Product Review

In the late 1940s, Palama Settlement, Hawaii was a violent area and fist-fights or stabbings were commonplace. In 1947, Adriano D. Emperado and four other martial artists made a secret pact to create a street fighting combination of their arts: western boxing, judo, jujutsu, kenpo karate, Tang Soo Do karate and kung fu. The art slowly began to grow in popularity, and soon Emperado had 12 Kajukenbo schools in Hawaii, making it the second largest string of schools at the time. Joe Halbuna, Charles Gaylord, Tony Ramos and Aleju Reyes, who all earned a black belt from Emperado, brought Kajukenbo to the mainland in 1960. They each opened Kajukenbo schools in California. In 1969.

Kajukenbo uses hard, fast strikes to vital points throughout the body, take-downs involving high impact throws, and many joint and limb destruction techniques, usually as follow-ups to take-downs. There are also blocks from attacks such as punches and defenses and disarmament of offensive weapons.

Kajukenbo Self-Defense Volume 1 Purple Belt Requirements demonstrated by Prof. Joe Halbuna is the first tape of a 5 volumes DVD series. It includes the history, belt ranking system, reviews of other volumes and the following training techniques: Exercises Position: A & B, Blocking: A, Kicking A, Elbow A, & Squats 1-12; Techniques Standings: 1-5, Covers:1-5, Grabs:1-5, Rolls: 1-5 & Clubs 1-5; Katas Coordination: 1-3 & Pinans: 1-3.