Nevertheless...kempo/kenpo...its the same word, with the same meaning. "fist law" But i was told, by a student of professor kimo fereirra of hawai...

Nevertheless…kempo/kenpo…its the same word, with the same meaning. “fist law”

But i was told, by a student of professor kimo fereirra of hawaii, who was a student of professor walter godin, who was a student of joe emperado and william chow, joe was one of chows black belts. that it is “supposed” to be pronounced kempo. It was just a mispelling. Similar to “jitsu”…its ’supposed’ to be pronounced jutsu. The word ‘jitsu’ has nothing to do with martial arts, it means nuts…and can mean truth. The word jutsu on the other hand means art, skill, or science.

Any art COULD BE called kempo…and many were. It’s really kind of a vague term, that does not denote a specific art or style.

Originally it was just a term used by japanese and okinawan people to denote arts that came from china, or were influenced by chinese martial arts. Which is why they started calling their indigenous art of te (hand) tode or tote jutsu (china hand)…later changed to kara-te (also china hand)…which was later changed again to a different ‘kara’ which means empty.

But in the end its all semantics…you say potayto, i say potahto…but we’re both saying the same thing.

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