Kajukenbo - The first American martial art

[Britt]

Email on the way.

[Dean G]

Britt,

Shoot me another email at
u.s.karate@verizon.net

I will make sure you are on the list.

Keep up the hard training brother

Dean.

[Britt]

Man, sorry I missed it! That's okay, though, I'll catch y'all next time around. Do you have my email or snail mail addresses for seminars? I can't remember if I gave them to you.

[Dean G]

It's funny you'd say that; I always noticed the similarities (effective fighting at all ranges, emphasis on cross training, use what works, etc.), but when I went to a JKD seminar with Sifu Tim Tackett at Sifu Dean Goldade's I couldn't help but notice all the dissimilarities at first (I felt like a white belt again! ). As soon as I was thinking that, though, we started doing some different drills that were very similar to some Kajukembo alphabet drills. It would be cool to do a seminar with someone like Sigung John Bono who's ranked in both.

Britt,
Sorry brother... I had Professor Bono down to my place about a month ago... We had a great time. I will bring him back a couple of times next year.. I will let you know when.

Went out to California to GGM Gaylord's 70th birthday bash in Oakland last weekend.. former Sigung Bono was promoted to Professor 8th degree.... Cool huh!! And your are right... He is one bad mofo.. :-)

Anyway, keep up the hard training and I will keep you on the seminar mailing list.

Dean

[William]

Sorry to take so long to reply! I met Sifu Al at the Kajukenbo picnic in 2000. He used me to show an example of pin point accuracy. I threw a kick at him twice and he did a muscle destruction in the same exact spot twice. MAN, he’s good!

SifuKen,

Sifu Al has incredible timing and accuracy with his strikes. I've been on the Uki end of them many a time. My interest was more to the Filipino side of his teachings, and I'm lucky enough to have had many private sessions with him over my time there. Not to mention class room instruction which was always excellent. The kajukenbo/Wun Hop Kuen Do was not my focus but I picked up many effective strategies, tactics, and principles of movement through that training. His system is good stuff.






William

[SifuKen]

Sorry to take so long to reply! I met Sifu Al at the Kajukenbo picnic in 2000. He used me to show an example of pin point accuracy. I threw a kick at him twice and he did a muscle destruction in the same exact spot twice. MAN, he’s good!

[William]

I trained with Sifu Al Dacascos in the 90's. Kajukenbo has some nice elements to it. Sifu Al's version added some Kung-Fu and Filipino elements to it. But it remained quite effective. I give him credit in his ability to keep the system evolving. When the first UFC's hit the scene, they were already integrating grappling into the system. That just motivated him to step it up. He was also teaching Tabosa Kali-Eskrima, Cinco-Tero, and Doce Pares back then as well before the FMA's started taking off. Always a little ahead if you will.



William

[Britt]

It was around 2002-2003. I recognize Sifu Julian Sims' name from the Kajukenbo cafe.

[eXcessiveForce]

ah, well that is where my JKD association comes in.

I've trained with some of charlie's students. Rob Callaway and Victor Stergen

[SifuKen]

2 Answers...
1) Excessiveforce... yes, I know Charlie Clarke, he's actually my upline! My Sifu is Julian Sims and his Sifu is Charlie Clarke!

2) Britt... when did you train under Tim?

[Britt]

Very cool! I trained under Tim from 94 - 99 when I moved back here to St. Louis. JKD and Kajukenbo are really similar, huh?

It's funny you'd say that; I always noticed the similarities (effective fighting at all ranges, emphasis on cross training, use what works, etc.), but when I went to a JKD seminar with Sifu Tim Tackett at Sifu Dean Goldade's I couldn't help but notice all the dissimilarities at first (I felt like a white belt again! ). As soon as I was thinking that, though, we started doing some different drills that were very similar to some Kajukembo alphabet drills. It would be cool to do a seminar with someone like Sigung John Bono who's ranked in both.

Tim's school was great, I keep hoping to come back and visit eventually. The whole time I was in his MMA and submission grappling classes I felt like I was getting my ass handed to me, it wasn't until after I left that I realized how much I'd actually learned and progressed. I hope he's not reading this, I don't want him to get a big head.

[eXcessiveForce]

Do you happen to know Charlie Clark?

[SifuKen]

Very cool! I trained under Tim from 94 - 99 when I moved back here to St. Louis. JKD and Kajukenbo are really similar, huh?

[Britt]

Abilene, Texas. I started here in about 98 or 99, and then moved off to Houston to go to law school; while I was in Houston I trained at Tim Mousel's school. I moved back here about 4 years ago and started up with Kajukembo again.

[SifuKen]

The pleasure's all mine. Where are you from?