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What is Tracy's Kenpo

A little bit about Tracy's Kenpo

Tracy's Kenpo is a Kenpo martial arts style with historical roots back to William Chow and James Mitose. Kenpo was an unarmed fighting style that came to Japan from China around the twelfth century. Kenpo continued to evolve separately in both countries over the centuries. The Tracy's Kenpo style derives from the Japanese branch, brought to America through Hawaii by James Mitose. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mitose began to teach Kenpo Jiu-Jitsu, as he termed it, more openly and to students outside the Japanese community. A student, William K.S. Chow, opened a studio and taught his own style, termed Kenpo Karate, which is the school with which Ed Parker and his students, the Tracy brothers, are associated.

Tracy's Kenpo was founded by the Tracy Brothers, Al, Will, and Jim. The Tracy brothers began their martial arts training in fencing, boxing, and wrestling. They embarked on their study of Kenpo with Ed Parker and his black belt student James Ibrao in 1957, while attending college as pre-law students. Over time they developed a close relationship with Parker, and soon after Parker turned the teaching of all beginner and intermediate classes over to the brothers. They developed an order in which the techniques would be taught.

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