Kenpo Journal User Guide
Kenpo Journal User Guide
User Guide
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Installation Instructions
Windows: XP - Vista - System 7 & 8
The Kenpo Journal is a stand-alone application based on the data base program FileMaker Pro. This means that although the
Kenpo Journal was built in FileMaker you dont need FileMaker to run the program.
The Kenpo Journal is designed to run on a hard drive. Do not attempt to run the Kenpo Journal while its on the CD. If you run it
from the CD it will either run extremely slow, or not at all.
Place the Kenpo Journal CD into the CD Drive of your computer.
If your computer does not prompt you with an option to view the files on the CD, open the CD manually to view the files.
Copy the Kenpo Journal v6 folder and save it to your Documents Folder, then double click the folder to open it.
Once you have opened the folder named Kenpo Journal v6, locate the file named Kenpo Journal v6. This is the file that you will
double click to open the Kenpo Journal database.
Note: I suggest you make a shortcut of your Kenpo Journal v6 file so that you can place it on your desktop, or in some other convenient location.
Caution: Do not remove the original Kenpo Journal v6 file from the Kenpo Journal v6 folder, as it must stay with the other
files, in that folder, in order for the database application to function.
Acrobat Reader 6.0 or later is required to print the Technique, Set, and Form manuals included in the Kenpo Journal.
Acrobat Reader is available for free at: www.Adobe.com
Troubleshooting
If youre having installation problems the first thing you should do is attempt to run the journal directly from the CD, by double
clicking on the file Kenpo Journal v6, which is located inside the Kenpo Journal folder.
Previously I said not to do this as it makes the journal run very slowly, but in order to verify that nothing went wrong when you
copied the journal to your hard drive, its worth a try.
If the journal sill wont run, verify that your computer is running Windows XP, Vista or System 7/8 as the operating system. The
Kenpo Journal will not run on older Windows systems and it will not run on a Mac.
If the Kenpo Journal is functionally, but you cant open the technique, set and form manuals, you may need to install or update
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Cover Page
When you first open the Kenpo Journal you will see this cover
page. At the bottom of the page you will see the ID Number and
your name as the person this journal is registered to. Below the
name and ID number is the date your journal was programmed.
Journal ID 5367 is registered to Rich Hale
Version Date June 10, 2009
Notes:
Each journal is programmed individually with the ID Number and the User Name embedded in the program. This insures each journal is accounted for and I can stay in contact with the registered user.
The date on the bottom of the cover page is the day the journal was actually programmed. In that the Kenpo Journal is
updated on a regular basis this date allows me to know which updates are included in the journal.
Daily Insights
Each time the journal is opened it will display a new daily insight
from Ed Parker. These insights were taken from books, magazine
and newspaper articles written by or about Mr. Parker during his
extensive career as a martial artist.
Each insight is a quote from Mr. Parker that will add a little something to your knowledge and understanding of Kenpo. If you miss
opening the journal on any given day there is no way (at this time)
to go back and read the insights youve missed, but they will repeat again in the coming year.
Hopefully, this will encourage the user to open the Kenpo Journal
daily and study on a regular basis.
Notes:
The daily insights were never meant to replace reading Mr. Parkers books or other study material. Theyre simply a
way of staying in touch with who he was and what he had to sayon a daily basis. Each insight is taken from a larger
body of work that will give you a greater insight to who he really was and what he was trying to convey through his
teachings.
Further into the journal, when you reach the Q & A with Ed Parker section, you will have an opportunity to learn a great
deal more about what Ed Parker had to say, but even that in no replacement for reading all his books and manuals.
The Kenpo Journal is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to understanding American Kenpo and the man behind
its creation. For the deepest insight to Ed Parker read his book, manuals and articles. Watch his seminar videos, interviews and even the work he did as a character actor in the television and movie industry.
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Contents
The contents page gives you a brief description of where the information in the Kenpo Journal came from and provides a pathway
to access the various sections of the journal. This includes:
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Contents
Ed Parker
Basics
Forms
Sets
Techniques
Terminology
Memorabilia
First Aid
The Kenpo Journal is not and was never meant to be cast in stone. Its updated on a regular basis as I correct typos
and include additional information. Being a relational database, FileMaker is capable of doing in less than a second
what would have taken hours or even days when all we had to work with were the written manuals. This being the
case, some of the updates to the Kenpo Journal arent based on additional information, but on new ways to locate and
present the existing information already in the journal.
As for the overall content in the Kenpo Journal, it is and always will be in support of Mr. Parkers System of Kenpo.
The sole purpose of the Kenpo Journal is to Preserve and Advance the Ed Parker System of Kenpo.
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Contents
Photos
Books
Videos
Q & A with Ed Parker
Magazines
IKC Programs
Memorabilia
As the original developer of the art of American Kenpo Karate, Mr. Parker was a very talented, gifted and skilled with an unbelievable mind to develop what became American Kenpo. He built his system on principles of motion that included "Opposite and
Reverse Motion", "Tailoring", "Focus" and the use of Logic.
Mr. Parker was dedicated and was driven to create, as well as evolve, the art he called American Kenpo. He built his system to
incorporate linear and circular motion, with intermittent spurts of speed and power when and where necessary, with both major
and minor moves. His idea was for the student to learn motion and then tailor it to fit their body and later create their own personal style of moving, governed by principles. His extraordinary knowledge and skill of the art made him a very deadly man, yet
these same skills empowered him to be a man of compassion, forgiveness, control, and self discipline.
Mr. Parker teaching a Thursday Night Class at his Santa Monica Studio.
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Ed Parker / Photos
The Ed Parker photo pages are a glimpse of Mr. Parkers journey
in the art of Kenpo. Although this page is its infancy it will grow to
include more and more photos of Mr. Parker.
These pages will never be an all encompassing photo gallery of
Mr. Parker as its purpose is to give you just a glimpse of the
many photos available. More photos can be found on the Internet
and in many of the books written by and about Mr. Parker.
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Ed Parker / Books
Ed Parker was one of the few martial arts masters who took the
time to put his physical art into the written form. In order to learn
and teach the art as he intended, reading his books and manuals
is essential. The books covered in the journal are:
Kenpo Karate - Law of the Fist and the Empty Hand
Secretes of Chinese Karate
The Zen of Kenpo
The Woman's Guide to Self-Defense
Ed Parkers Guide to the Nunchaku
Ed Parkers Kenpo Karate - The Basics
Ed Parkers Encyclopedia of Kenpo
Ed Parkers Infinite Insights into Kenpo - Volume 1,2,3,4,5
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Ed Parker / Videos
Mr. Parker certainly had a love-hate relationship with both the
camera and especially with the video camera. Being always the
perfectionist, the best angle, the best direction and so on was
always eluding him.
Although he played many small television and movie roles, his
plans to create a video based instructional video series was never
completed. The closest he came was when he completed the first
two videos of the series Sophisticated Basics 1 & 2
Note:
The Q & A with Ed Parker section of the Kenpo Journal is one of my personal favorites and an area which took a lot of
work, a lot of patience and bit money as well. All the quotes were derived from my collection of over a hundred and fifty
magazines and newspaper articles either by or about Ed Parker.
It took a number of years searching the Internet to find some of the most rare magazines featuring Mr. Parker. (Many of
which you will have the opportunity to view cover shots of in another section of the journal.) The newspaper articles
were also found on the Internet by searching through countless newspaper archives all over the United States. Not that
I didnt enjoy the process of searching, but I wasnt always easy to break away from the computer and get out on the
mat. Which should be a reminder to us all that neither writing or reading the Kenpo Journal should take precedence
over getting out on the mat.
You may notice some of the quotes seem to be redundant. This is because, on some occasions, I used the same
quote, or portions of the same quote in answer to different questions. This way I could bring more attention to various
topics without taking a single statement out of an article - and risk having that statement being taken out of context.
As I mentioned above, there are no unverifiable quotes in the Q & A with Ed Parker section of the Kenpo Journal. To
insure that every quote attributed to Mr. Parker is valid, I have included the name of the publication, the date of the
publication, the volume and issue number, the title of the article and the authors name, at the bottom of every page.
For example:
Official Karate Dec. 1970 V-2 No. 10
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Ed Parker / Magazines
Over the years Mr. Parker was featured on the cover of many
magazines. Some of the covers are from:
Action Karate
Inside Kung-Fu
Black Belt
Official Karate
Fighters
Martial Arts Masters
Meet the Masters
Martial Arts Legends
Masters of Kung-Fu
Inside Karate
Martial Arts Professional
Self Defense International
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Ed Parker / Memorabilia
Another absolute favorite section of the Kenpo Journal is the
Memorabilia section. Many rare and treasured items have found
their way onto these pages.
Here you will see the Kenpo Knives Mark II and Mark III. The
original Kenpo Ring created by Huk Planas, the Executive Vice
President of the International Karate Association and legend in
area of teaching Kenpo.
You will also see limited addition portraits of Mr. Parker that were
done by his son, Ed Parker Jr. and many other Kenpo treasures.
The memorabilia section of the Kenpo Journal is continually growing , but slowly as many great items are hidden away in other peoples possession. If you have anything to share from past generations,
I would love to hear from you.
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Stances:
Blocks:
Parries:
Side Horse
45 Degree Horse
Close Kneel
Inward
Punches:
Strikes:
Straight Snap
Vertical Snap
Inverted Horizontal Snap
Vert. Middle Finger Fist
Kicks:
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Finger Techniques:
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Straight Thrust
Overhead Claw
Outward Whip
Foot Maneuvers:
Exercises:
Drag Step
Front Cross-Over
Cover-Out
Inward Outward
Downward Outward
Upward Outward
Inward Outward
Sets:
Forms:
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1. With your right foot, step forward, toward 12 o'clock, into a right neutral bow while executing a right inward block with
a left hand cover. Execute a right outward chop.
2. With your left foot, step forward, toward 12 o'clock, into a left neutral bow while executing a left inward block with a
right hand cover. Execute a left outward chop.
3. Slide your left foot back, towards 3 o'clock, into a transitional cat stance (facing 9 o'clock) while covering your right
fist (on hip palm up) with your left fist (palm down). Step out to left neutral bow facing 9 o'clock while simultaneously
executing a left outward block and a right reverse punch.
4. Slide your right foot back, towards 9 o'clock, into a transitional cat stance (facing 3 o'clock) while covering your left
fist (on hip palm up) with your right fist (palm down). Step out to right neutral bow facing 3 o'clock while simultaneously executing a right outward block and a left reverse punch.
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5. Adjust left foot, to about 5:30, turn counter clockwise into a wide kneel, facing 6 o'clock, while simultaneously executing a left upward block and a right hand middle knuckle vertical downward strike.
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6. Adjust right foot, to about 12:30, turn clockwise into a wide kneel, facing 12 o'clock, while simultaneously executing a
right upward block and a left hand middle knuckle vertical downward strike.
7. Slide left foot back into a cat stance and turn to 4:30 while executing a right inward downward block (palm up) and
cocking the left hand at the right shoulder.
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8. Step out toward 4:30 into a left neutral bow while executing a left downward block and a right back elbow strike.
9. Step through, toward 4:30, into a right neutral bow while executing a right palm heel thrust with the left hand covering under your right arm.
10. Slide right foot back into a cat stance and turn to 7:30 while executing a left inward downward block (palm up) and
cocking the right hand at the left shoulder.
11. Step out toward 7:30 into a right neutral bow while executing a right downward block and a left back elbow strike.
12. Step through, toward 7:30, into a left neutral bow while executing a left palm heel thrust with your right hand covering under your left arm.
13. Slide your right foot back into a cat and turn, clockwise, to 1:30 while executing a left inward block with the right
hand cocking palm up at your waist.
14. Step forward into a right neutral bow while executing a right extended outward block (on an upward angle) with the
left hand cocked in a palm up half-fist at your left side rib cage.
15. Shift into a right forward bow and drop your right extended outward into a check while executing a left half-fist at
throat level.
16. Slide your left foot forward into a cat and turn, counterclockwise, to 10:30 while executing a right inward block (on an
upward angle) with the left hand cocking palm up at your waist.
17. Step forward into a left neutral bow while executing a left extended outward block with the right hand cocked in a
palm up half-fist at your right side rib cage.
18. Shift into a left forward bow and drop your left extended outward into a check while executing a right half-fist at
throat level.
19. Step forward with your right foot into a horse stance facing 12:00.
20. Salute.
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The purpose of the set is to teach that if a punch is blocked, it can orbit around in a variety of ways and still result in an
effective strike against your opponent.
The set consists of a basic pattern of strikes done first to the front, then to the sides, and then with both hands. It can
be done in either horse stance, or a bent knee attention stance (i.e., feet together).
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Right punch, followed by a right inward overhead inverted back knuckle strike. Repeat on the left.
d. Right punch, followed by an inward horizontal hammer fist strike palm up (grafting into chopping punches).
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Set 2: Repeat Pattern 1, but with all punches to the side, and at shoulder level.
Set 3: Repeat Pattern 1, but with both fists striking simultaneously to the front.
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Set 4: Repeat Pattern 1, but with all punches to the side, and with both fists striking simultaneously.
Close:
Bring the left foot to the right foot, keeping your knees bent.
Both hands execute downward outward hammer fist strikes to the front.
d. Both hands execute inward overhead looping inverted back knuckle strikes to the front.
e. Both hands execute inward horizontal hammer fist strikes, palm up (grafting into chopping punches) to the
front.
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Cross the hands, palms down, re-chamber at your hips executing double back elbows, while also straightening your knees.
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Mr. Parker performs a technique on long-time student and friend, Tony Cogliandro, President of American Kenpo International.
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4. Immediately slide your right foot (counterclockwise) to 8 oclock (into a right neutral bow). During this action
have your right hand now take the place of your left hand as it grabs your opponents right wrist. Without delay
have your left hand form the shape of a crane and have it hook onto the left side of your opponents neck and
throat. Without any hesitation (as if it was a single move) pivot counterclockwise (facing 1 oclock) as your left
forearm fulcrums on top of your opponents right shoulder (using the back also) and forces your opponents
neck, throat, and head back. During the course of leveraging (leverage) your opponents head back, drop down
into a left wide kneel stance while pulling your opponent down with both of your hands. Guide and force your
opponents right elbow onto your left knee with all intentions of causing an arm break.
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5. Have your left hand again grab your opponents right wrist as it assists your right hand in twisting your opponents wrist counterclockwise while moving your left foot back to 9 o'clock. Immediately rotate counterclockwise
into another left wide kneel stance facing 9 oclock while simultaneously having both of your hands twist and
force your opponents knife (if opponent is still holding on to the knife) into his own throat. If your opponent releases the knife on the arm break, maintain the hold on your opponents right wrist with your left hand as your
right hand grabs the knife and plunges it into your opponents throat.
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6. Grab your opponents right wrist with your right hand. As you release your left hand grab, shift it so that it grabs
the back of your opponents right hand (reverse it clockwise with your left palm facing away from you). As your
left hand twists your opponents right hand clockwise, to possibly sprain or break his wrist, simultaneously wrap
your opponents left arm around your left leg. Continue to have your left hand rotate clockwise (if the clock is to
your left) and toward you while simultaneously pushing down on your opponents outer right elbow with your
right heel palm to cause your opponents right shoulder to dislocate.
7. Have your right hand now grab (clockwise with palm out) under your opponents right wrist as your left hand
releases its grab. Without delay, switch into a left reverse bow stance as your right hand maintains its grab to
your opponents right wrist. Continue to twist your opponents right arm clockwise to place greater pressure on
his right wrist and shoulder. Simultaneous with the twist have your left heel of palm strike your opponents right
elbow to cause a possible sprain or break.
8. Cock your left leg and deliver a left heel stomp to the right side of your opponents neck. This is done as both of
your hands grab and pull up (toward you) on your opponents right arm to cause further shoulder dislocation.
9. Force your opponents right arm to the ground, left front crossover stomp on top of his right wrist, and cover out
twice toward 5 oclock.
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The terminology in the Kenpo Journal is derived from, but not a copy of, Mr. Parker's Encyclopedia of Kenpo. Most terms have
been abbreviated, while a few others were left out entirely.
The Kenpo Journal's purpose is not to replace the Encyclopedia of Kenpo, but rather to reinforce the need for it.
The primary function and value of the Kenpo Journal's terminology database lies in its ability to instantaneously locate any given
term, within the self-defense techniques or technique notes - with a single click of the mouse.
Without this unique ability, the Kenpo Journal would be merely providing a quick reference, with a basic description of Kenpo
terms.
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First Aid
First Aid
The Kenpo Journal is by no means a medical reference, but I
have included a section on first aid. It is accessed by clicking on
the Red Cross on the far right hand side of the main menu.
Topics covered in the first aid section are:
Black Eyes
Bleeding
Broken Bones
Bruises
Chest Pain
Choking
CPR
Cuts and Scrapes
Dislocation
Eye Scratch
Fainting
Head Pain
Head Trauma
Heart Attack
Heat Cramps
Heat Exhaustion
Heat Stroke
Human Bites
Inhaled Object
Nosebleeds
Object in Eye
Object in Nose
Object in Skin
Puncture Wounds
Shock
Spinal Injury
Sprain
Stroke
Swallowed Object
Tooth Loss
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