How come nobody talks about Kajukenbo?

[Bearknuckle]

Just looked it up, its a TMA with many UFC champions holding black belts in it.

Chuck Liddell is an 8th degree black belt in Kajukenbo.

Glover is a 5th degree black belt.

Sage is 4th degree

It was created in the 1940s. Its basically mma, just doesnt have the bjj.

• KA from Korean Karate / Tang Soo Do
• JU from Japanese Judo and Jujitsu.
• KEN from Kenpo and/or the Japanese word for Fist.
• BO from Western Boxing, as well as Chinese Boxing (Quan Fa).

 

[swimba]

 

[dildos]

it is too dangerous to talk about.

 

[AmonTobin]

Tae Bo overtook it in popularity.

 

[davidlemonparty]

Posting in an @Ogata thread

 

[lsa]

"many UFC champions holding black belts in it."

Mentions 2....

 

[biscuitsbrah]

The system itself kind of sucks, it’s a small niche sport and no one really good practices it.
It’s pretty bad at everything.

Of course some guys come from it may be good. But it’s very rare. I’m from the state that invented it and I can only name one person who trains it. It basically looks like brawling with helmets on. Not even vicious brawling either. And their grappling/judo is bad lol.

Pretty sure the only reason Chuck and glover have black belts is because their former coach John Hackleman is a kajukenbo guy.

edit: also the most important part, I don’t think they even have an amateur competition system. And if they do it’s really small.

 

[Brom Bones]

The first rule of Kajukenbo is you do not talk about Kajukenbo.

The second rule of Kajukenbo is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT Kajukenbo.

 

[Royce's Gi]

Just looked it up, its a TMA with many UFC champions holding black belts in it.

Chuck Liddell is an 8th degree black belt in Kajukenbo.

Glover is a 5th degree black belt.

Sage is 4th degree

It was created in the 1940s. Its basically mma, just doesnt have the bjj.

• KA from Korean Karate / Tang Soo Do
• JU from Japanese Judo and Jujitsu.
• KEN from Kenpo and/or the Japanese word for Fist.
• BO from Western Boxing, as well as Chinese Boxing (Quan Fa).

Kalaripayattu became more popular. When people started training it in the 50s people forgot about Kajukenbo.

 

[lsa]

Kalaripayattu became more popular. When people started training it in the 50s people forgot about Kajukenbo.

I think I had that at a Greek restaurant, it was alrite.
Needed more salt.

 

[KillerIsBack V2]

Just looked it up, its a TMA with many UFC champions holding black belts in it.

Chuck Liddell is an 8th degree black belt in Kajukenbo.

Glover is a 5th degree black belt.

Sage is 4th degree

It was created in the 1940s. Its basically mma, just doesnt have the bjj.

• KA from Korean Karate / Tang Soo Do
• JU from Japanese Judo and Jujitsu.
• KEN from Kenpo and/or the Japanese word for Fist.
• BO from Western Boxing, as well as Chinese Boxing (Quan Fa).

What do you wanna talk about? i saw the same wiki excerpts u copied multiple times from and didnt care enough to make a thread…

 

[Pequeño Corey]

I thought he was a Kempo guy? John Hackleman "Hawaiian Kempo" to be specific. Even has the tattoo on his arm. Here's a throwback thread if you want to take a trip in the H.G. Sherbrowells time machine:

What style of karate did Chuck Liddell do? | Sherdog Forums | UFC, MMA & Boxing Discussion

I think Wiki got this one wrong, or at least, slightly innacurate. Perhaps Hackleman's style is derived from Kajukenbo?

 

[I_IZ_BACK]

I don't know him, who is he fighting

 

[davidlemonparty]

Chuck was a kenpo and karate guy, not that other weird shit. His two tattoos show this - kenpo on his arm and karate on his head.

 

[lsa]

Chuck was a kenpo and karate guy, not that other weird shit. His two tattoos show this - kenpo on his arm and karate on his head.

According to wiki
"8th Dan black belt in Kajukenbo"

 

[biscuitsbrah]

I thought he was a Kempo guy? John Hackleman "Hawaiin Kempo" to be specific. Even has the tattoo on his arm. Here's a throwback thread if you want to take a trip in the H.G. Sherbrowells time machine:

What style of karate did Chuck Liddell do? | Sherdog Forums | UFC, MMA & Boxing Discussion

I think Wiki got this one wrong, or at least, slightly innacurate. Perhaps Hackleman's style is derived from Kajukenbo?

They basically cross train those arts. Hawaiian kempo is like a liberal form of karate that you can just do whatever. (I’m exaggerating). Just a dying if not dead art

 

[Bearknuckle]

Chuck was a kenpo and karate guy, not that other weird shit. His two tattoos show this - kenpo on his arm and karate on his head.

Just cuz he got the tattoos doesnt mean he isnt a kajukenbo guy. He doesnt have any wrestling tats either, but he wrestled..

 

[don't ask]

Here's a word I haven't heard in a long time. Personally, I would train Jiu-Box Fu long before Kajukenbo, and maybe even Kuk Sool Won before Kajukenbo, but probably Kajukenbo before SAFTA and RIP.

However, if I ever get the chance to train Bartitsu, I'm jumping on it. Who doesn't want to fight like Sherlock Holmes?

 

[fortheo]

I did kajukenbo when I was a kid. It was fun, and it funneled you into the same point karate tournaments that other branches of karate were doing, too, if you wanted. We did have sparring nights, too, unlike a lot of karate schools. I guess theoretically if you went through the tournament scene successfully, you'd have a functional striking base to build upon for mma. It's amongst the last martial arts that I'd actually recomend for MMA, though, but not entirely useless, and as I said, it was fun.

My favorite part of kajukenbo was the trips and throws. In hindsight I should have just done judo lol, but I was 10 years old, what did I know?

 

[don't ask]

I did kajukenbo when I was a kid. It was fun, and it funneled you into the same point karate tournaments that other branches of karate were doing, too. We did have sparring nights, too, unlike a lot of karate schools. I guess theoretically if you went through the tournament scene successfully, you'd have a functional striking base to build upon for mma. It's amongst the last martial arts that I'd actually recomend for MMA, though, but not entirely useless and as I said, it was fun.

My favorite part of kajukenbo was the trips and throws. In hindsight I should have just done judo lol, but I was 10 years old, what did I know?

Was that in Hawaii? I'm curious how big the Kajukenbo's region was.