Kajukenbo

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#CC0000" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="041006e0dvldby.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Home</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="042bec00dyxtip.png"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13c8eb00.jpg" border=0 width="142" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Sijo Adriano D. Emperado Founder of Kajukenbo</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0989ad50.gif" border=0 width="154" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Great Gra</B><B>ndmaster Charles  Gaylord & Professor Brian Yoshii</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Kajukenbo </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Kajukenbo - America's first "Mixed Martial Art"</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Kajukenbo was founded in 1947 at Palama Settlement on Oahu, Hawaii. It developed out a group calling themselves the "Black Belt Society", which consisted of black belts from various martial arts backgrounds who met to train and learn with each other. This was the beginning of an evolutionary, adaptive style designed to combine the most useful aspects of the arts.</B></div> <div> <B>There are five men credited as founders of Kajukenbo, and it is from their respective arts that Kajukenbo draws it's name.</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="618" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>KAJUKENBO:</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="88"><div> <B>KA</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="191"><div> <B>JU</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="93"><div> <B>KEN</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="93"><div> <B>BO</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="121"><div> Art:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="88"><div> Karate</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="94"><div> Jujitsu</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="94"><div> Judo</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="93"><div> Kenpo</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="93"><div> Chinese Boxing</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="121"><div> Style:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="88"><div> Tang Soo Do</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="94"><div> Se Keino Ryu</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="94"><div> Kodenkan Danzan Ryu</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Kosho Ryu</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="93"><div> Chu'an Fa Kung-Fu</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 49 WIDTH="121"><div> Contributing Founder:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="88"><div> Peter Young Yil Choo</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="94"><div> Frank Ordonez</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="94"><div> Joe Holck</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="93"><div> Adriano Emperado</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="93"><div> Clarence Chang</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 34 WIDTH="121"><div> Meaning:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> "Long life"</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="191"><div> "Happiness"</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="93"><div> "Fist"</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="93"><div> "Style"</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=6 HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="598"><div> <B>Philosophical Meaning of Kajukenbo: </B><I><B>"Through this fist style one gains long life and happiness."</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Kenpo emerged as the core around which this new art was built. Although uncreditted by name, other influences included American Boxing (Choo was Hawaiian Welterweight Champion) and Escrima (Emperado also studied Kali and Arnis Escrima).</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In the late 1940's, The Palama Settlement was a violent area and fist-fights or stabbings were commonplace. From this environment, the founders of Kajukenbo wanted to develop an art that would be readily useful on the street. As they trained and fought in and around Palamas Settlement, the founders of Kajukenbo quickly gained reputations as formidable street-fighters. In 1950, Adriano Emperado, along with his brother Joe Emperado, began teaching the new art in an open class. They called the school the Kajukenbo Self Defense Institute (K.S.D.I.).</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The emphasis during training was on realism - so much so that students routinely broke bones, fainted from exhaustion, or were knocked unconcious. Nevertheless, the reputation of this tough new art drew more students and Emperado opened a second school at the nearby Kaimuki YMCA. Soon Emperado had 12 Kajukenbo schools in Hawaii, making it the second largest string of schools at the time. Some of the early pioneers who brought Kajukenbo to the mainland were, Tony Ramos, Aleju Reyes, Joe Halbuna, Charles Gaylord, Al Dacascos as well as others. Since that time, Kajukenbo has continued to flourish and grow.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>From it's beginnings, Kajukenbo was an ecclectic and adaptive art. As time has passed, Kajukenbo has continued to change and evolve. Currently, there are a few distinct, "recognized" branches of Kajukenbo: Kenpo ("Emperado Method" or "Traditional Hard Style"), Tum Pai, Chu'an Fa, Wun Hop Kuen Do, and Gaylord Method. In addition, there are numerous "unrecognized" branches, including CHA-3 and Kenkabo. While this may be confusing for an outsider, it is the essence of the art. Students are not required to mimic the teacher, but are encouraged to develop their own "expression" of the art.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Kajukenbo was built on the concept of cross training, and evolution. Sijo Emperado truly is the father of American "Mixed Martial Arts". </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Special thanks to Sifu Charlie Walton for this segment. Visit Sifu Charlies page and learn more about Kajukenbo at  </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kajukenbo.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kajukenbo.org"><U><B>http://www.kajukenbo.org</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Copyright</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" ><B>ã</B></FONT><B> 2003 - 2006. U.S. Karate Systems LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>