KENPO
Created by Samurai Warriors
Kenpo is a powerful and effective method of self-defense. Kenpo was created by the Ancient Samurai Warriors of Japan by blending Shaolin Chuan Fa (Kung Fu) with the Yoshida Samurai Clan Jiu Jitsu. Utilizing punching, striking, kicking, throwing, and joint-locking to deal with any and all self-defense situation.
It is the only self-defense art taught today that is designed to protect the individual by any and all means necessary. Kenpo, by its powerful philosophy and devastating hand techniques, enables the individual to use enough force necessary to dissuade, disable, injure, or neutralize the assailant.
It was brought to Hawaii in the 1930's by Great Grand Master James Mitose and modernized for the street by Professor William Chow & perpetuated by Great Grand Master Al Tracy
Grand Master Shover offers 3 major styles of Kenpo:
- Kenpo Jiu Jitsu (original Kenpo)
- Tracy system of Chinese Kenpo Karate: Original Kenpo with solo forms (Kata)
- Shaolin Hawaiian Kenpo, which is Grand Master Shover's own system. It utilizes Karazenpo Go Shinjutsu Kempo (a Kajukenbo offshoot) as his core curriculum. He blends techniques, forms, and concepts from all three as well as Japanese Jujitsu and Shaolin Kung Fu.
Students practicing Combination #7.