Kakukenbo

[HtTKar]

Kakukenbo is kind of a hybrid art developed in Hawaii by five guys who were experts in their particular schools, but saw that the organized Martial Arts being taught were of little value in practical situations. So they combined the most valuable and practical aspects of Karate, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Kempo, and Gung-fu into one art, and placed the emphasis on training hard and personalizing the art to your own personality and needs.

Has anybody heard of this art?
Since there are many people on this forum from Hawaii, I thought that you all could shed some light on this. Thanks.

[Jeremy Lobdell]

I've never heard of this, and don't know if it is a independant art, but I found this website www.hmaisociety.org . If you check under history, it sounds very similar to your post. The only art I know of that is truely unique to Hawaii and hawaiian culture is Lua. There may be others, but I haven't found them yet.
Mahalo, Jeremy

[Jeremy Lobdell]

There is also a Kajukenbo school here, but I'm not sure if it's the same thing. They don't have a website. www.onzuka.com is a pretty good site for schools in Hawaii.
Mahalo, Jeremy

[Tant01]

Has anybody heard of this art?
Since there are many people on this forum from Hawaii, I thought that you all could shed some light on this. Thanks.

Kakukenbo? Kajukenbo was developed in the Palomas settlements of Hawaii by Sijo Adriano D. Emperado, P.Y.Y. Choo, Frank Ordonez, J. Holck, and Professor C. Chang between 1949-52. It's a synthesis of Karate-do, Judo, Kenpo and boxing. To my knowledge the founders are all dead and the art has fractured into many sects.

[EmptyneSs]

i have a friend who trains in kajukenbo. i guess there are 2 styles, one is the regular style, and the other is called " the Gaylord Method". the gaylord method is tougher, as it is full contact, and everyone just beats the shit out of eachother. kajukenbo is about self defense and street fighting. they learn to fight in all ranges, kicks, punches, groundfighting, weapons, etc. its a pretty tough art to train in because the training is so hard students are always getting injured. i dont really agree with the aproach they take because i beleive safety is one of the most important things when training, and my friend tells me of students regularly bleeding, breaking noses, and getting rediculous amounts of deep bruises all over their bodys. my friend and his classmates do drills were they just take tons of leg kicks, or strikes to their abbs, or other body parts in order to toughen them up and get them used to feeling pain and continuing. they do tons and tons of sparring and grappling, usually at full force. sometimes students have to grapple 2 or 3 people at once, and can use light strikes while grappling.

the school my friend trains at teaches kajukenbo, along with jkd.
heres a link to it http://www.bonosjeetkunedo-kajukenbo.com/

[HtTKar]

I checked out that website and read just about every article. I see they have a lot of schools on the west coast, but none on the east coast. Probably why I've never heard of it. Pretty good website, thanks for the link.

[Joe Hubbard]

Hi Guys

Please check out Sifu Dean Goldade’s website:

http://www.kajukenbo-combatives.com/

Dean is based in Austin, Texas and teaches a system of Kajukenbo that is a derivative of the “Gaylord System.” Dean is also a senior instructor under W. Hock Hochheim in The Scientific Fighting Congress. Dean trains hard and is one of the best teachers around. Be sure to give him a call and check him out!

Hope that helps

Joe