If Kara Ho Kempo is Professor Chows original style, how can Tracys claim to teach Original Kenpo?
A. Professor Chow’s system was and is called Kara-Ho Chinese Karate. It was not his “original system,” nor is it much like his Original Kenpo. Rather, Kara Ho was created by Chow after 1984. (Professor Chow died in September 1987.) Prior to his death, Kara Ho Chinese Karate, had no forms or weapon sets. After his death, some of his students added their own forms and sets, as well as their own moves to what they continue to call Kara Ho Kempo. However, Professor Chow’s club/association was, and still is called the, “Hawaii Go Shinjutsu Kai, of Kara-Ho Chinese Karate”. Professor Chow never had a school or studio. He taught out of YMCAs, cultural halls and in parks. Wherever Professor Chow taught, he taught from the heart. No student was ever turned away simply for lack of money. Professor Chow never made a living from teaching Kenpo. He was the life of Kenpo. And this cannot be emphasized enough. It was Professor Chow, not Ed Parker, who created Kenpo as it came to be known through Ed Pa
