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SLAYER NEWS MAY '06 Tuesday, May 16, 2006
ARTICLES AND NEWS FOR THE DRAGON KENPO COMMUNITY
World Dragon Kenpo 262-903-7012
wi_ron@yahoo.com
For those members who have recently contacted Coach Pfeiffer concerning updating their Financial Information please use the following link. Thank You for keeping your information current. https://www.championsway.net/myoffice/myprofile/default.aspx?account=true&orgId=8947
World Dragon Kenpo Welcomes Another New Member!
I would like to introduce David Clements, police officer, former DKKA and 3rd Dg. Black Belt WDK... If you have a chance, drop him a welcome email.
Coach Ron Pfeiffer
Hello to all,
Let me introduce myself, my name is David Clements and I have recently joined World Dragon Kenpo in an effort to continue my studies in the combat arts. I have been a student of the arts for approximately 18 years (I am currently 29). My primary influence has been traditional Japanese karate and Kenpo and I have been fortunate over the past two years to train in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and submission grappling.
I am also a police officer in the largest municipality in the state of VT. I am a certified defensive tactics instructor for the police academy of which I hold certifications on a state and national level. I conduct continuous training with officers that I work with in an effort to constantly improve my safety and the safety of others that I am responsible for. I hope to share all of my knowledge with anyone who is willing to learn and I hope to gain any new knowledge that can help me improve myself.
Any questions or comments please direct them to my email at copland1096@yahoo.com
Thank you
Coach David Clements
3rd Dg. Black Belt
World Dragon Kenpo Schools of Self Defense—Vermont
Suggestions Needed!
At WDK, we always strive to improve our program. A chief component of WDK is our web site. In the near future, we plan to redesign our site. With this in mind, we would greatly appreciate your feedback, suggestions, and ideas.
What are some of the things that you feel would help us make the online experience better? What should we leave alone, and which areas need to be enhanced?
Please send your comments to Coach Ron at wi_ron@yahoo.com, and he can share them with the design team.
Thank you for your continued support and participation.
Sincerely,
Coach Ron Pfeiffer
East Coast Shuffle
While vacationing in North Carolina (a beautiful state) the last week of April my family and I were fortunate enough (OK we planned it.) to meet with Ed Dellacroce. As many of us know Ed and Steve worked on the recent article about self defense and the law and he’s also the State Director for NC. During our visit Officer Dellacroce took us on a tour of the town of Goldsboro. We even got to check out the "neighborhood" that Ed used to patrol, that was an eye opener! To give a bit of balance to the drive around we also saw the "Nice" side of town.
A stop at a local Air Force Base and a local Pickle Fest were unexpected bonuses. There was an antique car show at this Pickle Fest but not a whole lot of pickles (for a festival?).
Anyway we must have made a good impression so there just may be talk of an East Coast WDK conference or barbecue picnic etc.
Thanks Ed for your kind hospitality and thank Deb again for us as well.
The Pfeiffers
Ron, Audrey and Ronnie
State of Dragon Kenpo
The state of Dragon Kenpo is alive and well in Virginia. We at Redemption Fighting Arts academy are continuing to strive for excellence in all that we do. Our goal; through a unique Martial Arts Ministry, is to discipline the body, mind, and soul. www.DragonKenpo.us has been a staple in our training tools, and an invaluable resource to our students. Kudos to Ron for developing this wonderful program. Together we as members of World Dragon Kenpo can continue to flourish, through dedication, teamwork and unity.
As our organization is attacked, by so called "Masters", I would like to encourage you all to stay steadfast in your beliefs, and your core values that Dragon Kenpo has taught you. To students, I say trust your instructors’ knowledge, Give Him or Her the respect they deserve, and never take your training for granted. This knowledge that they openly share with you, could someday save you or a loved ones life. The discipline and honor you receive is also invaluable. Believe in your Martial Art, and give your best to it.
For Instructors, I offer encouragement. We must remember a core value of the Dragon Kenpo Creed. Our way is a way of never ending discovery. We have no walls. As instructors we must allow our students to exhibit creativity, and their own sense of self awareness. We must guide them on the right path, and give 100% to their development. We can only truly try to Master ourselves. Students must realize that Black Belt is only the beginning of a new journey. I offer you as fellow instructors, encouragement. Stay strong, and hold fast to your knowledge. Remember, to share with an open heart, mind and spirit.
May God richly bless you all!
Dr. Joseph A. Capps
VA State Director
World Dragon Kenpo Schools of Self Defense
Ultimate Goal
The ultimate goal of Zen Warriors is to focus on the now. Being mindful of the moment gives one an extreme advantage over an opponent who focuses on the joy of winning or the fear of losing. By eliminating all thoughts except the “now” a zen warrior is said to be invincible. But focusing on the now is not just something to be used in combat. This is a principle Zen Warriors seek to have every moment of every day of their lives. When I first heard this, one question sprang to mind – When do they set goals and plan for the future? The practice of Zen is not ignorant of the past or the future, they just do not let thoughts of them cloud the present. But Zen Warriors do plan for the future; they know that you can not begin any journey without a destination in mind. They take time when they plan for the future and that is their focus. They make goals just like anybody else; they just focus on the moment and what they are doing at that moment. When they journey through their every day lives, they are mindful of the moment; but their every action is representative of the goals they chose. Every step they take leads them one step closer to their destination. Since no actions are taken without thought, they are always focused and do the right things every time. What truly makes Zen Warriors different is that they do not care if they ever reach their goal. Reaching goals is not the important part of life. You are not defined by your accomplishments – you are defined by your actions. The journey is what defines you, not the destination. The importance of this lesson should not be lost on anyone taking martial arts. If your goal is to obtain a black belt – and for most students, that is the goal – ask yourself why you want to become a black belt. If you want a belt and certificate, people are selling them on Ebay for $10.00. But if you want to BE a black belt, have the thoughts and ideals of a black belt, then you have to work at it. You should train like a black belt, think like a black belt, and act like a black belt. Every moment of every day, try to become a black belt. In the end, whether you get the belt or not; you will be successful.
Coach Randell Hall
Texas State Director
World Dragon Kenpo Schools of Self Defense
Flexible Styx For Flexible Joints
In October of last year I fell and did some serious damage to my left radius and ulna. The incident resulted in over six hours in surgery and a three day hospital stay. It was a rather embarrassing incident; Judo was my first martial art and I never really thought I could ever be damaged by a fall, something as silly as slipping on the kitchen floor. By the time I was ready to be discharged from the hospital I was pretty down in the dumps. The surgeon told me that the worst of it was not the broken bones; the radial nerve, although not severed, had been “severely compromised”. It was unlikely that I would ever regain much functionality of my left hand. A call from Coach Pfeiffer did wonders to lift my spirits as did being able to get back with our training group.
My arm was immobilized from my fingers to my shoulder for almost two months, then came a month in a brace that didn’t allow me to straighten my elbow. Although I had been taking my herbal concoctions throughout my cast and brace time, my arm and hand were pretty useless. Physical therapy made me feel better and I was gaining some movement, but very little strength and no coordination.
In the meantime, a member of our training group expressed an interest in WDK nunchaku training. Not to be left out, my son and I each ordered a copy. In December Jacob shot Allen’s video test. Jacob started getting the passes down and I was still “immobilized”. When I got rid of the brace I started to work the chuks in earnest. I really sucked. Passing with the right hand it would bounce off my left without my being able to grab it. If I tried to pass with the left it would bounce off some body part not even close to my right hand. I figured that maybe I just don’t get this nunchaku stuff.
I very quickly realized that it was taking less and time before my left hand was finally closing around a back pass and that a left handed shoulder pass was actually making it to my right hands. My friends at work were amazed at my sudden recovery. My orthopedic surgeon was astounded at my recovery; my hand surgeon was somewhat disappointed that he would not be doing the bone grafts and tendon transfers that everyone thought would be necessary for me to regain any use of the hand at all. No, I’m still not one-hundred per cent and I may never be; but I’m not done working the chuks.
I’m still not ready for my video test on nunchaku, but we have made their use a regular part of the activities of our training group. I hope to be able to continue to increase the flexibility and strength in my hand and wrist and I hope that other members of our group who have also suffered hand and arm injuries may be able to improve strength and flexibility.
The WDK nunchaku training video is presented in a very straightforward manner. Since starting the WDK nunchaku program I have acquired a few other nunchaku videos and books. The books by Fumio Demura and Tadashi Yamashita are excellent but hard to follow in places. If someone working the WDK nunchaku program is looking for a book for reinforcement, I would suggest the one by Ed Parker; it follows most consistently with what is going on in the WDK curriculum and is easier to follow than the books by Demura and Yamashita. Demura has several videos that may have been a higher budget than the WDK video with Coach Pfeiffer, but the camera angles are frequently such that it is impossible to see what is going on. George Alexander’s video is very good. Like Demura’s videos, its orientation is on “traditional” nunchaku. The camera work is much better than Demura’s, but it lacks in the painstakingly detailed breakdown of movements that are afforded on the WDK video. All of the videos cited include a nunchaku form. I would say that if you have never seen the form before, you have little chance of learning the form presented by Master Demura. The form presented by Coach Pfeiffer is pretty straightforward and explained with a lot of detail. Hanshi Alexander’s form could probably be learned from the video, especially if a student has gone through the training in the WDK video.
Books
Demura, Fumio. 1971. Nunchaku: Karate Weapon of Self-defense. Ohara Publications. 143 pp.
Demura, Fumio, and Dan Ivan. 1976. Advanced Nunchaku. Ohara Publications. 159 pp.
Parker, Ed. 1975. Ed Parker’s Guide to the Nunchaku. Privately published. 150 pp.
Yamashita, Tadashi. 1986. Dynamic Nuncahku. Ohara Publications. 191 pp.
Videos
Alexander, George. Okinawan Kobudo: Nunchaku. DVD. Yamazato Productions. YVS-193. http://www.yamazato-videos.com. 60 min
Demura, Fumio. Fundamentals of Nunchaku. VHS. Black Belt Magazine Videos. Code 8000. 52 min.
Demura, Fumio. Nunchaku: Karate Weapon of Self-defense. Black Belt Magazine Videos. BBMV 101. 60 min.
Pfeiffer, Ron. NunchakuTraining. CD. World Dragon Kenpo. http://www.dragon kenpo.us. 47 min.
Jim Patus
The Threat You Know pt. II
Now if you read through all that (Part One) then congratulations, although it contained some very useful information it is also very dry; but now that we know some very important facts about what we are up against, how should we train or alter our training?
The first thing that I think everyone should do is make sure that you actively train to deal with knives and other sharp objects (used in 18.6% of aggravated assaults, 8.6% of robberies, about 3% of rapes, and 14.1% of murders), firearms (used in 19.3% of aggravated assaults, 40.6% of robberies, about 3% of rapes, and 70.3% of murders), and blunt objects such as bats, clubs and tire irons (used in 35.6% of aggravated assaults, 9.4% of robberies, about 3% of rapes, and 5% of murders). Since violent crime is most commonly committed with a weapon, regardless of who commits it, people should be prepared to encounter one.
Since the ability to deal with violent crime is the main reason most of us practice the marital arts, I believe that martial artists should spend the majority of their training time dealing with weapons. In fact, what I like to do around Halloween is buy all kinds of plastic knives, swords, axes, spears, pitchforks, chainsaws etc, and randomly make my students use them during classes. A student may feel confident dealing with a punch or rubber knife, but suddenly give his training partner an ax, machete, or chainsaw and now he/she really has to think. Although this training is kind of expensive, a plastic ax usually lasts less that 4 days at the dojo without needing to be fixed with duct tape, my students feel that it does a good job of preparing them for sudden attacks. After all, if you do some research you’ll see that a great number of murders and aggravated assaults occur after an argument and are committed with whatever is handy. I looked around a few houses and here is a very small list of the things that I saw available in the house: knives, chairs, lamps, broken glass, forks, baseball bats, hammers, guns, chainsaws, axes, various gardening tools, chains, lawn mower blades, nails, bricks, and rocks. How many of these have you practiced defending against?
I also believe that once a student is comfortable applying basic movements, they should begin applying aggressiveness and violence in their training. For example, say a white belt learns to block their partner’s punch and then counter with a punch. That student repeats that techniques over and over until he is comfortable with it, and then their partner starts to throw the punch harder and harder until they actually try to decapitate “the defender” with their punch.
Learning to actually deal with aggressiveness and violence in the class room is very important because it is what you’ll actually face in real life. Too many times I see people confidently wearing a black belt but they couldn’t actually block a real punch to save their lives. One of the techniques I use with my white belts is to put their technique in context. For example, after the student has practiced applying the technique 10 or 11 times, I might tell them that the attacking partner is on drugs and wants to stab the defender to death. Now with that in mind, the “defender” has to apply the technique while their partner is actually trying to stab them to death, with a rubber knife of course.
Care should also be taken to explain to the students that it is important to both attack and be attacked aggressively. Most students want to be nice to each other so they don’t grab each other hard and they punch at each other softly. So explain to them that being nice to your partner is to be aggressive with each other. If you have never had someone actually try to choke you, then when that actually happens you will tend to panic. Learn to deal with aggressiveness, pain, and the fear of death in a controlled environment so that you don’t panic or freeze in an uncontrolled environment.
Women especially must learn to not only deal with violent attacks but also be violent with their techniques. The majority of people, especially women, have to learn to be violent since society actively discourages it. Only by actively learning to use violence in a controlled situation will someone learn to value of it and that violence is not good or bad, it is only a tool and it has many uses.
The next thing that everyone should have training in is how to deescalate an argument. If you know how to deescalate an argument you can stop an aggressive person before they get to the violent stage. You should always assume that every argument can end in violence and be prepared to both calm the other arguer down as well as deal with them if they become violent. Just knowing how to deescalate an argument can stop the majority of assaults both by acquaintances and strangers.
A 1986 study in The New England Journal of Medicine found that:
Over 80 percent of the homicides noted during our study occurred during arguments or altercations. In cases of assault, people tend to reach for the most lethal weapon readily available. Easy access to firearms may therefore be particularly dangerous in households prone to domestic violence.
Now I’ll go over several distinct situations where people experience violence from non-strangers.
Intoxication
Many assaults occur when one or more people are under the influence of alcohol or other substances. The number one threat that someone faces from an intoxicated non-stranger is rape. In fact it is estimated that over half of reported rapes are committed by someone under the influence.
If you are a female and you are in the company of a male that is under the influence, be careful and be observant of them becoming over friendly or wanting to touch you. If you observe this situation try to divert their attention to something else and leave the situation. This strategy also works well if you suspect an assault. The most commonly raped person is a white female ages 10-16, followed by 17-21, and 25-34
Child Abduction
The majority of children are abducted by someone they know. Ex-spouses, grandparents, neighbors, babysitters, and other children are often found to be the abductors of missing children.
The only thing that you can do to prevent child abduction is firstly make sure your children understand that they are not to go with anyone unless they ask your permission first, make sure that they know that are people who may want to hurt them and ways that they may do it. For example, approaching them and asking for help in locating a lost animal. Make sure that you can see your children at all times when on an outing, and make sure that you know anyone that your child is with.
Make sure that you have current pictures of your grandparents, spouse, ex-spouse, neighbors etc. so that if your child does go missing you have current pictures to give the police. Also you should talk with your child’s teacher, bus driver, and principal and make sure that they have a list, with picture, of anyone that is allowed to pick up your child. Make sure that they understand that you have legal custody of the child and that if anyone comes to the school to pick them up they are to go to the office and have the principle check their ID.
If your child’s other parent is from a foreign country, take current pictures of your child and the other parent to all local airports and bus stations. Make sure that it is known that you have legal custody of the child and if the other parent tries to leave with the child they should call the police.
You can check for sex offenders in your area online, as well as find out what offense they committed.
Workplace violence
All types of violent crime occurs in the workplace. Just because someone is your coworker doesn’t mean that they won’t try to rob, rape, assault or kill you.
One of the biggest threats is a recently fired coworker. A coworker who believes they are fired unjustly may pose a threat to the workplace. If firing employees is your job then you are a prime target for stalking, rape, assault, and murder by an unhappy former employee.
Domestic Violence
This is threat many people think of when talking about this subject. Because domestic violence is such an epidemic, I believe that martial arts schools should work with the local women’s shelters and try to educate its students about the subject. I believe that schools should make sure they provide pamphlets on domestic violence and even have speakers from women’s shelters come in to speak to the students.
What victims of domestic violence need most importantly is education to be able to identify the warning signs of the problem, skills to deal with the physical aspects, and support. Victims need to know that there are people that they can talk to and help when they are ready for it.
Serial killers and Stalkers
When serial killers and stalkers pick a victim, they often like to get as close to the victim as possible. This is usually done first by stalking and learning about the victim intimately. However, they usually cannot resist making contact with their victim and stage a meeting. They might approach the victim and ask for directions or ride the elevator with them.
They often try to become acquaintances. They try to get to the point where the victim feels fairly comfortable seeing them. Maybe they are a person who walks their dog the same time and place you do or eats at the same restaurant during the lunch break that you do. Once the victim is comfortable with them, they stage an encounter and strike. Perhaps they might disable the victim’s car and then just happen to appear and offer assistance. Therefore you should be concerned if an acquaintance appears conveniently or unexpectedly.
As far as training goes, martial arts schools should educate their students about violent crime and threats posed by acquaintances and loved ones. Schools should teach its students to aware of the people around them and realize that everyone is a potential threat.
You should be aware of this simple fact: The situation where you are most likely to be assaulted, stabbed, shot, raped, or killed in is during or after an argument with someone that you know. This may be a family member, neighbor, coworker, friend, or other acquaintance. Most people have heard the story of the two brothers who were watching TV and had an argument about what program to watch. One brother went into the parents’ room, got their gun, and then shot the other brother to death.
Quite often someone will get mad during an argument and either strike you or look around to see what is handy and then grab it and strike you. Another common situation is where one party walks away only to go to the kitchen drawer grab a knife and then come back and stab you with it.
The second most likely situation where you might be assaulted, stabbed, shot, raped, or killed in is during or after an argument with a stranger, everything other than that is made up of robberies, rapes, assaults, and murders committed by strangers usually with little or no warning.
Note: If you are interested in getting Halloween type items for training, such as battle axes, and chainsaws, you can go to www.buycostumes.com and buy them year-round.
Matthew Shafer
4th Degree Black Belt
Dragon Kenpo
This article is an excerpt from Mr. Shafer’s book:
Living In Today’ World: What Martial Arts Schools Should Teach, But Don’t.
Cross Ranking Revisited
This story is to help illustrate when cross-ranking may be acceptable.
My name is Jerry Atrik. I’m a 35 year old dad with 2 kids and a wife. I have been a student of Tai Mei Uhp JuJitsu for nearly 3 years, and I absolutely love my school, my neighborhood, everything. Alas, my company has sent me to live in the desert.
As hard as I look, I can’t find school in TwoSun Arizona that teaches the same system as I’d dedicated so much time into, so I start looking for something close to it. I manage to find another JuJitsu school in town, but this one teaches a slightly different variation of the system I’m used to – this one is called Chook Im Oot JuJitsu. My new Instructor looks over my credentials and rank certificates, and decides that since I am a Black Belt in Tai Mei Uhp, he will grant me the same in Chook Im Oot. The deal is though, that I have to backfill my knowledge base with CIO techniques up to Black Belt, until I do, I will not qualify for my 2nd Dan.
In this story, I have left one JuJitsu system, and moved to a new school that teaches a close variation of what I have already learned. In this situation, I believe it to be OK to accept a Black Belt (or whatever you had already been promoted to) from the new teacher.
This second story is to help explain when Cross Ranking is not acceptable in a like situation.
As I said earlier, I’m Jerry, and I’m being relocated to TwoSun, Arizona. Well, I can’t seem to find a Tai Mei Uhp JuJitsu school, in fact – I can’t find a JuJitsu school at all. This is a real drag, because I had just earned my Black Belt a few months ago. After digging through the web and the yellow pages (all 6 different ones produced by 6 different YP companies), I found a Keek Ree’l Hi Taekwondo school. I bring in my certificates, history of Martial Arts, and all my awards to see what the school’s head instructor will do for me. I’m delighted to find out that he will wrap a Taekwondo Black Belt around my waist and rank me in front of his whole school. Fantastic! All those years of grappling must have really paid off.
In this story, I have left my JuJitsu school and started in a completely different style. Should I be granted a Black Belt there? No. This is insane, and it’s happening everywhere.
I cannot stress this enough: Cross Ranking is fraud. Help stop the madness. If you did not go through the ranks and earn your Black Belt in XYZ, then you should not put that belt on. If you earned it in XYZ, that does not qualify you for and Black Belt in ABC.
I believe that it is OK for a Black Belt in one Art to be granted his rank in a similar system, however, anything else and you probably qualify for a Yellow Belt at best (since you don’t need to learn to kick and block again).
Rick Collette
Accupuncture by Staff Writer Steve Amoia
Acupuncture, or zhen jiu in Chinese, is the primary element of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The discipline traces its roots back over 2000 years. Unlike Western medicine, acupuncture is based upon treating the body as a whole, instead of “specialized areas.” Acupuncture does not place a separation between the mind and the body as is practiced in Western medicine. An acupuncturist treats a myriad of illnesses that a traditional Western physician would avoid due to our notion of specialization.
Theory
“Traditional Chinese medical theory holds that acupuncture works by normalizing the balance of Qi "vital energy" throughout the body. Pain or illnesses are treated by attempting to remedy local or systemic accumulations or deficiencies of Qi. Pain is considered to indicate blockage or stagnation of the flow of Qi, and an axiom of the medical literature of acupuncture is ‘No pain, no blockage; no blockage, no pain’. " [1] Acupuncture by Wikipedia.
Meridians
There are 20 bodily meridians, or pathways, that comprise the application of acupuncture techniques. There are 12 main meridians, and from the remaining 8, only 2 have specific acupuncture points. Ten of the meridians correspond to human organs; however, two refer to bodily functions. Along each meridian are the various acupuncture points that are used to treat illnesses. There are over 400 acupuncture points in the human body. I will provide a list of the meridians of acupuncture, along with two diagrams:
Bladder
Conception Vessel
Gall Bladder
Governing Vessel
Heart
Kidney
Large Intestine
Liver
Lung
Pericardium (Heart Protector)
Small Intestine
Spleen
Stomach
Triple Burner
Illustration of the Heart Meridian (Non-Text Images)
Please note that although it is called the “Heart Meridian,” stimulation of its nine points (seen by the dark line) benefit other bodily functions and conditions, such as anxiety, arm, elbow, and shoulder ailments, and skin problems.
I was granted permission to use these images, and they are courtesy of and copyrighted © by acuxo.com. Acuxo was awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant for further development of their Acupuncture Decision Engine. Please visit their impressive web site to learn more about acupuncture. [2]
Diagnostic Skills
If you have never visited an acupuncturist, you may be in for a pleasant surprise. They are taught to listen to the patient, and will take a very detailed history. They also measure your pulse using both wrists in a different and much longer manner. Your tongue will be examined for more time than you can say “Ah.” ;-) Once you are on the examining table, your body’s fragrance will provide more information to the doctor. All of these tools provide an overall barometer of the general health of the patient. Those who practice acupuncture are usually deemed LACs, which means “Licensed Acupuncturist.” For example, Dr. Sen Huang, who discussed Tai Chi Chuan and Qi Gong in last month’s Slayer News. Acupuncturists receive between 2500 and 4000 hours of training about anatomy, meridian theory, herbs, physiology, and of course, actual insertion of needles. Many American states require an additional credential that is earned via the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
Needle Insertion
Disposable sterilized stainless steel needles are used, and are inserted about 3 to 5 mm underneath the skin. Depending upon your sensitivity and muscle tone, you may feel some initial discomfort. Then the acupuncturist adjusts the needles by turning them either left or right, depending upon his analysis of your situation. Needles are placed in various parts of the body; again, dependent upon what ails you determined by the doctor’s expertise. The needles remain in the body between 15 and 35 minutes. During this time, in most cases, you will need to remain supine or prone on a table. Some people become very relaxed during this process, and even fall asleep. When the treatment has been completed, the doctor will gently remove each needle, and usually place an ointment, such as Tiger Balm, on the affected areas. A usual treatment protocol is twice a week for five weeks. After that period, the doctor determines if the treatments are beneficial, need to continue, or need to stop.
NIH (National Institutes of Health) Consensus Statement in 1997
“Acupuncture as a therapeutic intervention is widely practiced in the United States. While there have been many studies of its potential usefulness, many of these studies provide equivocal results because of design, sample size, and other factors. The issue is further complicated by inherent difficulties in the use of appropriate controls, such as placebos and sham acupuncture groups.
However, promising results have emerged, for example, showing efficacy of acupuncture in adult postoperative and chemotherapy nausea and vomiting and in postoperative dental pain. There are other situations such as addiction, stroke rehabilitation, headache, menstrual cramps, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, osteoarthritis, low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and asthma, in which acupuncture may be useful as an adjunct treatment or an acceptable alternative or be included in a comprehensive management program. Further research is likely to uncover additional areas where acupuncture interventions will be useful… Adverse side effects of acupuncture are extremely low and often lower than conventional treatments.” [3]
References
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acupuncture
3. http://consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm
Breaking It Down! Orange II Analysis
Defense against a right front punch
1. Step with your left foot towards 10:30 into a left fighting stance.
1. Execute a right outward block.
2. Execute a right palm heel strike to your assailant’s nose.
3. Slip your right around behind your assailant’s head and grabs his neck.
4. Pull your assailant’s head down into a right knee strike to your assailant’s face.
5. Execute a right elbow strike to the base of your assailant’s skull.
THE ATTACK
Your assailant attacks with a right punch, stepping forward into a right lead stance in order to use his momentum to increase the effectiveness of his punch.
THE DEFENSE
1a. MOVE IN
This technique is performed with the expectation that there is something behind you that doesn’t allow for you to create the distance needed to have more time to think about a defense. Still, you need to move so that you have better stability, so you move off the line of the attack 45 degrees forward with your left foot into a fighting stance.
1b. DOUBLE BLOCK
Deliver an inside outside block to deflect the punch further away from your body. This is a variation of Orange I in which you assume that you were unable to turn your assailant’s body enough to strike his back.
2. FACE, MEET PALM!
Keep your left hand across your body so that you can continue to check against further attacks by your assailant. With your right hand, execute a right heel palm strike to your assailant’s face. The preferred target is his nose so that your fingers can come forward for an additional poke to the eyes to spice the technique up a little bit and provide your assailant with a little more to think about.
3. GOTCHA!
Grab your assailant around the neck with your right hand if you can. If you are unable to slip your hand around his neck, grab his hair!
4. FACE, MEET KNEE!
Pull his head down into a right knee strike. This is a very devastating attack and will cause most people to lose interest in fighting, which is real good for you… bad for them.
5. HEAD, MEET ELBOW!
Finish with a right downward elbow strike to be base of your assailant’s skull. If the knee didn’t knock the fight out of the bad guy, the elbow will certainly give him another chance to consider quitting. However, remember that it is never guaranteed that strikes such as these will put your assailant fully down. There are some dudes out there that can take a great deal of pain. Train so that you can easily continue with more strikes or with a control in case a technique or combination doesn’t go the way that you hope that it will!
Doug Turner
MISSION STATEMENT FOR WORLD DRAGON KENPOTuesday, May 16, 2006
"Slayers News About Dragon Kenpo" is to inform, to educate, to inspire and to occasionally entertain the community of Dragon Kenpo Practitioners within our influence.
To fulfill this mission, we will:
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