Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Kajukenbo

I had difficulties in catching its name on Fight Quest.

I had the impression that it was a street fighting technique.

Taken from Wikipedia.

Kajukenbo is a hybrid martial art that combines karate, tang soo do, judo, jujutsu, kenpo and kung fu. It was founded in 1947 in Oahu, Hawaii, at the Palama Settlements.

The original purpose of the art was to deal with local crime, and to help the people defend themselves from U.S.

Navy sailors who would drink and start fights. The founders were Sijo ("founder") Adriano Emperado, Peter Young Yil Choo, Joe Holck, Frank Ordonez, and Clarence Chang, who called themselves the Black Belt Society.

Kajukenbo uses hard, fast strikes to vital points throughout the body, takedowns involving high impact throws and many joint and limb destruction techniques--usually as follow-ups to takedowns. There are also many blocks from attacks such as punches and defenses and disarmament of offensive weapons.

My opinion: Sounds alot like Krav Marga. Meaning = practical self defence!

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