Kenpo

Kenpo (拳法) is the Northern Japanese (Nippon Kingdom) martial art developed from Northern Chinese Kungfu (武術) and Southern Chinese Kuntao (拳道).

Some Kenpo schools in Japan believe with theory which says Kenpo was brought by Buddhist monks from China in the mid of 6th century. At different side, several other schools more believe with other theory that says Kenpo was brought from China to Japan around 700 years ago by the Yoshida Clan and also adopted by the Komatsu Clan as their fighting style. Detail history of Kenpo are unclear due to a lack of documentation or the large number of historical documents - notes that were damaged due to wars during ancient Japanese kingdom era.

What Is Martial Art?

Martial Art (Art Of Fighting) or Self Defense is an ancient survival skill used for unarmed fighting against attackers like bandits, enemy soldiers and wild bad animals.

In the battlefield or street fighting, sometimes our weapon are thrown or broken, that's why we must know how to defend ourselves even without weapon.

Not only for fighting, self defense is also useful to trained as daily aerobic exercise for fun. Today, there are lot of aerobic clubs which that incorporates self defense techniques worldwide. Like Aerobic Boxing, Cardio Kickboxing, Aerobic Karate and Aerobic Muay Thai.

For psychological aspect, self defense is best training to build your courage, confidence, calmness and sportmanship. Self defense is best sport which train both your physical and psychological.

Generally, all self defense schools have 1 same basic principe: Hit the enemies first quickly as possible before they hit you.

By the way, you don’t need to mastering all techniques forcefully. Even legendary masters and world champions only focus mastering their own favourite moveset. For Examples:

- Some martial art schools are more focus on punches.

- Some schools are more focus on kicks.

- And some schools are focus on both punches and kicks balancedly.