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American Kenpo

American Kenpo stands out for its adaptability, allowing practitioners to modify techniques based on the situation, emphasizing speed, power, and fluidity of movement through a combination of strikes, kicks, joint locks, and throws to overwhelm an attacker.Training is both a physical and mental discipline, promoting not only physical fitness but also self-confidence, focus, and respect.

Belt Ranking

The American Kenpo belt ranking system is designed to track a student's growth and development in the martial art. It not only focuses on physical technique but also emphasizes mental discipline, strategic thinking, and self-awareness. The system starts with the , which symbolizes a blank slate or a new beginning, indicating that the student is just starting to learn the basics of Kenpo. As students advance, they pass through a series of colored belts, each representing a new level of knowledge, skill, and experience.

  1. Delayed Sword

  2. Alternating Maces

  3. Sword of Destruction

  4. Deflecting Hammer

  5. Captured Twigs

  6. Grasp of Death

  7. Checking the Storm

  8. Mace of Aggression

  9. Attacking Mace

  10. Sword and Hammer

  1. Clutching Feathers

  2. Triggered Salute

  3. Dance of Death

  4. Thrusting Salute

  5. Gift of Destruction

  6. Locking Horns

  7. Evading the Storm

  8. Lone Kimono

  9. Glancing Salute

  10. Five Swords

  11. Scraping Hoof

  12. Grip of Death

  13. Repeating Mace

  14. Shielding Hammer

  15. Striking Serpent’s Head

  16. Crashing Wings

  1. Twirling Wings

  2. Snapping Twig

  3. Leaping Crane

  4. Buckling Branch

  5. Crushing Hammer

  6. Captured Leaves

  7. Calming the Storm

  8. Crossing Talon

  9. Reversing Mace

  10. Thrusting Prongs

  11. Locked Wing

  12. Obscure Wing

  13. Raining Claw

  14. Spiraling Twig

  15. Twisted Twig

  16. Obscure Sword

  1. Twin Kimono

  2. Parting Wings

  3. Thundering Hammers

  4. Swinging Pendulum

  5. Squeezing the Peach

  6. Circling Wing

  7. Obstructing the Storm

  8. Darting Mace

  9. Hooking Wings

  10. Shield and Sword

  11. Gift in Return

  12. Bow of Compulsion

  13. Charging Ram

  14. Sleeper

  15. Cross of Destruction

  16. Flight to Freedom

  1. Begging Hands

  2. Thrusting Wedge

  3. Flashing Wings

  4. Hugging Pendulum

  5. Repeated Devastation

  6. Destructive Twins

  7. Defying the Storm

  8. Crossed Twigs

  9. Snaking Talon

  10. Shield and Mace

  11. Retreating Pendulum

  12. Tripping Arrow

  13. Wings of Silk

  14. Conquering Shield

  15. Entangled Wing

  16. Raking Mace

  1. Fatal Cross

  2. Thrust into Darkness

  3. Circling Fans

  4. Dance of Darkness

  5. Falcons of Force

  6. Bear and the Ram

  7. Clipping the Storm

  8. Circling Windmills

  9. Leap of Death

  10. Protecting Fans

  11. Reversing Circles

  12. Courting the Tiger

  13. Gathering of the Snakes

  14. Raining Lance

  15. Destructive Fans

  16. Unfurling Crane

  17. Unwinding Pendulum

  18. Grasping Eagles

  19. Parting of the Snakes

  20. Glancing Lance

  1. Menacing Twirl

  2. Leap from Danger

  3. Circles of Protection

  4. Rotating Destruction

  5. Broken Gift

  6. Escape from Death

  7. Capturing the Storm

  8. Intercepting the Ram

  9. Back Breaker

  10. Deceptive Panther

  11. Twirling Sacrifice

  12. Heavenly Ascent

  13. Securing the Storm

  14. Falling Falcon

  15. Taming the Mace

  16. Defensive Cross

  17. Cross of Death

  18. Kneel of Compulsion

  19. Bowing to Buddha

  20. Glancing Wing

  1. Dominating Circles

  2. Twist of Fate

  3. Flashing Mace

  4. Detour from Doom

  5. Gift of Destiny

  6. Blinding Sacrifice

  7. Returning the Storm

  8. Glancing Spear

  9. Encounter with Danger

  10. Gathering Clouds

  11. Squatting Sacrifice

  12. Fallen Cross

  13. Brushing the Storm

  14. Deperate Falcons

  15. Circling the Horizon

  16. Gripping Talon

  17. Broken Ram

  18. Circling Destruction

  19. Obscure Claws

  1. Destructive Kneel

  2. Entwined Maces

  3. Marriage of the Rams

  4. Ram and the Eagle

  5. Escape from the Storm

  6. Thrusting Lance

  7. Capturing the Rod

  8. Prance of the Tiger

  9. Fatal Deviation

  10. Snakes of Wisdom

  11. Reprimanding the Bears

  12. Circling the Storm

  13. Entwined Lances

  14. Broken Rod

  15. Twirling Hammers

  16. Piercing Lance

  17. Unfolding the Dark

  18. Defying the Rod

  19. Escape from Darkness

  20. Twisted Rod

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