Kajukenbo is a street-fighting martial art comprised of the most deadly moves from karate, kung fu, and other fighting styles. In this episode, Jimmy and Doug travel to the roughest edges of the S.F. Bay area to uncover why some Americans live to fight.
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Sunday, March 9, 2008
Fight Quest USA Episode- Kajukenbo
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Was that style for real? Looked like play fighting. Thanks for the vid tho
this is crap, onepunch pls dont get used to posting this kind of thing. TUF shows are bad enough.
No offense but I thought this episode was laughable. Fat, white, motorcycle guys taking a day off work to show up at the dojo only to find their finest getting whooped by the guy's MMA isn't a good advertisement for California Karate (or whatever it was).
I wouldn't have thought it so bad but I watched it with a few black belts and when the laughter got to be too much, we switched and watched the Krav Maga one instead.
Which I must admit... they are about the same in terms of "street fighting martial art"... only difference is that Krav Maga would DESTROY Cali Kenpo Karate in an instant.
They were the same type show.... one legit, one hilarious.
Sorry for the rant.
Long Live MMA!
-Boon
I hardly think a one hour Discovery show is an accurate way to judge a martial art. The multiple-opponent practice seems to be quite unique and useful and the emphasis on becoming comfortable with strikes which are illegal in many martial arts is good.
I refer you the TUF episode where two of the competitors were drunk and fought at the house. One tried a submission from guard and the other just slammed him into the concrete. MMA != fighting for your life.
Great show thanks!!!!
I thought it was an interesting and diverse style. I enjoyed watching it. It's hard to say how effective any given disciplines will be in real world applications. It seemed as though kajukendo would be pretty punishing. I'm not familiar with "Krav Maga" but I do know for sure that any discipline that limits time on the ground and helps you manipulate several individuals at once is an effective one. Its hard to defend yourself once your on your back getting tee'd off on by two or more assailants. It reminded me of The Bas Rutten school of bar fighting...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3K-mrlYG7Y
"Dont you everrr do this!" Classic!
Thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed it. I like their philosophy and approach to preparing for the chaos of a real fight. I've been a traditional martial artist for years and I've done MMA for 3 years and the concepts brought forward in this will definitely make me train differently.
The street is harsh and people think because the fighting isn't pretty that it's garbage. Yet every martial artist I know that has ever been in a real fight realizes that fighting never turns out as pretty as you'd imagine. It's always sloppy and gritty and REAL.
This is my first post and I love this site.
HOWEVER, that gym is laughable. What they are training in is Philipino Kali and Escrima. Its been around for centuries since the Spanish invaded the Philipines.
"Grand master," "Professor," give me a break! What a couple of self righteous assholes (wearing sunglasses - behave!). I've trained with Guro Inosanto, top student of Bruce Lee and if you called him anything like that he would give you slap.
Anyway, sorry for the rant, its just frustrating to watch novices like that try to come across all that.
Anyway, love the site, view it every day. Keep up the good work.
This is my first post here so sorry for the negative remark but I agree with the above comments, what a bunch of morons.
What they are training in is Philipino Kali and Escrima which has been around for centuries every since the Spanish invaded the Philipines.
And "Grand master," and "Professor," give me a break!! What a couple of self righteous assholes. (wearing sunglasses - behave!). I've trained with Guro Inosanto, one of Bruce Lee's top students and a proper master of that weapon/open hand style and if you called him anything like those guys call themselves he would give you a slap.
Sorry for the rant but that kind of thing pisses me right off. Anyway, love the site, read it every day, keep up the good work.
i disagree, i really enjoyed the show and would love it if you could post more programmes like it.makes a big change plus you don't often get to see different systems out there. its all gd and well saying these guys are crap they don't have jiu jitsu but the fact is jiu jitsu is really only gd for 1 on 1, you don't get to practise being attacked by multiple oppenents. if the two guys on the programme found it tough thts gd enough for me coz seemed to have gd skills.
Thank you, man. I missed this episode and was going bananas! Judging by the comments, Doug must've did well.
martial arts are like relgion. everyone thinks they have the right one.
I haven't watched it, but it doesn't bother me that you posted something different. Even if it is for us to rip apart and judge, so be it.
It makes for interesting discussions.
I'll watch it when I get home later today.
Awesome! Thanks for the post.
I've been trying to catch all these Fight Quests to get a flavor for the fight art of other cultures around the world.
Those who compare will most surely find flaws.
For instance, how "real" is it that the average Joe will be cruisin' down the street with a M16?...welcome to Krav Maga...using your weapon in close quarters for more than shooting. Or how about fighting with sticks after having chicken blood ceremoniously dripped over you? And finally, just how long do you think these "laughable" fights would have gone on if they really were kicking the nuts, eye gouging or biting...you saw what one elbow to the spine did.
(PS I love Rickson Gracie...but just how long would he hold a leg lock if someone grabbed a fistfull of his junk and twisted like their life depended on it???)
Another post from me. Makes for good discussion!
@Yuriy Yashkir. I could hardly call those two kids on TUF "fighting for their lives"
to all nay- sayers, try it out for yourself and see how easy real life is, it's not a dancing class. if you think a fight will be dealt with the same asa form or kata, then you haven't been in an aggressive altercation, ya dig
Man, could it be possible to have other episodes from this show?
1st time ever that I watched this and I really enjoyed it!
Thanx if you can,
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If you’re fans of FIGHT QUEST on Discovery Channel, the network is showing two NEW episodes this Friday night! Fight Quest: Thailand is on Friday night at 9PM and Fight Quest: India is on at 10PM. They’re also showing repeats on Wednesdays during the day at 12pm and 1pm.
Man Americans are even more gay then I thought. I mean TNA impact is shit but this is just as bad. Take some muay tai from the other eposide or even some big russian guy I don't know but this is just not technique but hit anything as hard as possible.
This is one of the best arts out there its unique in how versatile and devastating it really is these men who you guys see here have trained for years and have many real won street fights in the slums of hawaii and california under their belts just to give you guys a taste of what this is a couple of weeks ago one of our students got jumped by five people at night two of them got knocked out one broken nose one broken cheekbone and the other one got taken down but ran away so before all you guys start talking crap learn about it and know that one must be hard to fight hard peace... long live sijo and kajukenbo
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