Tracy's Kenpo Karate
Explore the people, curriculum, philosophy and disputed history behind one of the major branches of American Kenpo.
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History
From Hawaii and William K. S. Chow through Ed Parker, Pasadena and the Tracy school network.
Read the historyThe Tracy System
Belts, named techniques, kata and sets, private instruction and home-study preservation.
Explore the systemThe Way of Kenpo
New essays on training, perception, honesty, economy of motion and martial judgment.
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Why Technique Names Matter
How poetic names function as a memory system—and when they stop being useful.
Read articleThe Private-Lesson Revolution
Why the Tracy teaching model was an organizational innovation as much as a technical one.
Read articleHow to Read a Reconstruction
Recovered evidence, lineage accounts and newly written editorial material are not the same thing.
Read articleArchive & Heritage
Gathering of Eagles
The 1999 gathering and its role in bringing multiple Kenpo branches together.
Open archiveKenpo Family Tree
A relationship map with explicit caution about disputed dates and lineage claims.
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