| Throughout the world of martial arts, the style | | | | master. Students of the art will practice forms on a |
| known as Kempo is one of the best. Kempo uses | | | | daily basis, which helps with the speed. By practicing |
| extremely fast strikes, which is the area it is most | | | | a certain movement over and over again, students |
| known for. Kempo has been around for many | | | | will get faster and faster. They will practice with |
| years, originating from Japan. It was tested on the | | | | other students, the instructors, and also with |
| ancient battlegrounds, using punches, kicks, and very | | | | equipment such as punching bags. Over time, |
| little grappling. Kempo employs weapons as well, | | | | students will get amazingly quick and able to execute |
| including disarming techniques against opponents who | | | | strikes with amazing speed and precision. |
| are using weapons. | | | | Shadow boxing is also essential to developing speed |
| What many don't realize, is that Kempo is actually an | | | | with Kempo. Students will spend quite a bit of time |
| older form of Karate. To be more specific, Kempo | | | | shadow boxing, learning their own movements. As a |
| mainly uses the forbidden techniques of sport karate | | | | result of shadow boxing, students will learn physical |
| and kickboxing to create a devastating means of self | | | | resistance as well as improve their levels of fitness. |
| defense. Throughout this deadly martial art, stylists | | | | This also helps with technique as well, as students will |
| will be taught that every block is a counter, and ever | | | | be engaging in practice with themselves. |
| counter is a block. Instead of simply blocking an | | | | The main exercise where speed striking will really |
| attack, stylists will learn how to block in a way that | | | | come into play is with sparring. When sparring, |
| executes a strike. | | | | students will test their knowledge and skills against |
| The most well known aspect of Kempo is speed. If | | | | other students. The instructors will pay close |
| you've ever seen it in action by someone who has | | | | attention during this exercise, to see just how well |
| been studying for many years, the hand speed of | | | | the students are learning. Sparring can be very fun |
| the stylist is simply amazing. Those that have been | | | | to watch, especially when there are two black belts |
| practicing for many years, including black belts, are | | | | squaring off. The more time a student spends |
| able to execute techniques with blinding speed. | | | | sparring, the faster he will develop in the art of |
| Often times, a Kempo stylist can land many strikes | | | | speed striking. |
| before you can even get the chance to counter - or | | | | Throughout the years, Kempo has proved to be a |
| block. | | | | martial art with very fast strikes. It is one of the |
| The hand speed in Kempo comes from something | | | | fastest striking martial arts in existence, although it |
| known as "speed striking". Although Kempo uses | | | | teaches students self control and how to avoid |
| weapons and weapons training, it is more an unarmed | | | | confrontations. Kempo is taught all around the |
| martial art that teaches students how to defend | | | | world, making it an excellent martial art for children as |
| themselves in any situation. This style isn't about | | | | well. From adults to children, the martial art known |
| just going around and hurting people though, as | | | | as Kempo can teach self defense, harmony, self |
| stylists learn a lot in terms of self control, and only to | | | | control, self confidence - and how students can help |
| react when they are given no other option. | | | | others in the world live a better life. |
| The speed striking in Kempo takes many years to | | | | |