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Bankyo Kempo
Bankyo Kempo

Banyko Kempo is a martial art created to use the pedagogy of Japanese and Korean martial arts to teach techniques. The art is mostly based upon techniques from Lai Tung Pai Kung Fu, Judo, Modern Arnis and Kempo.

History

Bankyo Kempo was created to teach aspects of Chinese Martial Arts to individuals that had neither access to certain training equipment or had a history of Japanese or Korean methods and ways of learning martial arts. Many of the population has learned Tae Kwon Do or some form of Karate program, mainly while they were children. The World Tae Kwon Do association estimates in 2012 30 million people worldwide studied Tae Kwon Do alone  Christopher Facente, a Kung Fu instructor, was invited to start a club on campus by one of his students enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Christopher found students often had questions about belts and testing. A simple informal survey found almost all had studied when they were younger and many had preconceived ideas of how a martial art class should be taught. Christopher sought help from one of his students, Samuel Luna, a student going back to college for his graduate degree. Bankyo Kempo (a Japanese translation of the Shaolin name, Poon Kuen, of Lai Tung Pai)was born.

Summary

Bankyo Kempo was created to help teach in environments where the Japanese and Korean styles may be more prevalent in a student base. Bankyo Kempo takes the jitsu way of training or training as every attack is serious.  It uses traditional Japanese martial traditions of Budo and Bujitsu as a framework of martial arts. Belts are traditional Karate Belts following the Kung Fu colors. White (not used in Kung Fu) Yellow Orange Green Tan Black Black with 1 white stripe Black with two white stripes 4th Dan to 8th Dan are earned every 5 years if one remains in the style and teaches. Stripes added are red 9th and 10th Dan are rewarded through exceptional goals set in the arts, honorary through the Grandmaster(10th degree). (th is a red belt with a black stripe and 1oth is a red belt.