American Kenpo - Good, bad?

[c0bra]

Im gonna start takin these kenpo classes cause I think its time I start taking classes to get better. I think itd benefit more from classes then I would training myself. The main instructor is Hanshi Jack Searcy. He has about 45 years of experience, 3 10th degree black belts, school of the year in america for 2 years in a row. He trains the military and 10 world champions goto the school. It takes about 4-5 years to get black belt there. Only thing I dont like is they do no-contact sparring, but I think thats only when you first start. Also. they certified a style after him called Searcys American Kenpo. I think its more chinese based and it has more high kicks ( I think most kenpo styles have low kicks, not sure ). Joe Lewis visits the dojo too sometimes. And they goto tournaments all over the place.

So what do you guys think, good, bad? Should I go for it?

[arsen]

Sounds pretty good, its definately worth a look.

[Kingston]

Three 10 degree blackbelts? in what?......how old is this guy?

10 world champions currently go to the school? or does the school have 10 world championship wins?

the 3 ten degree blackbelts is kind of strange....very fishy....

Use you own judgment dude.

[c0bra]

well hes been in the MA scene for about 47 years. i think the school has 10 world champion wins (not sure).

he has a black belt in kempo. and heres just a wild guess.. the other 2 are tae kwon doe and karate. but thats just a guess

[Thai Bri]

World Champions? I remember a feature in a martial arts magazine a few years ago. These two brothers invented their own form of semi contact / grappling Jiu Jitsu, held the "World Championships" of this new art and then, guess what? One of them won the Heavyweight class, and the other won the Lightweight.

A so called World Champion means jack shit.

[c0bra]

thats goin in my sig

[Szczepankiewicz]

You are seriously doomed if you start quoting Bri Thai in your signature line...

[Thai Bri]

The lads got taste, you have to give him that......