Laine Nakachi
07-25-2001, 08:13 AM
Continuation
From this linage evolved arts such as kajukenbo,founded by Adriano Emperado,
a student of William Chow.Emperado was aided by jujutsu stylist,Frank Ordonez. Peter Choo (Tang Soo Do),Joe Holek (Judo)
, and Clarence Chang (Chinese Boxing).In putting Kajukenbo together.All five were influenced by Okazaki,who blended a number of styles to form a complete system.
Most of the kenpo schools and practitioners on the Hawaiian islands were members of Okazaki's American Jujutsu Institute,which founded in 1939.This included Mitose's Official Self-Defense Club.Kufferth also had a good relationship with Mitose,and they exchanged information freely on each other's styles.
One thing that seperates kenpo jujutsu from kenpo karate is that,in enpo jujutsu
(as in danzan-ryu jujutsu),practitioners do not kick above the waist,excluding drop
kicks.Kenpo karate,on the other hand,utilizes high kicks,including some to the head.Kufferth,however,believes if you
want to kick someone in the head,you should first kick his knees,causing him to bend down and making his head more accessible.For self-defense purposes,Kuffereth says,it is best stay with low kicks,incorporating them with vital point strikes,joint locks,throws and grappling when appropriate.
According to the danzan-ryu jujutsu mokuroku (instructors scroll),written by Okazaki,kenpo was combined with the Jujutsu or Japanese Yawara arts around A.D. 1600,when Chinese Immigrants brought kenpo and other techniques to Japan.Once again this demonstrates the combination of kenpo and jujitsu,not kenpo and Karate.
If instructors want to say they teach kenpo karate rather than kenpo jujutsu,that is fine.Karate is a more readily recognize word than jujutsu,and accounts in large part for its use with kenpo istead of jujutsu.
But one fact cannot be ignored: the roots of nearly all kenpo in the United States lead back to Mitose and kenpo jujutsu in Hawaii.Mitose pioneered what has today become known as kenpo karate,and his students,such as William Chow,further advanced the art-just as instructors like Kufferath and Wally jay did for Okazaki's danzan-ryu-jujutsu.These men are the true forebearers of modern-day martial arts,and as such, are owed a debt of gratitude by today's practitioners.
Best Regards,
Fe luk
From this linage evolved arts such as kajukenbo,founded by Adriano Emperado,
a student of William Chow.Emperado was aided by jujutsu stylist,Frank Ordonez. Peter Choo (Tang Soo Do),Joe Holek (Judo)
, and Clarence Chang (Chinese Boxing).In putting Kajukenbo together.All five were influenced by Okazaki,who blended a number of styles to form a complete system.
Most of the kenpo schools and practitioners on the Hawaiian islands were members of Okazaki's American Jujutsu Institute,which founded in 1939.This included Mitose's Official Self-Defense Club.Kufferth also had a good relationship with Mitose,and they exchanged information freely on each other's styles.
One thing that seperates kenpo jujutsu from kenpo karate is that,in enpo jujutsu
(as in danzan-ryu jujutsu),practitioners do not kick above the waist,excluding drop
kicks.Kenpo karate,on the other hand,utilizes high kicks,including some to the head.Kufferth,however,believes if you
want to kick someone in the head,you should first kick his knees,causing him to bend down and making his head more accessible.For self-defense purposes,Kuffereth says,it is best stay with low kicks,incorporating them with vital point strikes,joint locks,throws and grappling when appropriate.
According to the danzan-ryu jujutsu mokuroku (instructors scroll),written by Okazaki,kenpo was combined with the Jujutsu or Japanese Yawara arts around A.D. 1600,when Chinese Immigrants brought kenpo and other techniques to Japan.Once again this demonstrates the combination of kenpo and jujitsu,not kenpo and Karate.
If instructors want to say they teach kenpo karate rather than kenpo jujutsu,that is fine.Karate is a more readily recognize word than jujutsu,and accounts in large part for its use with kenpo istead of jujutsu.
But one fact cannot be ignored: the roots of nearly all kenpo in the United States lead back to Mitose and kenpo jujutsu in Hawaii.Mitose pioneered what has today become known as kenpo karate,and his students,such as William Chow,further advanced the art-just as instructors like Kufferath and Wally jay did for Okazaki's danzan-ryu-jujutsu.These men are the true forebearers of modern-day martial arts,and as such, are owed a debt of gratitude by today's practitioners.
Best Regards,
Fe luk