I'm hoping to start a Shaolin Kempo Technique Archive.
Why?
Well, for starters, I hate the 'secret club' method of training. You can't see / know what's ahead until you've tested (and often paid a fee). I think it would be healthier to take a 'top down' look at the whole art, and make a judgement.
But some
guy is going to use this and set himself up as a Master
fraudulently!!!
Folks have been doing this for years without this
information, so at least they will be more accurate frauds.
I mean, so far all it seems to require is a green belt and
the ability to set up a school in the middle of nowhere.
For best result, get some mail order rank, and as a bonus,
find some old MA senior and get him to give you a
7th Dan 10th Dan.
Now the students will be able to know what to expect, so
the frauds will have to work harder instead of making stuff
up.
With this in circulation folks can be judged on their
ability to do the material instead of whether or not they
know combination #100.
This is going to ruin
the art!
It doesn't seem to have ruined shotokan. Their syllabus has
been publicly available for ages. This page is a starting
point. I've grouped techniqes in tens for combinations. As
for 'kempos', there is much more variation, and what may be
a 'brown belt' kempo in one school might be a 'yellow belt'
in another, and some may appear at one school and not
another. Therefore, I will group those by source.
There's a list of what we have and what we need
here.