Evolution of Kenpo

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Summary: The Bladed Weapo
Review: I've studied Kenpo for 5 years and I find this book to be awsome. The indepth breakdown of the use of the bladed weapon is extremely useful. All the concepts and principles can be applied to your open hand techniques. It's a keeper.

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Summary: A very good book...
Review: This book follows the same style of the Bachman book series. A lot of topics are discussed to expand your level of thinking and to expose you to new ideas. Some are gone into more indepth than others. The Chapter breakdowns are as follows: 1) Intellect to Application 2) Pyramids of Learning and Wisdom (my favorite chapter) 3) Kenpo fundamentals and Progressed Basics 4) The Basics of Motion 5) Kenpo's DNA 6) When, Where and Why 7) The Bladed Weapon - Utilization 8) Wavelengths and Movement 9) Closing Notes. The first five chapters are worth the puchase alone. Six,Seven & Eight cover knife concepts taking into account environment (weather) and distinguishes between crude, raw and clean motion in knife striking execution. There is also a good little section on target locations. If your looking for knife techinque sequences this is not the book, but if you what to know some concepts to take into account when creating or executing knife techniques this book might shed some light. Once again I enjoyed this book and feel that it can help expand the way we think of the Art.

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Summary: A very good book...
Review: This book follows the same style of the Bachman book series. A lot of topics are discussed to expand your level of thinking and to expose you to new ideas. Some are gone into more indepth than others. The Chapter breakdowns are as follows: 1) Intellect to Application 2) Pyramids of Learning and Wisdom (my favorite chapter) 3) Kenpo fundamentals and Progressed Basics 4) The Basics of Motion 5) Kenpo's DNA 6) When, Where and Why 7) The Bladed Weapon - Utilization 8) Wavelengths and Movement 9) Closing Notes. The first five chapters are worth the puchase alone. Six,Seven & Eight cover knife concepts taking into account environment (weather) and distinguishes between crude, raw and clean motion in knife striking execution. There is also a good little section on target locations. If your looking for knife techinque sequences this is not the book, but if you what to know some concepts to take into account when creating or executing knife techniques this book might shed some light. Once again I enjoyed this book and feel that it can help expand the way we think of the Art.

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Summary: The weapon is an extension of the body.
Review: While nominally a book on bladed weapons, much information in this book is on motion per-se and its effective application in combat, with or without a bladed weapon. This is only natural, because the old saying that the weapon is an extension of the body is cliche but true. Hence many of the principles set forth in this book may be put to use whether you are empty handed or holding a weapon, and may well give you an advantage if ever forced to face a weapon attack.