In this post I review Jeff Speakman’s Kenpo 5.0 as it currently stands with as much objectivity as I can. Although this is all my personal opinion, I feel I can offer a unique perspective as a practitioner of Kenpo 5.0 of many years What is American Kenpo? American Kenpo is a martial arts system devised and popularized by Ed Parker from various martial arts including karate, kenpo and judo (Chris Crudelli, The Way of the Warrior). The art itself is promoted as primarily a self defence system ( MMA Channel ) but also includes form and sets (kata), basics (single movements practiced in isolation) and sparring (Ed Parker, Infinite Insights into Kenpo) Self-defence is practiced using ‘techniques’, a pre-set sequence of movements involving a defender (the one performing the self-defence technique) and at least one attacker (Ed Parker, Infinite Insights into Kenpo) that are given names that, in some way, describe the technique, for example Attacking Mace (called Attacking Fist in Kenpo 5.0) ...