KENPO KARATE ADULT CURRICULUM

The American Kenpo program is for students who like a logical, step-by-step, left-brain approach to learning the martial arts.
Kenpo has a well-structured curriculum which follows the traditional belt-rank advancement process until Black Belt.

Kenpo is a principle-based self-defense system that is taught by technique “examples”.  Each technique that the student learns highlights and illustrates a particular principle of motion.  Students learn the principle by technique practice and then expand on the principle to use it in various different attacks and self-defense scenarios until it becomes ingrained and spontaneously useful. 

KENPO KARATE BASICS

I - Attention
I - Training Horse
I - Neutral Bow
I - Forward Bow
I- Close Kneel
I - One Leg
I - 45˚ Cat
I - Reverse Close Kneel
I - Front Twist
I - Rear Twist
I - Rear Bow
I - Reverse Bow
II - Reverse Wide Kneel
II - Rotating Twist
II - Concave
II - Diamond
II - Reverse Neutral Bow
II - Side Horse
II - 90˚ Cat

I - Straight Thrust
I - Straight Snap
I - Vertical Thrust
I - Vertical Snap
I - Uppercut
I - Vertical Back-knuckle Thrust
I - Vertical Back-knuckle Snap
II - Roundhouse
II - Hook
II - Stiff-arm Lifting Back-knuckle
II - Inward Blocking
II - Inverted Vertical Roundhouse
II - Chopping
II - Looping Overhead

I - Front Knee Kick
I - Front Snap
I - Side Snap
I - Back Snap
I - Roundhouse
I - Front Thrust
I - Side Thrust
I - Back Thrust
I - Front Chicken, Front/Rear
I - Front Chicken, Rear/Front
II - Front Scoop
II - Back Scoop
II - Hook
II - Shovel
II - Front Stomp Kick
II - Side Stomp Kick
II - Back Stomp Kick
II - Front Crossover Stomp Kick
II - Rear Crossover Stomp Kick
II - Inward Crescent
II - Outward Crescent
II - Spinning Crescent
II - Side Chicken
II - Back Chicken