I've been thinking about attending an Ed Parker Kempo school in my area as I've found some of the demonstrations very intriguing. While perusing some Kempo vids on YouTube, I beheld quite a few negative comments coming from people who claim to be well-versed in martial arts. The biggest criticisms I found had to do with three things:
1. That Kempo is just two people "slapping" each other (which I don't I get because the demos I saw didn't appear that way).
2. Kempo is nothing more than a lot of complicated and fancy named katas and techniques that don't work well in reality.
3. Training depends on compliant partners.
Now, I have very little exposure to Kempo and have no idea if these criticisms are baseless, have a little merit...whatever. I'm looking for advice from those who are much more knowledgeable than I.
1. That Kempo is just two people "slapping" each other (which I don't I get because the demos I saw didn't appear that way).
2. Kempo is nothing more than a lot of complicated and fancy named katas and techniques that don't work well in reality.
3. Training depends on compliant partners.
Now, I have very little exposure to Kempo and have no idea if these criticisms are baseless, have a little merit...whatever. I'm looking for advice from those who are much more knowledgeable than I.