Dance Of Darkness American Kenpo Karate

Dance of Darkness is the fourth technique in American Kenpo Karate's 1st Degree Brown Belt. This technique is demonstrated by Professor David Coppock.
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[@rick3747]

Can someone explain that after Ed Parker died Larry Tatum took over, correct?
Why did Jeff Speakman not takeover and instead go start his own Kenpo 5.0?
Thanks...

[@davidcoppock641]

Larry Tatum didn't take over. Many of Mr. Parker's higher belts claimed to take over, many went their separate ways. Mr. Speakman created his own AKKS and was doing Parker Kenpo for years before he changed to Kenpo 5.0. He felt that the biggest weakness in Kenpo was the lack of Jiu Jitsu, so he went and trained in BJJ and added that. I Have trained with Mr. Speakman many times, and I
like most of what he has done with his system. My instructor, Mr. Sepulveda trained directly under Mr. Parker. So what i am teaching is close to what Mr. Parker was doing before he passed. But everything keeps evolving, as it should. Then KAM IV got involved and created a whole new set of problems.

[@rick3747]

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Thank you. I have been confused about Kenpo's future since Mr. Parker passed away.

[@hartmatterhorn]

Works great against paralyzed opponents.

[@gregory4154]

i just don't see it, either. I keep hearing it just training. That's just BS. Why would you train like this if 100% don't do this? Kenpo is just fraud.

[@drvoxmentat]

@@gregory4154 It works as a muscle-memory building system. You're not likely able to run through the whole technique (especially the advanced ones) except in a training scenario. But as they say, it does build "a vocabulary of movement" that you can use to improvise with.

[@VicNorth2023]

@@gregory4154 Ignorance is bliss. Watch Ed Parker's Sophisticated Basics Volume 2. Just because you don't understand it doesn't make it a fraud. If you think, which appears to be the case, that this is the expected response to a step thru kick/punch combination from start to end then you are totally off the mark!

[@gregory4154]

Bizarre. 99% of these techniques are inapplicable. So why train in them? Why develop the muscle memory if they are dissected for final use? I suggest Muay Thai, BJJ, even Kyokushin, but Kenpo? Never. Ask yourself this: would you go into a fight with ten BJJ black belts randomly chosen from a Gracie academy or 10 Kenpo black belts?

[@gregory4154]

And, have you ever seen a Kenpo technique actually applied in a street fight? In the life and death struggles I've been in, I can say if someone tried a technique, they'd be dead. But hey man, I did like Perfect Weapon. That bar fight seen was fun and entertaining, if that's what you Kenpoists go for.