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History of Martial Arts
Karate can be helpful for people of all ages and sizes and can be extremely helpful for special needs children. Some of the many aspects that it teaches include discipline, balance, consistency, coordination, exercise, and concentration. In addition, martial arts builds confidence, which will teach children how to overcome what’s holding them back.
Martial arts has been around for over three thousand years. The history of martial arts is massive spanning over 150 different styles from many different countries. In these different types of styles there are many different sub styles when it comes to performance, self-defense, meditation, and discipline.
Christopher Johnson’s Karate training center teaches students how to be a well-rounded martial artist and person. The leading styles taught at this school are Kenpo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Martial arts has been around for over three thousand years. The history of martial arts is massive spanning over 150 different styles from many different countries. In these different types of styles there are many different sub styles when it comes to performance, self-defense, meditation, and discipline.
Christopher Johnson’s Karate training center teaches students how to be a well-rounded martial artist and person. The leading styles taught at this school are Kenpo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Kenpo
The art of American Kenpo began in the 1950’s from Sr Grand Master Ed Parker. He discovered and created the baseline for American Kenpo today. In his journeys as a martial artist he discovered and groomed his style to be ever changing. He formed a baseline of specific moves and techniques to create his style, however he was always making changes to it by improving its effectiveness and flow to make it more useful. Unfortunately, on his way to visit his home town in Hawaii in 1990, Master Ed passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack. Since he didn’t have a designated successor in place, he did not leave a standard for Kenpo studios. Some studios strictly stick to his original techniques, while others follow his original teaching and are always changing to create the most effective ways to practice Kenpo. Christopher Johnson teaches the original techniques and follows Sr. Grand Master Parker’s style of improving techniques to deal with modern fighting.
The art of American Kenpo began in the 1950’s from Sr Grand Master Ed Parker. He discovered and created the baseline for American Kenpo today. In his journeys as a martial artist he discovered and groomed his style to be ever changing. He formed a baseline of specific moves and techniques to create his style, however he was always making changes to it by improving its effectiveness and flow to make it more useful. Unfortunately, on his way to visit his home town in Hawaii in 1990, Master Ed passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack. Since he didn’t have a designated successor in place, he did not leave a standard for Kenpo studios. Some studios strictly stick to his original techniques, while others follow his original teaching and are always changing to create the most effective ways to practice Kenpo. Christopher Johnson teaches the original techniques and follows Sr. Grand Master Parker’s style of improving techniques to deal with modern fighting.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Gracie Jui-Jitsu, also known as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, has become a very popular form of martial arts in recent years. Gracie Jiu-Jitsu started around 1914 when a Japanese Jiu-Jitsu instructor moved to Brazil and began teaching the Gracie family the art of Japanese Jiu-Jitsu. The family became proficient in the art and began teaching for themselves. The specific art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu started when the youngest brother, Helio Gracie, who suffered from being physically smaller, weaker and prone to passing out with too much exerted energy, was given the opportunity to teach what he had learned. When he began teaching, he realized that what his older brothers had been teaching for so long was very difficult for his lesser physical abilities. After realizing this he began modifying the art to suit his needs and relying on timing and leverage instead of pure strength to perform the moves. Throughout his journey he was able to surpass his brothers and become a more well-rounded martial artist. In doing so, he created the guidelines of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.
Christopher Johnson teaches both of these styles and strives to live the values of both masters by passing on their knowledge. In addition to these two styles, his instructors teach boxing, knife fighting, baton fighting, and gun defense.
