Interview - Kempoka https://kempoka.de/en/category/interview/ Shaolin Kempo - Auf dem Weg zu den Wurzeln des Kempo Tue, 10 Aug 2021 18:08:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://kempoka.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-Icon-Kempoka-32x32.jpg Interview - Kempoka https://kempoka.de/en/category/interview/ 32 32 Sifu Olaf Bock – Kempo with a beard https://kempoka.de/en/sifu-olaf-bock-kempo-with-a-beard/ https://kempoka.de/en/sifu-olaf-bock-kempo-with-a-beard/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2018 17:40:32 +0000 https://kempoka.de/?p=2732 A new martial arts teacher has entered my tranquil life as Kempoka. One who is very close to the origin of Shaolin Kempo. I am very happy to have met Sifu Olaf Bock. What this is all about, who this gentleman is and why I am so excited about my new disciple status, I will...

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]]> https://kempoka.de/en/sifu-olaf-bock-kempo-with-a-beard/feed/ 1 The questions never stop https://kempoka.de/en/the-asking-never-stops/ https://kempoka.de/en/the-asking-never-stops/#respond Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:22:03 +0000 https://kempoka.de/?p=2672 In East Westphalia (OWL) the two main styles of Shaolin Kempo meet: the rather hard and Karate-like style of Meijers and the softer Kuntao style of Carel Faulhaber. Herbert Zielinski is an excellent and competent connoisseur of the Kuntao-Matjan line. In conversation, the Kempo veteran reveals surprising details from the early history of Kempo in...

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]]> https://kempoka.de/en/the-asking-never-stops/feed/ 0 24/7 for the martial arts https://kempoka.de/en/interview-24-7-for-the-martial-arts/ https://kempoka.de/en/interview-24-7-for-the-martial-arts/#respond Tue, 23 Feb 2016 07:01:33 +0000 https://kempoka.de/?p=2625 I’m a lucky man. Because I took the easy way out. In search of the origins of my Kempo I first went to my teacher Witalli Reingard and trained with him and questioned him. And with Nikolas Sandrock I found the next teacher who has a deep understanding of Kempo. I am also allowed to...

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]]> https://kempoka.de/en/interview-24-7-for-the-martial-arts/feed/ 0 The sensei of diversity https://kempoka.de/en/the-sensei-of-diversity/ https://kempoka.de/en/the-sensei-of-diversity/#respond Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:21:17 +0000 https://kempoka.de/?p=2639 There is hardly any other personality who has influenced Kempo Karate in East Westphalia in recent years as much as Andreas Brechmann. In the interview, the 6th DAN reveals how he came to Kempo, why Shotokan is no alternative for him and why his shoulder is currently his most important opponent for the 55-year-old. Profile...

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]]> https://kempoka.de/en/the-sensei-of-diversity/feed/ 0 A 10th DAN in Kempo is ridiculous! https://kempoka.de/en/a-10th-dan-in-kempo-is-ridiculous/ https://kempoka.de/en/a-10th-dan-in-kempo-is-ridiculous/#respond Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:30:28 +0000 http://2020.kempoka.de/?p=2025 A 10th DAN is ridiculous! Witalli Reingard, trainer of the Lung Chuan Fa Kempo, 3rd DAN, has his own opinion about high DAN levels in Shaolin Kempo. Why the 32-year-old Sensei has cancelled his own exam for the 4th DAN, where his roots are and how he is orientating himself further, he tells us in...

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