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UPDATED 9-12-2010 American Kenpo is not a style of martial art - it is a standing, self defense training system. Senior Grand Master of the Art Edmund K. Parker (deceased 1990) created his system for teaching self defense knowledge so that anyone who wanted to learn about stand up self defense would have access to the full empty handed (no weapons) fighting knowledge he had gathered, organized and assembled for himself and had taught to his personal students. Mr. Parker’s own experiences lead him to the conclusion that it is not wise to go to the ground when fighting for his life because this method requires the use of both hands and left him vulnerable to attacks from others. Therefore he designed his teaching system to be extremely effective at taking out the attacker at the first available opportunity - as well as 6 of his friends - while remaining upright and mobile.
The American Kenpo training system is taught in stages with each stage giving the student ample time learn and to practice the basics of fighting the American Kenpo (Parker) way. As the student becomes more proficient with his new fight knowledge he is advanced through the system until one day he or she is awarded a black belt. Each student is also encouraged to learn the American Kenpo system well enough to teach it to his own students and is also taught how to adjust American Kenpo system to fit themselves. After completing the coursework you will come to understand that Mr. Parker wanted you to fight anyway you want to fight. He expected you to customize the system to fit your particular way just as he expected every Kenpoist to adjust the system. He wanted American Kenpo to teach you the Principles and General Rules of fighting. He never wanted you to try and fit yourself into some vision called the American Kenpo way… instead you are to adjust American Kenpo information to fit you. American Kenpo is a teaching system, that is all. American Kenpo is not a style of fighting. SGMA Parker wanted his system of self defense training to live on long after he had passed away. He designed the system to fit the needs of and to serve people he would never meet.
In short; Mr. Parker designed American Kenpo to serve you.
KenpoCoach.com is set up for you too. I plan to show you what American Kenpo is about. I will help you see how American Kenpo can work for you in your own personal self defense and how you can use it as a method of opening up a school and running your own business one day. I want to tell you who is using the art to teach in my trading area (central Ohio and the surrounding territories) and I will tell you when senior instructors of our system are going to be in town and are offering seminars for you to attend. Should you decide you want to learn American Kenpo and would like to train with me directly I am ready to make this happen. If you decide you want the authentic American Kenpo experience all you have to do is call 740-390-0465 and I will see to it that your needs are met.
To provide you insights into American Kenpo I will be using the directories provided in my website to assemble my information - as much as is possible - into categories that I think you will want to study from. You must click on the categories to further your understanding of American Kenpo. Click the pages of my website and read. When you are done and are ready to become a part of the American Kenpo experience, call me; 740-390-0465. I will listen to your needs, set up your instruction times or direct you where you need to go to get the training you seek.
Everything in this website is free and assembled for your usage. At some point I will have a members only portion in the site for those of you who wish to interact with me on a more personal level. You will be asked to pay a membership fee as a way of paying for my time with you. But this is not set up yet so I anything you want to know from me can be handled through my email account; Coach@KenpoCoach.com
If there is something you think is lacking in this site. Please write or call me. Let me know what it is and I will try to make the needed changes. I cannot know how to help you if you do not tell me. Also, in the past I had plans to take advantage of web tools such as social networking (Google, Yahoo, Twitter and alike) but I have since decided not to do so for reasons of web and personal security. Any accounts I have open at the moment will soon be closed. The only way you will have to stay in touch with me will be through www.KenpoCoach.com . For purposes of showing you some of the people, places and events we American Kenpoist are involved with I want to show you pictures at some point in the future. But these pictures will only be used to educate the viewer of my website. I have no plans to use videos on You Tube or pictures on the web to teach American Kenpo. If video is done at all it will be in the members only part of my website.
I am in the process of changing my website as you can see. Some of what I have already written is going to be deleted. Some will be edited to fit the new format. I am excited about my new direction and intend to keep these updates coming.
Larry Splain
The American Kenpo training system is taught in stages with each stage giving the student ample time learn and to practice the basics of fighting the American Kenpo (Parker) way. As the student becomes more proficient with his new fight knowledge he is advanced through the system until one day he or she is awarded a black belt. Each student is also encouraged to learn the American Kenpo system well enough to teach it to his own students and is also taught how to adjust American Kenpo system to fit themselves. After completing the coursework you will come to understand that Mr. Parker wanted you to fight anyway you want to fight. He expected you to customize the system to fit your particular way just as he expected every Kenpoist to adjust the system. He wanted American Kenpo to teach you the Principles and General Rules of fighting. He never wanted you to try and fit yourself into some vision called the American Kenpo way… instead you are to adjust American Kenpo information to fit you. American Kenpo is a teaching system, that is all. American Kenpo is not a style of fighting. SGMA Parker wanted his system of self defense training to live on long after he had passed away. He designed the system to fit the needs of and to serve people he would never meet.
In short; Mr. Parker designed American Kenpo to serve you.
KenpoCoach.com is set up for you too. I plan to show you what American Kenpo is about. I will help you see how American Kenpo can work for you in your own personal self defense and how you can use it as a method of opening up a school and running your own business one day. I want to tell you who is using the art to teach in my trading area (central Ohio and the surrounding territories) and I will tell you when senior instructors of our system are going to be in town and are offering seminars for you to attend. Should you decide you want to learn American Kenpo and would like to train with me directly I am ready to make this happen. If you decide you want the authentic American Kenpo experience all you have to do is call 740-390-0465 and I will see to it that your needs are met.
To provide you insights into American Kenpo I will be using the directories provided in my website to assemble my information - as much as is possible - into categories that I think you will want to study from. You must click on the categories to further your understanding of American Kenpo. Click the pages of my website and read. When you are done and are ready to become a part of the American Kenpo experience, call me; 740-390-0465. I will listen to your needs, set up your instruction times or direct you where you need to go to get the training you seek.
Everything in this website is free and assembled for your usage. At some point I will have a members only portion in the site for those of you who wish to interact with me on a more personal level. You will be asked to pay a membership fee as a way of paying for my time with you. But this is not set up yet so I anything you want to know from me can be handled through my email account; Coach@KenpoCoach.com
If there is something you think is lacking in this site. Please write or call me. Let me know what it is and I will try to make the needed changes. I cannot know how to help you if you do not tell me. Also, in the past I had plans to take advantage of web tools such as social networking (Google, Yahoo, Twitter and alike) but I have since decided not to do so for reasons of web and personal security. Any accounts I have open at the moment will soon be closed. The only way you will have to stay in touch with me will be through www.KenpoCoach.com . For purposes of showing you some of the people, places and events we American Kenpoist are involved with I want to show you pictures at some point in the future. But these pictures will only be used to educate the viewer of my website. I have no plans to use videos on You Tube or pictures on the web to teach American Kenpo. If video is done at all it will be in the members only part of my website.
I am in the process of changing my website as you can see. Some of what I have already written is going to be deleted. Some will be edited to fit the new format. I am excited about my new direction and intend to keep these updates coming.
Larry Splain
740-390-0465
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