes of KZbin link

[@davidsonh29]

GASHO. Elvis would be proud. RIP

[@jeffCyberCafe]

Brandon

[@KeepItFresh02]

that guy at 2:16 doing twin kimono is really fast. I wish to move like that some day. How old were you guys here?

[@cajcaleb14]

I never said he was doing anything correct. I said that you can have a good balance of speed and accuracy. I also enjoy martial arts very much, and because I enjoy it, I like to broaden my view by learning from others, which, is easiest in the form of a fight. Just the other day, I was sparring with someone who does Bo-Staff. Fighting is not your rigid definition of aggression. It is an art that is to be perfected, and I intend it as such. Sorry if you're limited, but I'm not.

[@leonidasdelbosque7068]

Well, I'm not saying you don't know how to fight. But how is that you're having the students learn by applying a hold or striking you when, YOU'RE the one reacting to all the holds and punches? Versus having THEM reacting.

[@kevinmcleish6719]

Ed parker s kenpo is the art, I met the man two times!

[@hotmike1978]

So where is the speed?

[@TanMoGe]

Wow why did you kick your student? Did he not pay his monthly dues?

[@Rizaldjohan]

He looks fast and furious until he spars. Shows that American Kenpo cannot be applied in a non-choreographed fight. Not even in a light spar

[@joshthedrummer1000]

It does work in real life, actually. You're not supposed to use the choreographed techniques on the street. They just teach you how to strike. Keith Hackney and Chuck Liddell are proof of that.

[@Rizaldjohan]

+joshthedrummer1000 again with Keith Hackney and Chuck Liddell. Both does not even use any of kenpo techniques. Hackney with raw punches and liddel is more to muaythai. How about thousands of other kenpo practitioners? :D

[@thomastobin1492]

You don't use the techniques sparring, because nearly all of the techniques involve knockout, killing, or maiming blows

[@Rizaldjohan]

+Thomas Tobin you mean the all time kenpo favorite technique: groin kick? i see kenpo uses it in all it's technique, either groin kick or groin slap. i teach that to my women self defense class ;)

[@thomastobin1492]

+Rizal Djohan Let me get this right - the very things you teach in your women's self defense class dontwork on the street? I think you need a new occupation if that's the case. You're a fraud, or you just like talking shit. Either way, you're full of shit.

[@66686Bloodbrother]

This guys quick but I've never met a guy that is faster and hits harder than master Tatum I've seen his speed first hand it's mind blowing

[@AMmorn]

I wonder if this guy know Barry Benedict or the professor or even maybe he trained under ed parker

[@Dude-ski]

A.M morn he looks too young to have trained with Mr Parker. Maybe under one of the great practitioners like Rick Hughes. But I doubt it. His style according to this video is just flashy fast moves. Kenos is more than flashy moves. He isn’t showing much control of his opponents.

[@Liquidcadmus]

Being a Karate practitioner myself, I find it offensive and ridiculous that people call American Kenpo "karate", it's not Karate. It's not even a legitimate martial art, if aything it's a pseudo kung fu imitation, made by ed parker with flashy silly movements that looked esoteric and impressive to the gullible minds of american people back in the 60's and 70's who had no idea what was legitor not. Ed parker was not even a black belt in any discipline. he just made a up a bunch of nonsense to make an easy buck.

[@tedclare5504]

Boring comment

[@naughtyinator088]

Ed parker was a legitimate martial artist, you have no clue what youre even saying. go fuck off somewhere you twat

[@skeletonfilms3650]

Twat wtf are you on Ed Parker’s lineage is easy to trace back.

[@cajcaleb14]

So you are saying that in your "20 years" of kenpo, you somehow failed to master balance of speed and accuracy? Just because you are going fast, it doesn't mean you can't hit in the right spots. Its like saying a bullet can't hit the target because of it's speed. If you really think you can't balance the 2, then please, see if you can fight me (if you live near by) and I can show you how they can work together. I take my martial arts seriously. This means no padding, and REAL hits.

[@joshuacooper2168]

i am white belt one black stripe grandmaster three blows then the rest kiddies

[@Mediaworkscpv]

I guess the overly loud music is suppose to make it look better. So someone is suppose to just stand in front of you while you move your hands real quick? Doesn't work in the street.

[@Kamingo170]

Funny you say that because the guy who made this style of Kenpo made it specifically for street fighting. You sir don't know what the fuck you're talking about, dim wit.

[@tonydoran101]

Any bullshit "art" looks good against a compliant partner. The attacks are unrealistic and the defence is over choreographed nonsense. All you have to do to see if these techniques work in real fights is put them to the test. However I would first suggest looking up every street fight caught on cctv that you can find on KZbin and see what happens. Easier again see how many of these techniques are used when these students are sparring. My guess is none because they don't transfer to real life non compliant situations.

[@itimgosset7900]

Super!!

[@bahamondeskenpo]

eso es kenpo!!

[@kungfusansootsoilihofuthun8895]

Slow down and make contact even if you have to wear tkd padding. We must make Kenpo a combative art again. Less speed focus and more power with actual hitting, 50% power in hits is tolerable. Make all student's resist. If using kata hit a bag at full power.I love Kenpo but make it aggressive. Not attacking your style just giving advice as a fellow practitioner. At 1:08 do you see. No dozens of techniques being used only kicks and punches. Train as you fight, fight as you train.

[@skeletonfilms3650]

Fr my kenpo school focused more on power, proper technique, and proper weapons when doing techniques

[@kungfusansootsoilihofuthun8895]

@@skeletonfilms3650 yes exactly mine too 👍👊🥋👊

[@minasz]

ok then let me tell you this. When you learn all those techniques. Try to use them on an opponent who moves and not poses for you. Then you ll notice its all movie stuff. Yes Kempo is very old..but not american parker kempo.

[@rontate7719]

Tommy Carruthers? Looks a lot like this

[@antpausac]

From all coments posted here, the one that says the result of a specific school is not the style but the way a student or master, materialises the style in real situations. That's a proven statement, that's was emerged from the times when the humans was consistentaly involved in fights for live. The story about Mr, Ed Parker, has some shadows from which came a lot of stories, some on the doubt about the real knowledge, and others which made him a Master. If he creates a style, he is, obviously, the Master of that style. And that says nothing about the result of it in real confrontations. All people claims that UFC are the more efective system to fight. Ok.... Than take out the cage, take out the gloves, aloud that anyone that enter the cage may use is own style, and not the MMA rules. If rules are imposed, that's is not a real situation; no one of the people who as posted here their opinion, can negate that real figths has one and only rule: stay alive! To finish, when someone see a training of any figth school, can not apreciate if it works or not, because you are seeing people training, and train is not fight. Is the learning the technics and the doctrine of that way of figthting. And, remember that in old days, the Masters only teached the reality of fighting to the students he belived never would put it in pratice if they were not in real danger for life. Today, no contry alloud a marcial pratice with the security to not produce serious phisical damage. And even in selfdefence, which is not combat, the marcial praticioner must stop as sun as the atakcer is somewhat hurt or stop the agression. From the ones who claimed here about real street tecnics , who don't mind to spend some time in prison because the tecnics used be claimed in court to be excessive? And, prisons are a very efctive gym for real fight training...and inexpensive. Training 24h /24h, and no rules and no fake do or no do. Best regards.

[@killerkravist]

One problem with this training is... static opponents, lack of realistic attacks, etc. Who punches with their lead foot unless it's a jab? Your sparring, well, it looks like point sparring... Lastly, nobody will stand there and take 20 different strikes to the face.

[@chrisbrunskill6525]

No disrespect (just playing devil's advocate here) but isn't this teaching you to miss and pull punches/strikes. Also, I can't imagine these flurries being sustained for long in a self-defence situation or a street fight. Once tanked, you would be in a bad spot. With that said, we were always taught to go mad cow til its done. Same philosophy I guess.

[@peacefulmind319]

This looked okay, until the guy tried doing stuff fast. You could see him really trying to push the speed. What many kenpoist don't understand is that speed is not the GOAL, but rather a byproduct of proper body mechanics. Too many people try to copy "speed" but in doing so make their techniques look sloppy. To truly understand kenpo, you must study motion mechanics and body dynamics. As a kenpo practioner for over 20 yrs, this has been my main problem with many to "speed" kenpo..

[@skeletonfilms3650]

My instructor always told me to do stuff slow and properly and not fast and sloppily

[@Kamingo170]

Most people don't even know what they are watching and make dumb comments

[@jhevgainz2307]

2:25 teabag

[@chaos537593624474]

Looked great right up until he was actually sparring....

[@peacefulmind319]

Pushing "speed" is not the way of Kenpo; you clearly are trying to push "speed". Funny how everyone wants to "fight", but is that not against the true teaching of Kenpo/martial arts. In reality a bullet takes checkmate and in the end is just chalk. My view is my view, to push speed over good technique is not good. Look at this clip and you say you can not see the sloppy moves?

[@Nostromo-Br]

KKKKKKKK

[@cienciabavara7523]

Is it useful in a real fight? Nope. The opponent is moving; he's not quite.

[@solid_fire9388]

kyokushin will beat the shit out of this style.

[@tom8181]

not really

[@RDraGon2179]

Practice sparring to fight, practice 1 steps to train accuracy, timing, speed, and distance. I think he needs to practice sparring more. Because he doesn't control distance very well and his reaction time is off.

[@skeletonfilms3650]

Yeah he’s decent at sparring but there’s definitely some things he could improve. I do kenpo and I love the art but some of the people that do it need to practice sparring just like they practice forms and techniques

[@minasz]

This is crap. Kenpo is not for real. When this dude did all those waving hands stuff he tought he was really a hero. But when he got to spar some dude who cant fight there was no waving hand stuff, instead he looked like a girl doing karate for 2 weeks. So hilarious.

[@raymondmorillo7697]

This is a bunch of bull-shido. Who the f**k is going to stand there on the street and allow themselves to be kicked, punched, chopped and swept. Bruce Lee was so right about the "Classical Mess."

[@crispben]

Raymond Morillo that's weird, wonder why Bruce and Ed Parker collaborated frequently? Don't believe me, look up Linda Lee's tribute to Ed Parker on his 86th birthday.

[@raymondmorillo7697]

Linda Lee paid tribute to Ed Parker b/c he allowed Bruce to showcase his talent at the Internationals. Bruce Lee made comment that Kenpo was too rigid. C'mon man! You know how Bruce lee felt about systems.

[@crispben]

Raymond Morillo ok, well the stories I heard seemed to corroborate Linda's speech where they collaborated and discussed karate philosophy and technique and were "close friends". I'm sure Bruce did feel it was rigid, thus his reformed style. Hell, even Ed Parker taught that techniques are to be personalized and are not necessarily for the execution in exact form; which I interpret to knowing various ways to quickly and effectively strike given several scenarios. Free styling and making it your own seems to be the main goal...sure some systems get caught up in the memorization of particular sets/techniques/etc. but I think ultimately if you know the physics to how a body reacts when struck and effective/fluid kinetic movements you can be an effective fighter. I've seen trained kenpo practitioners work as bouncers and effectively dispatch many threats.

[@raymondmorillo7697]

Bruce Lee knew that we are all different physically; some can kick better that other whereas other punch better, etc. What he basically believed was that a specific art or doctrine does not allow fluidity and boxes a person in thus not allowing said person to fully express themselves. Kenpo was a system; a very rigid one at that. I know that b/c I studied it at one time; I also studied Tae Kwon Do so I know the limitations of both arts. Bruce taught an eclectic style of fighting. I hate to use the word teach b/c he didn't believe in that word. The man was a genius I am sure you agree. Bruce Lee was his own man who used what worked for him thus allowing him to help others express what worked for them. I am sure you know that. I have seen bouncers who were into crossfit dispatch a few knuckleheads. I'm not saying a Kenpo practitioner cannot handle him/her self on the street. I merely believe like Bruce in having "No Limitations" You are a true gentleman in your reply Crispben. Thank you.

[@Mitchx42]

Put me to sleep

[@jawbuster79]

Hahahha that was amusing. Love how the opponent stands in one spot offering no resistance as the karate guy throws unlimited strikes. If only fights were that easy. Unfortunately for these martial artists, they'll be totally shocked if they really fight someone cause most people move out of the way and hit back. Karate would work, however, if you were to attack a sleeping man or quadriplegic.

[@restrainingdylan2524]

Low bone actually if you threw that many punches at someone weather they were moving all not there is no way they would see hands that fast its game over .

[@ControltheDistance]

Low bone The idea of training the long sequences is redundancy; if the first few hits don't incapacitate or at least discourage someone, you can keep throwing combinations of strikes. Your flow won't be disrupted by the opponent moving around if you are able to strike as fast as this guy, and if you have a decent understanding of body mechanics. To look at it another way, try moving around in any useful way with someone hammering on you with this kind of precision and with a logically ordered series of targets.

[@Rizaldjohan]

+ControltheDistance a person's reaction upon the first impact will be different, body mechanics is understood falsely in this video. I learned MT, kyokushin and boxing use similar approach and this AK is totally made up. It can only work against someone with very low agility for example for someone who never done any kinds of sports ever in his/her life

[@ControltheDistance]

+Rizal Djohan The video looks off because the man demonstrating isn't really hitting any of the targets. 1:38, for example, shows a technique called Repeating Mace, without impacting anything deeper than the other guy's jacket. Perhaps he really thinks that's how it's meant to work, but I suspect he's merely emphasizing speed over power, as the video title suggests.

[@Rizaldjohan]

+ControltheDistance i hope you know that if you hit the target, the speed will be so much different. then what's the purpose of speed training if a dummy is present but no impact is involved? this is that i meant by Mr. Parker actually didn't know what he was doing, he totally made the whole thing up

[@moehoward8691]

What a total crock of crap

[@Kamingo170]

You're a moron lol, come and fight me I'll smoke you

[@rolirolster]

Hhahahahahahahhahahahaha aaahhhhhhh hahhahahahahahahahaha These techniques will DEFINITELY work, because everyone knows when you have a fight, after you hit the guy once, he stands there and lets you perform lots of elaborate, ineffective moves.