Lee'S Kenpo Karate: Awakening Lotus Block #7 Curriculum Requirements
Lee'S Kenpo Karate: Awakening Lotus Block #7 Curriculum Requirements
Lee'S Kenpo Karate: Awakening Lotus Block #7 Curriculum Requirements
AMERICAN FREE-STYLE
KENPO KARATE
AS TAUGHT BY
SENSEI LOGAN LEE
LEE’S KENPO KARATE
AWAKENING LOTUS
TECHNIQUES:
RISING ELBOW
HEADLOCK A, B, C
DANCER
CRASHING ELBOW
DIVIDED SWORDS
GIFT
KATA:
You must know the following Katas for your next belt if you
currently are a
White Belt:
Kids: None required start learning Kipon 1
Adults: Kipon 1
1st Degree Brown Belt: Kipon 1-5, Pinan 1-5 and Kimo Shodan
2. After you have freed your hands, execute a right elbow strike to his solar plexus or chin (if he leans in with you).
3. Then execute a hammer fist strike to the groin with your right hand and then grab his groin (or pant leg).
4. Backward c-step with your right leg behind your opponents left leg.
5. Right elbow strike to the chin, ripping his groin upward as you execute your elbow strike and follow through until
he is bent over your right leg. (This will cause pain and will cause your opponent to fall backwards).
6. Hammer fist strike with your left hand as your opponent falls (this must be done quickly so it must be executed
very soon after the elbow; about a ½ count, you don’t want to slow down his fall backwards).
LEE’S KENPO KARATE
HEADLOCK A, B, C
What they do:
You are grabbed in a headlock on your left side with both of you facing
the same direction (remember the techniques are the same if you and your
opponents are facing different directions except you might have to do them
left handed so make sure you can do this on both sides and facing different
directions).
What do you do?
Headlock A:
1. Step forward about 11:00 with your right foot and duck your chin as close to your chest as possible (remember to
get your neck in the bend of his elbow and get your head loose or you could twist your own neck, NOT Good!).
Execute a double hammer fist strike to the groin and to the kidney at the same time.
2. Grab your opponent’s hair or left shoulder with your left hand and pull him backwards.
3. Right hand punches up through your opponent’s hands and pull your punch away from your opponent at the top
of punch to break the hold.
4. Pull the attacker backwards over your left leg. Right hammer fist to his solar plexus as he falls back like in rising
elbow.
Headlock B:
1. Step forward about 11:00 with your right foot and duck your chin as close to your chest as possible (remember to
get your neck in the bend of his elbow and get your head loose or you could twist your own neck, NOT Good!).
2. Drop your weight onto your right knee as you pivot left. This will cause the opponent to bend his legs more due
to your fallen weight and will expose his groin more.
3. Right handed ridge hand to the groin (his legs are like a funnel, just find the inside of a leg and ride it up, you
will find it).
Headlock C:
1. Step backwards with your left foot about 7:00 and drop your weight onto your left knee while executing a ridge
hand to his groin with your left hand.
LEE’S KENPO KARATE
DANCER
What they do:
The opponent grabs you from behind by the
shoulders or with a double hand choke.
3. Pivot right and duck your head under their arms as your circle around to the right (very important).
4. Execute a left handed ridge hand to the groin about a ½ count after the chop in step 2.
5. Continue another full circle rotation after the last strike and finish at about 7:00 from where you started and
about wheel kick distance behind your opponent into a fighting stance (wheel kick to the head is optional).
LEE’S KENPO KARATE
CRASHING ELBOW
What they do:
The opponent swings at you with a right hand punch.
2. Right handed horizontal elbow strike to ribs as you pivot left into a forward bow.
3. Right handed back fist to the floating ribs or temple as you pivot right into a horse stance or soft bow.
LEE’S KENPO KARATE
DIVIDED SWORDS
2. Pivot right to a forward bow and execute an elbow strike to your opponent’s rib area.
3. Pivot back to a soft bow and execute a double chop (palms facing each other and about 18 inches apart) to his
neck and floating rib.
LEE’S KENPO KARATE
GIFT
3. Move your right foot behind your left leg to about 8:00 (hidden foot) as you pivot to the right
(make sure you keep their right hand on your side and stay close) and lowering your weight
throwing your attacker down on his stomach (keep a hold of his right hand as you do this).
4. As you hold his hand, throw a left downward front snap kick, over your opponent’s arm and
down to the head (opponent will look up and you will kick his head into the ground).