Tell me more about your concern that Kenpo isn't full contact. What exactly is the definition of full contact and what is the "pitty patty" or whatever you mentioned. THe upper level belts put on head, foot, and hand gear when sparring and they seem to be popping one another pretty rough. By full contact do you mean sparring without any protective gear?
Also, they do use grappling, but I think it's more of a focus later in the training. This group is oriented towards a self-defense system that works, not aiming to preserve kenpo as an "Art". The instructor earned his purple through 3rd black from Ed Parker himself.
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