American Kenpo or Short Road Kenpo is a martial art that originated in the US in the 20th century. As a father of modern kenpo is considered Ed Parker, who founded the IKKA to spread his fighting art. After the death of Ed Parker in 1990, the IKKA broke out into a large number of peasants each with their own interpretation of the system. In the Netherlands at least five of these streams are active, the IKKA, EKKI, UKF, AKKS and Kenpo 2000. Of these, the IKKA school has the most students.
American Kenpo calls itself "the science of streetfighting" and compares philosophy with kajukenbo and jiujitsu, in the sense that it focuses on effective self-defense. The intention is to provide the student with a number of principles to save himself or herself from tiresome situations.
The emphasis is on fighting with hands, feet, knees and elbows and less on the use of handles and clips. The idea behind this is that in a situation with multiple attackers it is disadvantageous to take one of these in mind and with the idea that wrestling is detrimental to street fighting where knives and other weapons can be used; Instead, the goal is to turn off attackers as quickly and thoroughly as possible.
Historically, Kenpo has its origins in the Chinese Kempo, which fled to the United States via Okinawa and Hawaii.
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