I enjoyed the video and i'm glad you posted it! One small point: Bodhiharma [a/k/a Damo did not watch the Shaolin Temple get attacked and destroyed. That happened hundreds of years after He established Chan [Zen:japanese] Buddhism. When he came to Shaolin, He tried to teach the monks his sect of buddhism, but either the monks fell asleep or passed out due to lack of endurance or stamina, So he left to meditate in a cave for 9 years as you mention. Many monks came to convince Tamo to return. Finally one young monk who brought a sword with him asked tamo to return to shaolin and teach there. Tamo stated the monks there lacked the discipline,commitment and faith to learn. To show sincere he was to learn, he cut off his left arm and offered it to tamo as a sign of commitment. Tamo kept the student and healed him, then returned to the temple,saying "with faith like this,how can i refuse?". This is why some shaolin bow with only one hand in prayer position. I hope that I was of some service, KENPOJOE
Bill was someone that drew the best out of people. An extremely generous man whose love of kids and of others who wanted to learn and develop their skills. He worked constantly to expand and develop his martial art and was highly successful at doing so. I was greatly saddened to learn of his death several years ago. An excellent martial arts man, but more importantly, a fine man.
My Unlimited Love, Honor and Gratitude to Grand Master Bill Ryusaki and his personal family who carry the same incredible love to people, their culture and by being an example of Sincere Love to everyone and everything including Nature
Got to purple belt learning this at my shared space community center lessons in my hometown in California as a preteen. Remembering the katas while being judged always threw off my promotions. My neighborhood friend got to black though, and even bloodied the nose during a spar with the older filipino actor in the karate kid final tournament scenes in the 80s. He was filipino too.
Its interesting how Bruce Juchnik claims that Mitose put him in charge of Kosho Ryu .I know of this guy as I went to a few of his seminars a few years ago. I got caught up in all the sensationalism about his history and connection with James Mistose.That was until I started to do alot of research about him because people where telling me he was a fraud. At first I didn't like what people where telling me and I never just believe what people say unless I research it without proof. Through research I found out that Bruce is one of the biggest lies in martial arts history. It was a huge disappointment for myself and others in our group. For years he has been lying about his rank and history with James Mitose.That has all been found out now finally. He claims to have learned from James Mitose but only visited him in prison only a few times according to prison log books which has been proven. Many have seen the logs. Even without log books who in their right mind would believe he learned from James Mitose in a maximum security prison ? How is that people buy the stories of him having discussions in a room with Mitose in prison and Mitose showing him concepts. They would allow that in a maximum security prison ? with a convicted murder ? I have worked in prisons and that would never happen. In the book " What is Self Defense -Mitose" it shows letters that Mitose gave to Bruce declaring him Grand Master of the art. If you look in the front of the book in small print you will see that the book was reprinted by the "Kosho Shorei Ryu punishing company" ..owned by Bruce....letters inserted in the book perhaps? When you read the book there is nothing in the book resembling the material that Bruce teaches. The book clearly demonstrates karate and jujitsu techniques in a very basic way. Where is the Kosho Ryu ? Why does no one ever see that ? Bruce’s explanation over the years has been that books show “still pictures” and it’s hard to show these things as its not movement” .The book clearly shows simple techniques none of which even remotely look like the so called “Kosho Ryu” that Bruce teaches.There is no talk about any of his theories. Take Aikido for example it is not the easiest thing to learn as it is all movement and concepts yet many books have been written for that art and discussed in detail broken down into “still pictures” showing movement so people can learn from that. The whole history of Bruce and Kosho Ryu has been fabricated. In the 1980’s he was so popular because the internet wasn’t out at that time and the world could not connect to compare notes. Today these type of frauds are exposed do to the internet with people connecting and sharing and proving information.When asked to Bruce why about the book he wrote - "why is Mitoses signature in his book he wrote erased out ?". His answer is " because so no one could copy Mitoses’ signature". What a clever why to cover a lie. Things don’t seem to match here. The reality is it’s a lie. Why do famous actors and sports people have letters and signatures in books but do not block out their signatures?... That’s why we have hand writing experts to easily determine by cross referencing that signatures are real or not...no need to cross them out in a book . Bruce talks in his videos about being true to ones self but he is the biggest twister of truth. He is a good showman and fabricator. Crazy how people follow this guy. Today alot of people have researched him and found out his lies. He doesn't have the following he had for years. Eventually people seek truth. Some know but turn a blind eye. Its sad
The third and following prints of what is self defence were reissues from Bruce's publishing company. The first two prints weren't and had no mention of Bruce. It wasn't just Bruce who attended visits to James. There was a group. And over time the group learned elements of Mitose's Kosho Ryu which they assembled together. One of the people who was in greater contact with James and learned from him was a prison guard who originally introduced James to Bruce. I'm not a follower of the man but there are elements of the story that is true.
Before I say this I have a huge respect for kenpo. Lol But how do we go from thousands of years ago to modern America 🇺🇸 like thee was a huge gap there. Lol 😂
I enjoyed the video and i'm glad you posted it! One small point: Bodhiharma [a/k/a Damo did not watch the Shaolin Temple get attacked and destroyed. That happened hundreds of years after He established Chan [Zen:japanese] Buddhism. When he came to Shaolin, He tried to teach the monks his sect of buddhism, but either the monks fell asleep or passed out due to lack of endurance or stamina, So he left to meditate in a cave for 9 years as you mention. Many monks came to convince Tamo to return. Finally one young monk who brought a sword with him asked tamo to return to shaolin and teach there. Tamo stated the monks there lacked the discipline,commitment and faith to learn. To show sincere he was to learn, he cut off his left arm and offered it to tamo as a sign of commitment. Tamo kept the student and healed him, then returned to the temple,saying "with faith like this,how can i refuse?". This is why some shaolin bow with only one hand in prayer position.
I hope that I was of some service,
KENPOJOE
TKS!! Oss!
Bill was someone that drew the best out of people. An extremely generous man whose love of kids and of others who wanted to learn and develop their skills. He worked constantly to expand and develop his martial art and was highly successful at doing so. I was greatly saddened to learn of his death several years ago. An excellent martial arts man, but more importantly, a fine man.
Thank you very Sensei with Honor Jason Holmes for sharing this incredible Documentary. I learned so much from it. I bow to you in Honor and Gratitude
My Unlimited Love, Honor and Gratitude to Grand Master Bill Ryusaki and his personal family who carry the same incredible love to people, their culture and by being an example of Sincere Love to everyone and everything including Nature
Got to purple belt learning this at my shared space community center lessons in my hometown in California as a preteen. Remembering the katas while being judged always threw off my promotions. My neighborhood friend got to black though, and even bloodied the nose during a spar with the older filipino actor in the karate kid final tournament scenes in the 80s. He was filipino too.
It’s great that they’re stating how the origins of Kenpo are rooted through Damo and Shaolin.
Keep martial arts plagiarism free!
All my life I love kenpo karate mind body spirit as a personal trainer specialist sports nutrition keep fit
damn this dude was my sensei i was in the hospital with him before he died
came from elvis
no lol that's American kenpo and that is Ed Parker
My dad
OSS!!
Its interesting how Bruce Juchnik claims that Mitose put him in charge of Kosho Ryu .I know of this guy as I went to a few of his seminars a few years ago. I got caught up in all the sensationalism about his history and connection with James Mistose.That was until I started to do alot of research about him because people where telling me he was a fraud. At first I didn't like what people where telling me and I never just believe what people say unless I research it without proof. Through research I found out that Bruce is one of the biggest lies in martial arts history. It was a huge disappointment for myself and others in our group. For years he has been lying about his rank and history with James Mitose.That has all been found out now finally. He claims to have learned from James Mitose but only visited him in prison only a few times according to prison log books which has been proven. Many have seen the logs. Even without log books who in their right mind would believe he learned from James Mitose in a maximum security prison ? How is that people buy the stories of him having discussions in a room with Mitose in prison and Mitose showing him concepts. They would allow that in a maximum security prison ? with a convicted murder ? I have worked in prisons and that would never happen. In the book " What is Self Defense -Mitose" it shows letters that Mitose gave to Bruce declaring him Grand Master of the art. If you look in the front of the book in small print you will see that the book was reprinted by the "Kosho Shorei Ryu punishing company" ..owned by Bruce....letters inserted in the book perhaps? When you read the book there is nothing in the book resembling the material that Bruce teaches. The book clearly demonstrates karate and jujitsu techniques in a very basic way. Where is the Kosho Ryu ? Why does no one ever see that ? Bruce’s explanation over the years has been that books show “still pictures” and it’s hard to show these things as its not movement” .The book clearly shows simple techniques none of which even remotely look like the so called “Kosho Ryu” that Bruce teaches.There is no talk about any of his theories. Take Aikido for example it is not the easiest thing to learn as it is all movement and concepts yet many books have been written for that art and discussed in detail broken down into “still pictures” showing movement so people can learn from that. The whole history of Bruce and Kosho Ryu has been fabricated. In the 1980’s he was so popular because the internet wasn’t out at that time and the world could not connect to compare notes. Today these type of frauds are exposed do to the internet with people connecting and sharing and proving information.When asked to Bruce why about the book he wrote - "why is Mitoses signature in his book he wrote erased out ?". His answer is " because so no one could copy Mitoses’ signature". What a clever why to cover a lie. Things don’t seem to match here. The reality is it’s a lie. Why do famous actors and sports people have letters and signatures in books but do not block out their signatures?... That’s why we have hand writing experts to easily determine by cross referencing that signatures are real or not...no need to cross them out in a book . Bruce talks in his videos about being true to ones self but he is the biggest twister of truth. He is a good showman and fabricator. Crazy how people follow this guy. Today alot of people have researched him and found out his lies. He doesn't have the following he had for years. Eventually people seek truth. Some know but turn a blind eye. Its sad
The third and following prints of what is self defence were reissues from Bruce's publishing company. The first two prints weren't and had no mention of Bruce. It wasn't just Bruce who attended visits to James. There was a group. And over time the group learned elements of Mitose's Kosho Ryu which they assembled together. One of the people who was in greater contact with James and learned from him was a prison guard who originally introduced James to Bruce.
I'm not a follower of the man but there are elements of the story that is true.
Good production. But don't take music from The Last Samurai. :) I doubt they have permission.
Before I say this I have a huge respect for kenpo. Lol
But how do we go from thousands of years ago to modern America 🇺🇸 like thee was a huge gap there. Lol 😂
Seems like maybe you left somebody out?