Kinney Karate: Principals and Purpose
Kinney Karate is not taught as a deadly Martial Art. In fact, the focus is on individual personal development. The main objective is for students to become better persons both physically and mentally. In essence, the main principal in Kinney Karate is to teach students how “not” to kick and punch. This requires the student [...]
System vs. Style
To understand more about Kinney Karate, it is important to recognize the original styles of Korean Tang Soo Do, Japanese Ju-Jitsu and Chinese Kempo as the foundation of the system. The evaluation of System vs. Style is further illustrated by understanding the evolution of Tang Soo Do and its early American history as defined by [...]
Kinney Karate: Syllabus
The Kinney Karate System is based on a twelve belt ranking system and twelve Forms. There are eight major areas of study. These are: Forms, Free-Sparring, One-Step Sparring, Ju-Jitsu, Aikido, Arnis, Solo Line Drills (Basic Motion), and Partner Line Drills (Advanced Motion). Other areas of focus are; demonstration skills, falling and rolling, breaking skills, tournament [...]
What is Karate?
Someday you’ll be talking to a friend at a party and the subject of karate will come up. In the beginning, it’s pretty normal to be so obsessed with your new martial arts hobby to be the one bringing up the subject. You love it. The current subject can be about football and somehow you [...]
What is Modern Arnis?
Modern Arnis is the system of Filipino Martial Arts founded by the late Remy Presas as a comprehensive self-defense system. His goal was to create an injury-free training method as well as an effective self-defense system. Modern Arnis is the most popular and widely practiced Filipino martial art in the world today. It is derived [...]
What is Tang Soo Do?
Korean Tang Soo Do History The very first evidence of this ancient form of Korean martial arts appeared during the Three Kingdom era (57 BC-935 AD) as Hwa Rang Do. Since then, 2,000 years have passed. The indigenous martial arts quietly developed through generations of the Korean people. During some eras it flourished and other [...]
Tang Soo Do... The Art of Three Nations
by Bill Klase During the “Flowering of the Arts” period in Korea, two thousand years ago, the various fighting arts began to emerge. Among these first martial arts systems were Hwa Rang Do and Tae Kyun, from which came the birth of Tang Soo Do, but that was only the beginning. The art of Tang [...]
The Philosophy of Tang Soo Do
The Western Hemisphere, especially the United States, has during the past few decades, developed a great interest in the Oriental unarmed defense arts, i.e. Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do, Kempo, Kung Fu, and Okinawa-Te. The question frequently raised by the American public is: “Why are the people of the United States so interested [...]
What is Aikido?
The Japanese word Aikido can be translated as “the way of unity with the fundamental force of the universe.” Aikido has evolved in the historic tradition of Japanese warrior arts. It is more than a science of tactics and self-defense: it is a discipline for perfecting the spirit. Aikido was developed by Morihei Ueshiba, who, [...]
What is Ju-Jitsu?
Ju-Jitsu, which means “Gentle Art” is an unarmed combat system of that allows a smaller person to defeat a person of greater physical stature. The term “Gentle Art” in no way implies that Ju-Jitsu is a gentle, dainty art. Indeed, Ju-Jitsu was the primary unarmed combat method of the Samurai and could be devastatingly brutal [...]
