Page 14 - Ciencia Marcial 02 para Imprimir_Neat
P. 14
who on his side became pillars of Professional sons, fathers and citizens. Day after day, one realizes
Kick-Boxing in México. that under these ruling bases, everything we do
is Kempo, the struggle for achievinga supreme
KENPO AND PABLO RODARTE A excellenceof personal and social traitsgoes on”.
MAGICAL UNION
A BRIEF DEFINITION OF SHINJIMATZU
Speculating about the significance of Kenpo on his KENPO
life, he uttered:
-“it was not only my father’s leadership that To get to know a litter more about ShinjimatzuKenpo,
encouraged and taught me the paths to Kenpo. we attentively listened to the Grand Master
Kenpo Karate was a blessing to my life. At early Rodarte’s explanation:
age it showed me what my mission was; the daily
training in the old school was fulled of punches, -“It is simple; ShinjimatzuKenpo in a competition is
and enforced obedience that ended up with the a sport.
truly fulfilled objective of educating better fighters,
not only on the tatami, but also, life warriors, best In practice, the defensive movenments are carried out
as real as possible and in a life-and-death situation;
it is lethal.
Once the fight for survival has started there will
be neither mercy nor stablished rules.The fight will
end up with significant consequences. However, the
smartest decision is to avoid fighting by all means”.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF KENPO
“There is a great variety of styles under the category
of Kenpo. Currently, many masters do not consider
the historical traditions to develop their theories.
Some others reconstruct or preserve the traditions
of their predecissors and keep strictly tied to their
teachings.They make contemporary and modern
forms of martial arts coexist, ofen including cross-
fertilization between the old and new systems.Thus,
they significantly contribute to modern the method.
Martial arts are very generous as to let other thinkers
to originate.Definitely, some will enrich the system,
others will spoil it.But, it is all about the constant
improvement we search for in life and arts. Besides,
instructors can teach the same techniques to their
practicioners, but they will look diferent for a
single reason; the performance, interpretation and
development of the same technique depends on the
practicioner’s authenticity and style, even of the
same system”.
14
