Kenpo Legacy: Interview with Rainer Schulte | ART OF ONE DOJO

Legends of Kenpo: Rainer Schulte
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Rainer Schulte is one of the prominent figures in American Kenpo history. A close friend to Grandmaster Ed Parker, Mr. Schulte took the art of Kenpo and brought it to Germany, and from there the rest of Europe, helping Kenpo find strong global roots.
Today he talks to us about his background, how Kenpo played a role in his work in Anti-Terrorism, and his advice for those training in the arts today.
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[@sliderx1897]

One common thing we learn in all martial arts is an indomitable spirit. The world is a fight and we cannot allow it to put us down.

[@michaeldasalyaget7828]

Kenpo Legacy...? You mean Kenpo Legendcy! a 10th degree black belt, is a HUGE accomplishment, and sacrifice. I am thankful for those who went before me learning lessons and sharing their experience with us. I join with you in thanking Mr Schulte for sharing his time with you, and I thank you for taking your time to share it with us.

[@scarred10]

you must be joking,kenpo is renowned for handing out high grades like candy,tons of fake 10th dans in that style and none of it based on combat.Its considered a joke amongst real fighters.

[@crushingcans3487]

It’s obvious that you Paul are a troll.

[@SenseiFord]

Such a likable man but I wouldn’t want to fight him. Great interview, lots of profound wisdom shared. Thanks for this one!

[@victorshapona3909]

That s awesome. I never knew Dan Inosanto was into Kenpo back then.

[@scottgarner7290]

I ran into many JKD guys who did Kenpo on west coast

[@victorayala9007]

Thank you Dan for providing us with such great videos and interviews! What a classy human being!

[@neils68]

Check before you block. Block before you hurt. Hurt before you maim. Maim before you kill. That is the Devine wisdom I learned from 10 years of kenpo.

[@peacefulmind319]

There are so many of these old black belts coming out to claim a spot in kenpo history, I think it is wonderful, and brings a new understanding of the delineation of Kenpo from GM Parker.

[@mortgagefinancing5558]

last chance fame

[@DavidBeckwitt]

Dang, you Keep pumping out such great content so quickly! Great job!

[@BradleyY8540]

Man these are priceless. Thank you for doing this, the fracture of the IKKA ran deep. I love how you keep it neutral and focused on the good stuff! Very good editing and keeping us engaged as well.

[@francoismorin8721]

Interesting life journey! I especially appreciate Mister Rainer Schulte answer to your question. What he says touches me because I became slightly handicap (no colon or rectum, yeah.) at 20 years old due to severe ulcer colitis that needed major surgery. I was practicing martial arts since I was 13 and became ill around 17 years of age. Now I train on and off, but always come back to one point to my love of practicing martial arts. He seems like a very good and wise man.

[@shozinryu4]

Wow Sir!! What a great interview/video. Thanks for sharing this with us fellow Kenpo and non-Kenpo practitioners.

[@yosafatsurya1082]

Man this Guy deserve 100K Subs Make it happen🙏

[@ArtofOneDojo]

YES! Make it happen indeed! :D

[@yosafatsurya1082]

@@ArtofOneDojo man i love your content since COBRA KAI😁 keep spirit im just subs your channel🙏

[@erichull3404]

My friend, your videos are amazing. You have truly covered the different sides of Kempo. I started in Kara-ho and went on to study in Ed Parker Kenpo. I know study now silat from Thailand from my wive's hometown.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Thank you! I appreciate that and hope you continue to enjoy the content :)

[@Soldier-of-God.]

Excellent interview on Master Reine Schulte! What a remarkable humble, knowledge and wise gentleman. I am astonished at his phenomenal life experiences, along with his passion for helping others better themselves, overcome their limitations and achieve their full potential. It is highly commendable that he was the man responsible, for establishing, as well as planting the seeds of growth throughout Europe, when it comes to the wide spread of American Kenpo Karate. I totally agree with him, that often in a confrontation, it is best to initially try to defuse and talk one's way out of a fight. After all aa the famous saying goes: "He who runs away, lives to fight another day"! Too many people get either killed or severely injured, because they allow their ego to get the best of them. In doing so foolishly giving into the provocation by a very dangerous individual. As it is often taught in martial arts, fighting should be the last resort, when one is forced to do so, in self defence and preservation of one's life and that of others. It is nice to see that he encouraged, mentored and guided the martial arts path and journey, of his first black belt student, whom as he said originally began with very limited training abilities. Over the years was able to overcome his back pain, became strong and fully healthy and is still a very competent martial artist and instructor in his own right. I definitely agree that these days too many phoney black belts, are parading around, be it because they bought it online, obtained it in little time through a McDojo, or were simply awarded such a black belt rank, by presenting an equally and morally corrupt master, with a lots of money. Thank you for this great interview Sensei Dan, it was great to learn so much and as always be inspired by such an enigmatic, pioneer of the martial arts, Osu! 👍 ☺ ✌

[@williamw1332]

Very cool interview Dan! 😊👍I thought "verbal Judo" was what was used for diffusing a possible altercation, but verbal Kenpo sounds better than verbal Judo..."let's go have a beer." 🤪👍

[@marketingwithwilliam]

Ikr, that does sound better 🤔

[@JH-dp9zk]

Neat! High quality videos about martial arts. I watched your videos and they helped me quit my current school in search of a better one. When I joined, I didn't really know what to expect and look for. Now I saw that my old school didn't really teach me self defense, or help me defend myself. Thank you for the encouragement, and advice!

[@JH-dp9zk]

I liked the interview, btw

[@ralfhtg1056]

That was a really nice interview.

[@barrettokarate]

A possible future guest I'd like to see is the actor who places "Jesse" from the Mexican Martial Arts channel. He's a kenpo and judo stylist in real life and you can see it in his videos. It would be interesting to know his martial background and his opinions. I remember one interview where he talked about how the kenpo that most people showcase on KZbin isn't the same type of kenpo he was taught.

[@Avenging_Archer]

It did struck me as odd that seemingly comedy channel would know about 'Delayed sword'. That's great!

[@outstretchedwings]

I trained under Sean Kelley! His school had to close because of the recession.

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

he states he's used KEMPO to survive his physical encounters and I can't help thinking about all the MMA drones who claim it doesn't work in the real world

[@cuzz63]

That would be ignorance to claim. It doesnt work well against trained fighters but it works fine with random nobodies.

[@sonnygallo5662]

Chuck Liddell, GSP, Michael Jai White, Lyoto Machida, Bruce Lee, Dan Inosanto and Benny the Jet Urquidez are all kempo jitsu guys. 🐅 🐉

[@barrettokarate]

@@sonnygallo5662 GPS, Michael Jai White and Lyoto Machida are kenpo guys? Last I heard GSP only holds black belts in Kyokushin and Jiu-Jitsu, White in Tang Soo Do, Tae Kwon Do, Shotokan, Kyokushin, Goju-ryu, Wushu, Kobudo and Jiu-Jitsu and Machida in Shotokan and Jiu-Jitsu.

[@artisticsolarninja]

No it's only chuck liddle. He is the only kempo mma fighter in that era. He is the 2nd generation kenpo in mma. Keith hackney was the 1st generation kenpo mma fighter in ufc who is being beaten by other fighters. Keith's first fighter was joe son and keith defeated him by punching in the groin while their are on the ground

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Great stuff! A gentleman and a wise and great master :) Many thanks :)

[@KempoWarrior1954]

I think he had a small part in the Ed Parker movie Kill the Golden Goose. B grade stuff but worth watching just for the Kenpo fight scenes. Parker takes out a guy choking him by using 2 pieces of a broken plate across the carotid (neck) arteries. Bloody terrific! :)

[@ArtofOneDojo]

He did yes!

[@KempoWarrior1954]

@@ArtofOneDojo I think some of the scenes may have been filmed inside the Kenpo dojo in Santa Monica.

[@erwinh.trepte4291]

meinDank fürdieses Video, thx for it. my deep respect to hanshi Schulte.

[@eyalschnider]

hi,never understood the difference between kenpo and karate...great video,can you talk about aikido,judo,kendo?thank you.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

I did a series on Kenpo Karate if you are interested it might help. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJzCg56QpNenrZo We are currently working on some videos on Judo so stay tuned for those!

[@FloridaMan1976]

This was great, only thing I'm wondering though is who and why would someone thumb this down 🤔

[@ArtofOneDojo]

I know right? Just those who don't appreciate the pioneers I suppose. I guess to some people if it's not MMA then it's no good. Very unfortunate really.

[@sonnygallo5662]

Because they're miserable. Because they're trolls. Maybe no kenpo/kempo jutsu stylist ever kicked their ass to humble them maybe they did and are now bitter. I'm not going to spend another night pondering over stupid people. They don't know that they're stupid 😂.🐅🐉 🙏🏾🙏 💪🏾

[@southpawmoose]

Maybe some ufc poser that hates on everything, dispite multiple UFC Champs holding multiple belts in multiple styles of traditional systems.

[@marketingwithwilliam]

This was my first time hearing of him but he seems like a very worthy teacher 🥋

[@kelvinhall1394]

That was AMAZING!

[@challanboggs3772]

This man has kind eyes

[@thepepperdojo8757]

Great story

[@thepepperdojo8757]

Well said

[@thepepperdojo8757]

Yes sir!

[@flyingcranekyle]

Kenpo is the greatest style in the Martial Arts because it is customizable to the practitioner not the other way around. It is also a striking art which is very practical for Self Defense.

[@shadowspear899]

All martial arts are customizable to the practitioner it's not something that's unique to kenpo and quite frankly the idea that they're not (especially tma) is nothing more than a misconception

[@flyingcranekyle]

@@shadowspear899 to a point. However, some styles such as Krav Maga and other "fight" only styles almost require some experience or a level of fitness already built into the practitioner to be successful and help prevent injury is where I was going with that. Thanks.

[@flyingcranekyle]

@Jake Collins Please give me some examples of the Pros/Cons of Kenpo.

[@southpawmoose]

Never thought of using Kempo for DS operations.

[@wadoryujujutsukempo6289]

enjoyed this, thanks

[@titanesteam]

He told me that story in 2006 in Holland he is a great guy

[@ArtofOneDojo]

He totally is indeed.

[@thepepperdojo8757]

My kenpo brother!

[@ArtofOneDojo]

I take it you liked this interview :)

[@Anomicx]

Great video. Mr. Gary Ellis w/ Mr. Schulte @ 5:52

[@cliffspencer7725]

I was lucky enough to train with both Mr Schulte in Germany and Mr Ellis UK in in the late 1970's and 80's. I never saw Mr Ellis taken down except in demonstrations, so it's nice to see this photo,

[@followingfist6]

@14:42 profound statement! I often ask people who say: "you fight how U train." I challenge them with this question, "what are you training?"

[@complexblackness]

Are you going to do one on Kajukenbo?

[@bensigl3766]

I second this!

[@SenseiFord]

Great show. Well done! 👊

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Thank you! But how did you watch it already? It JUST published.

[@SenseiFord]

I have watched past episodes. I mean to say that your entire series is great! I’m still watching this episode. 😀👍

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Oh ok, you had me confused and wondering if it released early lol. Thank you for your support, hope you like this one as well!

[@Mondkerz]

Can anyone tell me in which year he was in Germany and worked with the students of Police Academy?

[@user-kr1jh1wi4w]

Cool sir 👍

[@sonnygallo5662]

ALL kempo jutsu is superior for SD and is proven in MMA with a little tweaking with JJ and grappling etc even wrestling. The Bubishi of Karate is Kempo jutsu period point blank. If you piss on kempo you piss on ALL Karate.🐅🐉 🙏🏾🙏 💪🏾

[@thepepperdojo8757]

Nice

[@fucu41]

Did he a say danny inosanto @ 2:43?

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Yup. He was a Kenpo guy at that time.

[@fucu41]

@@ArtofOneDojo o wow you should do sonething in him since he is still alive and the closest friend bruce lee

[@artbunker]

Cool guy 👍

[@markmurphy4056]

This is Kenpo, not Kempo. Anyhow, he wasn't the first in Europe - One of Ed's other students started the Irish chapter years before he got to Germany.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Kenpo and Kempo are two ways to spell the same word. It's a difference in translation. Some people choose to designate that one is Japanese and one is Chinese, but it's the same word. Translated from Chaun Fa in Chinese, the Japanese spelling is Kempo, but in Japanese the M and P characters together make an M sound. So technically it's SPELLED Kempo, but should be pronounced Kenpo. Through romanization we see the spelling Kenpo to match the sound. Just two ways to say the same word. Not sure why you're correcting this, I didn't claim Kempo spelling anywhere in the video. You're referring to John McSweeny. This is an excerpt from a book on Mr. Schulte's biography: During my travels throughout Europe and back to the states regularly, I had learned that the first man to bring Kenpo to Europe/Ireland was John McSweeney who had left 4 Black Belts in charge when he returned to the US after two years in Ireland. One individual from Ireland who became my friend and an excellent ambassador of Kenpo was Lorcan Carey. One of the highlights in Ireland was when Ann Moloney and her son Stephen tested and passed for black belt to join Ambrose Moloney to the ranks of Kenpo Black Belts in Ireland. In Holland I found Hans Hesselmann to be the major force for EPAK. He had come to Germany on one of Mr. Parker’s visits and said, “This is what I want to learn.” Hans is the only one in Europe who has kept all the Kenpo groups under his skillful guidance. When I say that I was the first to teach EPAK in Europe it is because I did not find anyone to be teaching what I was teaching - Ed Parker’s American Kenpo or EPAK for short, according to the rules and regulations of the IKKA.

[@markmurphy4056]

@@ArtofOneDojo That is not necessarily true, I was training in Kenpo - spelled Kempo back in the 80's in Ireland, the main reason they switched to the Kempo spelling was when Rainer came to Ireland there was a lot of panic in regard to if he had the authority to stop Kenpo or demand money on copyright issues on behalf of Ed - it was always called Kenpo and thus the M came into being to differentiate, however some clubs never changed - the oldest one is the Daigokan and they've always called it Kenpo. GM Brendan Walsh founded the club in 1969. I was a member of the Raheny Kempo first and that's how I first heard about why they changed the spelling. It was thought this was closer to other styles of Karate that used that spelling. In reference to what you say about the type of Kenpo you teach, you're somewhat disingenuous, what you teach is probably the Modern or modified syllabus, which did supersede the Traditional or original form, which was McSweeney brought and is still taught. Ed Downey was the first to bring the Modern syllabus. However, each contains the other. Parker never made any distinction between the two on visits to Ireland. And indeed I would say it has even departed from the state it was in when he passed. All Arts evolve. Those that don't die.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Deciding why your organization switched from Kenpo to Kempo is very different than why the two spellings exist. You started your comment with "This is Kenpo, not Kempo". I'm not sure why you even brought that up. But you just said yourself that it WAS Kenpo and the name was only changed to differentiate it? So it's still the same art or at least was at the time. But the difference in the words Kenpo/Kempo come from translation. It depends on which translation you go with, but they are from the same word. The same Japanese translation of Chuan Fa. How a person decides which spelling they want to use is irrelevant to the origin of the word. As for me being "disingenous" about the kind of Kenpo I teach...I hope you realize I didn't make any claim about what I taught. I think you misunderstood, I said I was quoting Rainer Schulte from a book on his biography. Ed Parker did have him act as an Ambassador to bring Kenpo to Germany and it spread quite a bit from there. Yes, McSweeny took it to Ireland but you just admitted that the organization tried to differentiate it and "hide" it from Ed Parker. So I wouldn't really credit that with being the spread of Kenpo into Europe.

[@markmurphy4056]

@@ArtofOneDojo I didn't decide anything, as to why some did, from what I hear it was down to how to Rainer presented himself. I very much doubt it was the same Art as practised in the various countries it was trained in depending on whether they were using Traditional or Modified and even then what modified, I'd be very surprised to find any American school that still taught Traditional. Yes I do know the origin of the word. Perhaps here in Europe we place a emphasis on such because it does tend to matter. It's primarily why Kenpo never took off in the UK, it was perceived as not traditional enough. Further to that, in Ireland we never hid anything, we just never updated the syllabus and that may have been in part Ed's fault, he was in Ireland many times and never pushed the modified system. That occurred mostly because Irish students went to America and brought it back. This was furthered by Tatum, Speakman and Pick, to name but a few that have been here since Ed's death. And if you read Ed's Kenpo books, he mentions Brendan Walsh as his first ambassador to bring Kenpo to the UK, others were in Europe too, well before the Dutch and German contingent. So I suggest you do some more research and not just buy into Rainer's version. Nothing against the guy.

[@markmurphy4056]

@@ArtofOneDojo www.loretocollegekenpokarate.ie/articles/history/history-of-ed-parkers-kenpo-in-europe.html Have a good read of this where Rainer admits his own book isn't accurate at all.

[@stevestanley5183]

do you spare in your kenpo classes?

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Yes, sparring is important to keep skills sharp.

[@austingode]

I would have liked to see a demo ......

[@pugsamillion9152]

i would like to know whats ur opinion on small circle jujitsu

[@megafreddybob]

classey guy

[@riversedgekickboxing694]

didnt know nick frost did karate

[@ArtofOneDojo]

We learn knew things every day ;)

[@complexblackness]

"I got to learn this" "I can never learn this" "That's not for me. 😂😎😄

[@bilbobaggins5815]

He's been watching the movie Taken.

[@crushingcans3487]

GODAN!

[@kybone25]

Yea not bad

[@standupmackan]

I really liked this video, but... errr... no offense intended here, but what's the deal with the majestic brass music in the background? Anyway - cool video. Love your channel!

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Getting low on stock music LOL

[@ashchaya7676]

I know you're all going to hate me for this, but the only thing common with Kenpo practitioners is they all have huge guts. This old guy doesn't seem to, which I find interesting. But holy shit, if you really think this dumb shit works, just watch some MMA v kenpo. You probably won't find anything because all you see are "demos" against students who are not resisting.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Not going to hate at all, but I am going to assume based on this comment that your experience with Kenpo is limited. Regarding the "gut", it is common yes, but hardly the norm. MANY Kenpoists are in great shape. And for the record, even the masters with the "gut", have some incredible power. I've been hit by a few of them. It's not a joke. As far as it working, there is a big difference between in the ring and out. I'm not sure what you've seen of Kenpo, but I assume you're referring to the self defense sequences it is known for. Those sequences are not meant to be applied as they look, but rather they are "sample" fights that demonstrate specific principles. You even used the word demonstrate yourself. It's like learning new vocabulary and seeing it in a sample sentence. That's what the techniques are, concepts used in a sample fight to show how they work mechanically. "X art would never work against MMA" seems to be the go to remark. MMA is not an art, not a style. It is a sport with mixed arts. MMA will beat straight BJJ, as someone with only ground fighting skills won't typically last long in a stand up fight. MMA will beat straight boxing, as if someone ONLY has a standup game, they'll get torn up on the ground. MMA works best when there is a solid mix of stand up and ground fighting, with most fighters having Judo/BJJ for ground and Boxing, Karate, Muay Thai, for stand up. Many guys in MMA have Karate as part of their regimen. As for this "dumb shit" working...I've had people grab and attack me and it's worked just fine. Many of my classmates have used it to defend themselves, as have my instructors and collegues from other schools. If you find a GOOD Kenpo school (and I will admit there area lot of bad schools) and find an instructor that knows how to teach it properly, it can be a wonderful art.

[@mortgagefinancing5558]

No such thing as a 10th dab lol

[@ArtofOneDojo]

No such thing as 10th Dan? Of course there is, why would you say there isn't?

[@mortgagefinancing5558]

@@ArtofOneDojo There never has been since martial arts in the modern world..Its self made masters who rank themselves to that. Its like saying there is a grade 13 in public school.Never has been until someone makes it up.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

@@mortgagefinancing5558 You do realize that MOST Karate styles have 10 dans right? Judo, BJJ, Kyokushin Karate, Tang Soo do, Taekwondo, Shotokan. Kenpo....MOST Karate styles and styles with a belt system have 10 degrees of black belt. Not just in America, but across the world. It's been around for a long time. Founders of new styles usually get the rank as well as Grandmasters, and also masters who have been training for 40-50-60 years are often voted up by their peers. 10th Dan is a very real rank, it's been around for a long time, and it's not always people ranking themselves up.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

@@mortgagefinancing5558 Also very interesting that in a previous post you said how Grandmaster Richard Buchan was really good and he's listed as a 10th degree black belt on this site: kempo-international.com/blackbelts.html He's also seems young to be a 10th degree, some I'm curious why you'd say the rank doesn't exist when you were promoting a guy who has it?

[@mortgagefinancing5558]

@@ArtofOneDojo I found the international website and contracted GM Buchan and he confirmed to me that he is a 9th dan and doesn't know why the Kenpo site lists him as a 10th dan. I cant speak for the guy I dont know him personally but he says he is not a 10th dan. Maybe as I said its a mistake. But Im not trying to offend I think you are offended. I am just saying up until the 2000 era no one had a 10th dan..its just made up in modern times.

[@stevearce1498]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@complexblackness]

"I got to learn this" "I can never learn this" "That's not for me. 😂😎😄