Hmmm.....Not sure I should go here. We had a Kempo World Championship here in Jersey a little while back. Was it the real Kempo championship? Are there more than one? Local guys did well... Now I've seen them in action...
Sweet Jaysus they were awful... No technique, no timing, no focus... Pretty much nothing!
I see that and wonder why anyone would take up a martial art!?!?!!
How do we get a standard...How can we rate and certify people on a universal scale so that newbies can have an idea where they should be training?
I got lucky...I walked into a great club at random and they taught me to fight..not sport nonsense - to fight.
These guys have a whole world wide network of terrible trainers and endorse and reward it at an international level!?!?!?
In addition... One of my guest care announced to me that he was a 1st dan going for his second (18yrs old and not lying) and he can't throw a mawashageri!?!?!?
No wonder people laugh at TMA. I have now given up defending TMA in general - I will never recommend an art again - only a club - that I've trained at!
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