Name Kajukenbo is a combination of the various arts from which its style is derived: KA for Karate, JU for Judo and Jujutsu, KEN for Kenpo and BO for Boxing.
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11 Facts About Kajukenbo
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Today, Kajukenbo is practiced all over the world in many different branches.
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Kajukenbo was founded in 1947 in the Palama Settlement on Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.
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Kajukenbo's philosophy was that if someone was afraid of pain they would be defeated the first time they were hit.
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In 1959, Emperado continued to add more Kung Fu into Kajukenbo, shifting the art to a more fluid combination of hard and soft techniques.
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Since then, Kajukenbo has proved to be an improvement-based, continuously evolving and open form.
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John Leoning, helped bring out the "bo" of Kajukenbo by pointing out that there should be no wasted motion.
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Tony's version of Kajukenbo became known as the "Ramos Method" and is kept alive by numerous instructors.
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Kajukenbo continues to evolve with each generation and maintains its primary focus on realism and practicality.
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The primary concentration of all Kajukenbo schools remains real world self-defense, because protecting one's self in a street-fighting situation is primary.
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Grandmaster Gaylord's traditional Kajukenbo curriculum continues to be taught by his chief instructors who operate Kajukenbo schools in Hawaii and other parts of the United States.
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