Estados Unidos
El camino del American Kenpo
Un arte de golpeo rápido desarrollado en Estados Unidos por Ed Parker a partir de raíces chinas y japonesas, con combinaciones veloces.
La guía completa de este arte se está escribiendo.
Golpeo · American Kenpo · Manos rápidas, muchos golpes
Documentales
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DocumentalHow Ed Parker Built American KenpoArchangel Dojo
DocumentalHow Ed Parker Built American KenpoArchangel DojoPublicidad
🏛 Federaciones y asociaciones
Sitios oficiales: reglas, rankings, resultados y el calendario de eventos.
Kenpo International — KI ↗kenpointernational.org
📍 Clubes
Maestros de American Kenpo
Artes relacionadas · Estados Unidos
Historia
Kenpo is the Japanese reading of the Chinese "quanfa" ("fist method"). In Hawaii in the 1940s James Mitose and William Chow taught a kenpo mixing Japanese karate with Chinese boxing.
Ed Parker, a student of Chow, developed American Kenpo in California from the 1950s, with fast hand combinations and self-defence techniques that have names and stories. In 1964 his Long Beach tournament hosted Bruce Lee's famous demonstration.
¿Sabías que…?
- American Kenpo techniques have poetic names such as "Five Swords" and "Delayed Sword".
- Elvis Presley trained with Ed Parker and earned a black belt in kenpo.
- Kenpo is often called "American Kenpo Karate" and is grouped with karate styles.
Glosario de técnicas
- Five Swords
- classic self-defence technique
- Delayed Sword
- technique against a push
- Universal Pattern
- map of attack and defence lines
Figuras clave
- James Mitose (1916–1981) — taught kenpo in Hawaii
- William Chow (1914–1987) — Ed Parker's teacher
- Ed Parker (1931–1990) — founder of American Kenpo
Fuentes: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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