I read on another site that when Ed Parker developed his system he defined technique requirements for each belt level, and there are 154 in his system. How many techniques are there in Kenpo?
A. Many of those who claim to be authorities on Kenpo weren’t there in the beginning and simply don’t know. There are well over 700 Kenpo techniques, and many of Professor Chow’s Shodan as well as Tracy’s require between 400-500 techniques for Shodan. Unlike those in American Kenpo, the Tracy brothers were with Ed Parker in 1960 when he wrote Kenpo Karate, The Law Of The Fist And The Empty Hand (Iron Man Industries). The book illustrates the basic moves of Kenpo and 62 techniques. The book, which Ed Parker stated was “a book for novice practitioners” (Infinite Insights Into Kenpo, Mental Stimulation 1982), was used as a training manual for the White Belt First Brown Tip. There were only two brown tips before Brown Belt in 1960, Gokyu (5th kyu) and Shikyu (4th kyu) and Rokukyu (6th kyu) was the grade of a beginner. Shikyu as well as the three degrees of Brown Belt Sankyu, Nikyu and Ikkyu each required an additional 80 techniques. Shodan (which was the highest rank in Kenpo at the time)
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