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| What are Techniques and Katas? | Techniques are defensive and offensive movements against chokes, holds, grabs, kicks, and punches. Katas are sincronzied movements into a form or kata. The movements are both offensive and defensive. Katas follow a flow or path and generally end up in the same place that you started. |
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| What is Kenpo and what does it mean? | Kenpo is a mixture of five cultures: First and most important, Chinese; second Japanese; followed by Okinawan, Hawaiian (before Hawaii became a state) and American. In modern usage, "KENPO" spelled with and "N" indicates the original Chinese origin; when spelled with an "M" it indicates its incorporation into the Japanese culture. It was James M. Mitose, whose family moved from Japan to Hawaii, who established the spelling of "KeNpo" with an "N" in the art we teach and call "KENPO". |
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