KENPO MASTERS Vol-2 Featuring Chuck Sullivan and Vic LeRoux
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- KENPO MASTERS Vol-2
Featuring Chuck Sullivan and Vic LeRoux
Item: 064-2MM TRT 55 minutes ISBN: 8526684220968
Chuck Sullivan is the Senior Grandmaster of the International Karate Connection Association (IKCA), which is
based in Seal Beach, California. He is considered by many to be the longest active Ed Parker Kenpo Karate
Black Belt in the world today, and at age 76, he may also be the oldest.
Sullivan was the fourth person promoted to the rank of Black Belt by Edmund K. Parker in 1962, and one of
only three to have been promoted from White Belt to 7th Degree by Parker. Sullivan and Parker became
business associates early on: developing 8mm training films illustrating Kenpo and as partners in a school in
Southwest Los Angeles. Sullivan was responsible for developing the Staff Set that is used in the American
Kenpo curriculum. Also noteworthy, Sullivan was the Tournament Director of the second Ed Parker’s
International Karate Championships held in Long Beach, California, and he also created all of Parker’s
demonstrations for the first six years.
In 1980, Vic LeRoux, a longtime student of Chuck’s, opened a school in Hawthorne, California, which he
named The Karate Connection, and asked Sullivan to take the position of Head Instructor. Born out of what he
considered necessity, Sullivan began cutting down the number of techniques taught by the other Parker
American Kenpo schools at the time because he felt that the system they originally been taught had been
added to over the years to the point where it had become unattainable. The average man or woman didn’t
stand a chance of learning and perfecting the system it had evolved into.
They have not been without detractors who, in the beginning, criticized the notion of changing the system at all,
byt since that time have altered the system they learned under Parker in a similar manner. It just took them a
lot longer to see the necessity and address it. When asked bu one of his students, “Who respects our method
of training?” Chuck Sullivan replied, “It’s not who respects our method, but whose method do we respect?”
Vic LeRoux is a Kenpo Grandmaster and a co-founder of the International Karate Connection Association
(IKCA). He has been involved in the art since he was 13 years old, now at age 58, has been studying, teaching
and promoting the art for approximately 44 years. In addition, he and IKCA Senior Grandmaster, Chuck
Sullivan, developed the Karate Connection System of Kenpo Karate and the International Karate Connection
Association back in 1990, after a combined 50-plus years in the art. Mr. LeRoux has made a teaching his
vocation having managed Ed Parker's West Los Angeles Studio, owning the Karate Connection school,
teaching children's outreach programs, and co-founding the Karate Connection Interactive Video Program.
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I brought these guy videos over 20 years ago it’s so good to see them doing well real good guys I might get them out and start practicing again thanks again guys 👍
interesting to see unexpected correleation between a Kenpo techninque (8:53) and a Tae Kwon Do techninque in a form called Taegeuk no. 7..was always wondering what the hell kind of a move that was.
Also of note to those who think Taekwondo in its traditional , martial form doesn´t contain any hand technique.they´re in the forms..but their application is otften left for the students to figure out..
It's my understanding , which means i may be totally wrong, that many Korean Arts preferred using the legs and feet over the hands because it was an Artisan society at the time and they didn't want to damage their hands in a fight if they could avoid it. But my first Instructor was Korean and was a very strong and prodigious puncher with huge knuckles , as was Grandmaster Hee Il Cho. Korean martial arts in general have suffered greatly over time due to having their history and culture destroyed by invading countries. If you can research and find sources prior to this it may be surprising and informative. Tae Kyon , Ssireum and Subak are good places to start though Subak tends to be more of a blanket term like "Kung Fu" . But regardless of wether i am right or wrong i still think it's critical to study the history of any art if you truly want to understand it. For example , in French Savate they kick with the toes because they wore pointy, hard shoes.
My GRAND MASTER , BOTH CHUCK AND VIC WILL ALWAYS BE MY BROTHERS, THANKS SO MUCH, 73 and STILL GOING…☝️🙏👍
In the first picture on the far left is Rick Hughes! He’s my teacher. BMF for sure!
Yeah, he worked for Vic when he opened his Karate Connection school in Hawthorne in the early 80's.
Love Chuck and Vic because they have huge hearts! Wonderful!
True masters. It was a pleasure filming them.
i love kenpo art i studied under lyman in utah years ago. and now i live in alaska and will soon be taking up kravmaga or shoshin ryu.
Very nice 👍 Kenya's loves kenpo
I studied under TIM TUSAUNT KENPO KARATE " TRACY KENPO SYSTEM" in GRESHAM,OR. He is a Grand Master i've known him 28 years Amazing teacher, apparently he was stripped of all he ranks can no longer teach
What happened
Ayochoachooyachoahhhhhhh...lol
MMA MEXICAN MARTIAL ARTS! CHECK IT OUT ITS LIKE KENPO...BUT BETTER.
Savat!
Chuck Sullivan has a good sense of humour
👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿💯💯💯👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🤙🏿👊🏿😎
Those techniques actually work? Seriously?
maybe not all of them...especially against some trained fighters....but you would be surprised. especially open hand palm strikes to the face. in fact, some of the best seals and cia agents will tell you it is stupid to fight with fists in a street fight. you will break your hand most likely. palm strikes to the face really do a lot of damage with minimal done to you. I am not saying NEVER used closed fists, but judge the situation. Boxing is amazing and should be part of any martial artists curriculum
What you witness for kenpo in videos of self defense techniques is the ideal phase. After learning the individual basics you have the "techniques". You notice that the attacker is not countering in the ideal phase (what you see in videos). I find it helps to look at the techniques as concepts. Then you start adding the what if stage which you will not generally see on youtube. What if your block or strike doesn't work? What if the attacker does this or that to counter, etc. Then you have the rearrangement concepts, etc. Your partner is no longer complying and being a good dummy. They are now more of an opponent and a challenge for you to get better, learning to adapt to the situation. Kenpo assumes the other person is trained as well, though you do not see this in video format for sale or on youtube, once again because the technique is only in its ideal or first stage of understanding. An added bonus is to have students who have experience in other fighting systems who challenge or ask questions (not usually asked by a student of only kenpo) because their experience was not formed within a kenpo bubble. This helps the instructors and fellow students to have a deeper understanding of these concepts and the ability to adapt to the situation. Yes, you can learn the basic techniques from a video but to really understand them, using the concepts of kenpo, practice and pressure test them, add the what if this or what if that, rearrangement concept, etc. with others. Having an experienced instructor to help guide the learning of course is very helpful. Hope this is useful.
Eric Kitching precisely. All techniques, forms, and arts teach us our alphabet of motion. It’s up to use to formulate our own “sentences.” It’s crucial to use live sparring to learn how to apply the principles of motion to your preferences in a combat situation.
@@erkwild2000very good explanation
Then you must know Sterling Peacock?