Welcome to White Tiger Kenpo

Kenpo karate is a unique mixed martial art or MMA that traces it's near history to the Pa lama settlement on Oahu, Hawaii. It is based on approximately 150 self defense patterns cataloged by the members of the Black Belt Society, whose members included William Chow who was Adriano Emperado (Kenpo) instructor, Walter Choo (Karate), Joe Holck (Judo), Frank Ordonez (Jujutsu), and George C. Chang. Ed Parker another of William Chow's student brought Kenpo to the U.S. in the 1950’s and established American Kenpo as his style. The Tracy Brothers who were Parker students established the Tracy Kenpo based on these same techniques. The true origins of these self defense patterns are unknown but many theories and legends abound.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Instructors Cornor: Leading Centers

After learning how to read Set points the next important concept you need to learn is reading an opponents by learning to read there tells. A tell is also what we call a Leading Center this is something an attacker will do right before they initiate or attack.
A leading center is something as simple as droppring their lead hand before they throw a kick,switch from a right lead to a left lead, chnage there facial expresion, blinking, puff up their checks change there eye contact and so on.
By learning to read someone’s Leading center, especially someone who is trying to hide there Leading center the guy on the street will be almost a joke due to the fact that they will be so easy to read.

The best way to practice this is when you work out with your parner tell them what the do right before they throw a punck or kick, let them know what made you move or react to what you saw. By doing this you will find out what your weaknesses are and then learn to get rid of them. You will not only learn how and what to look for but you will also learn to hide your own tells.

keep in mind when sparring to be relaxed and react to what you see

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