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About Us

 

This school is training in the combative techniques and principles of the various external arts that compose the KAJUKENBO System (Korean Karate, Judo, Jujitsu, Kenpo, and American & Chinese Boxing).  Kajukenbo is further broken down to different branches. The four main original branches are Kenpo, Chuan-fa, Tumpai, and Wun Hop Kuen Do.  We are directly influenced by the Chuan-Fa and Wun Hop Kuen Do branches which then further incorporated Boxing, Jujitsu, Filipino Martial Arts, Wing Chun, Sil Lum, and other Chinese martial art systems.  The students train and explore martial movement drills (such as street sets, 6-count, stages, shadow boxing, footwork, empty hand & weapon flow drills, pad work, counter for counter, touching hands & sensitivity exercises, etc.), various attack/defense scenarios, empty-hand and weapon sparring, grappling, ground fighting, as well as various multiple attack simulation exercises geared towards street self-defense.  

The external martial arts being practiced are used as a springboard for teaching the practitioner the different strategic and technical approaches to combatives.  Although Kajukenbo was developed as a modern martial art used primarily for street self-defense, it is rooted in the traditional way of training by practicing kata.  For the traditional external martial arts, kata was a way to integrate mind/breath/body in order to move in a single unit.  Kajukenbo is a martial art that is ever evolving and always developing.

Our school uses ancient body conditioning exercises (bodywork) from the Aiki/Internal Power teachings of Dan Harden.  Students are also exposed to Aikido’s practice and principles of kihon waza which teaches how to avoid colliding with force (moving tangentially and not against force and following the path of least resistance).  The practitioner will gain an understanding of the way of Aiki, emphasizing the union of opposites (how to use the opposing forces created inside the body for use in combatives as well as building strength and maintaining good health). 

The word Sangen is the theory of Heaven/Earth/Man and uses the principle of union of opposites.  The practitioner endeavors to build this system of opposites in one’s body to generate potential power.  The students are introduced to the different bodywork exercises so they can begin to understand the fascia/tendon connections in the body in order to reorganize, soften and relax, and move from one's center (Dan T’ian or Hara).  Through solo practice and partner testing, we begin to explore how the various dynamic movements or a combination of the different dynamics can be used in combat as was intended in the Internal Martial Arts. 

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