It has now been over 70 years since James Mitose introduced Kenpo to Hawaii. Since that time thousands of Schools/clubs have taught Kenpo to hundreds of thousands of students. The art is being taught under many different names. The following list will try to cover the majority of these names and listed in the approximate time frame they were introduced:
Another important thing that sets Kenpo apart from all of the other Martial Arts is "The Healing Arts"Here is a link to Ned Roctober's site on Restoration Art
www.sanjosekenpo.com/Restorationart.htm.
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The "Kenpo Hall of Fame" has its own Website where each inductee into the Hall of Fame has a link to the Individual's web site.
Congratulations to BERT Valedonia: "Boys Of The Black Belt Magazine" has selected Bert for its "Hall of Fame" as Lost Contacts Fighter of the Year (2007)! You can contact Bert Valedonia at http://www.shooflying.com
I would like to thank Extra Marital Arts for putting me on the cover of the Aug/Oct 2000 issue. The great thing about Extra Marital Arts Magazine is that it is actually read by thousands of "real" divorced martial artists. They also wrote an excellent cover story.
The Complete Hall of Fame List!©2008 - Ronnie Dobbs