EPAKS Guide to Short Form One

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The official EPAKS Guide to Short Form One.

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This book is a must have for any person studying, teaching, or interested in American Kenpo. It is, by far, the most comprehensive book on Short Form One ever written! It's packed with over 190 pages of information on Short Form One.

Here is an example of some of the topic covered in the book:

•  History of Short Form One
• Complete illustration of how to execute the form (including salutation)
• A comprehensive analysis of Short Form One including:

1. Basics
2. Beginning to Intermediate overall Analysis
3. Advanced overall Analysis

• An in-depth discussion for improving your execution of Short Form One
• A FAQ section - explaining things about the form from a layman's perspective
• A comprehensive quiz section including:

1.  Beginner to Intermediate multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank
2. Advanced multiple choice and fill-in-the blank

EPAKS Guide to Long Form Two

EPAKS is proud to announce the release of our new book:
The official EPAKS Guide to Long Form Two.

This book is being release in both digital and physical copies. The current list price for the electronic version is $4.95 and the physical version is $20.00.

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This book is a must have for any person studying, teaching, or interested in American Kenpo. It is, by far, the most comprehensive book on Long Form One ever written! It's packed with over 650 pages of information on Long Form Two.

Here is an example of some of the topic covered in the book:

• History of the form
• Complete illustration (both written and images) of how to execute the form (including salutation)
• A comprehensive analysis of the form including:

1. Basics
2. Beginning to Intermediate overall Analysis
3. Advanced overall Analysis

• An in-depth discussion for improving your execution of the form
• A FAQ section - explaining things about the form from a different perspective
• A comprehensive quiz section including:

1. Beginner to Intermediate multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank
2. Advanced multiple choice and fill-in-the blank

• A section on understanding Body English from an American Kenpo perspective
• A section on understanding Intent from an American Kenpo perspective

EPAKS Guide to Short Form Two

EPAKS is proud to announce the release of our new book:
The official EPAKS Guide to Short Form Two.

This book is being release in both digital and physical copies. The current list price for the electronic version is $4.95 and the physical version is $20.00.

The physical version can be purchased at:

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This book is a must have for any person studying, teaching, or interested in American Kenpo. It is, by far, the most comprehensive book on Long Form One ever written! It's packed with over 400 pages of information on Short Form Two.

Here is an example of some of the topic covered in the book:

• History of the form
• Complete illustration (both written and images) of how to execute the form (including salutation)
• A comprehensive analysis of the form including:

1. Basics
2. Beginning to Intermediate overall Analysis
3. Advanced overall Analysis

• An in-depth discussion for improving your execution of the form
• A FAQ section - explaining things about the form from a different perspective
• A comprehensive quiz section including:

1. Beginner to Intermediate multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank
2. Advanced multiple choice and fill-in-the blank

• A section on understanding Checks and Covers from an American Kenpo perspective
• A section on understanding Directionality from an American Kenpo perspective

EPAKS Guide to Long Form One

EPAKS is proud to announce the release of our new book:
The official EPAKS Guide to Long Form One.

This book is being release in both digital and physical copies. The current list price for the electronic version is $4.95 and the physical version is $20.00.

The physical version can be purchased at:

Click Here...

The electronic version can be purchased at:

Click Here...

Click here...

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Search for Long Form One

This book is a must have for any person studying, teaching, or interested in American Kenpo. It is, by far, the most comprehensive book on Long Form One ever written! It's packed with over 350 pages of information on Long Form One.

Here is an example of some of the topic covered in the book:

• History of the form
• Complete illustration (both written and images) of how to execute the form (including salutation)
• A comprehensive analysis of the form including:

1. Basics
2. Beginning to Intermediate overall Analysis
3. Advanced overall Analysis

• An in-depth discussion for improving your execution of the form
• A FAQ section - explaining things about the form from a different perspective
• A comprehensive quiz section including:

1. Beginner to Intermediate multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank
2. Advanced multiple choice and fill-in-the blank

• A section on understanding Reverse and Opposite from an American Kenpo perspective
• A section on understanding Category Completion from an American Kenpo perspective

A Question on Form Four Answered

Recently, a student of mine asked me a question about Form 4. I think others might be interested in how I answered him.

The question was about the end of the first isolation in Form 4. He said that he saw different people doing it different ways, and wondered why I did it the way I did.

The area of the form in question is where the double inverted punches are executed to 3:00 and 9:00, and then you rise into an attention stance.

He said that he saw some people shuffle their feet together (right foot to left foot) during the punches and then their arms where arced upward, outward, and downward to their sides; as they rose into the attention stance. But, that I executed the punches (without the shuffle of feet), and then shuffled the feet together (right foot to left foot) as I rose to the attention stance, with the same arching of the arms.

My answer:

1)
The punches are part of the first isolation in Form 4. An isolation, by definition means that your feet do not move - only your upper body, i.e. arms and hands. This is important because the punches (and other parts of this section) match-up with other isolations in other forms. And, if you shuffle your feet together with the punches, you have, by definition, removed them from the isolation.

2)
Most of the timing in the forms is designed to sync the upper and lower body - for example, to create directional harmony. In this case, the finish of the arching of the arms and the shuffle of the feet (right foot to left foot) should be synced, such that, the motion of the arms stops with the motion of the feet. This matches the timing (of the closing motions) of most of the forms and sets in the system.

i.e. You should always try to have the upper body (arm arching) timed with the bringing together of the feet, such that, they both stop at the same time (into an attention stance).

Note:
This can be difficult to time (for the novice), due to different distances of travel between the upper (further distance) and lower (shorter distance) body of this move. Because of this, you will see a large number of people come to attention with their arm motion finishing after their foot motion has already stopped.

Also:
If you notice above, I always explicitly state "right foot to left foot". This is done at the end of the first isolation in Form 4 to show the opposite of the standard salutation.

Remember, most everything has a reverse and an opposite - and the forms always give you and example of this concept.