Coming up next is Ed Parker's American Kenpo Blue Belt Requirements. Aside from the techniques we will now have Short Form 2, Striking Set 1 and Stance Set 1 and the final set of Freestyle Techniques. I plan to post according to the way it was laid out in Infinite Insights Into Kenpo Volume 5 which is as follows: Techniques 1 through … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
Purple Belt is Complete
September 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The subject line pretty much says it all. I am finally finished posting all of the techniques, forms and sets required to obtain your purple belt in Ed Parker's American Kenpo. During the course of posting the requirements for this belt level, the amount of people following the site has grown dramatically. I went from a handful of unique … [Read more...]
Coordination Set 1
September 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Coordination Set 1 is the second set required to attain your purple belt in Ed Parker's American Kenpo. It is designed to assist students with developing coordination with cross body that occur simultaneously. The Set/Form OPENING: Attention Stance, Bow, Drop into a meditating horse stance Set 1 Have your right foot drop back toward 6 … [Read more...]
Flight To Freedom (Purple #24)
September 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Flight To Freedom is the 24th and final technique required to obtain your purple belt in Ed Parker’s American Kenpo. Flight to Freedom is a defense against a right arm hammerlock, placing it in the Locks & Chokes category of the Web of Knowledge as well as the Locks Family Group in the Chokes & Locks category of the family groups … [Read more...]
Cross of Destruction (Purple #23)
September 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Cross of Destruction is the 23rd required technique to obtain your purple belt in Ed Parker’s American Kenpo. Cross of Destruction is a defense against two hand choke from behind, placing it in the Locks and Chokes category of the Web of Knowledge as well as the Chokes Family Group in the Chokes and Locks category of the family groups … [Read more...]
