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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Martial Arts Fiction...,
By M.C. Busman (Way Out West!) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In search of kenpo (Paperback)
Most of the stories in this little book are Japanese tales or fables which are pretty common. Mitose has crafted a few which supposedly star his ancestors, whom he referrs to as the Great-Great Grandmaster Mitose, and so on. Problem is, he seems to have forgotten that his art was passed down on his mother's side, which was not Mitose, but another name. This book was written after Mitose was convicted of the murder of Frank Namimatsu, whom he ordered an impressionable student of his to kill after Namimatsu took steps to recover money Mitose had extorted from him. Mitose's later student Bruce Juchnik among others helped put this little story booklet together, and did a good job of telling the stories in what I take to be a repentant Mitose's own words. This volume will probably be of great sentimental value to anyone directly related to Mitose's teachings, but of little or no practical value to the average Kenpo/Kempo practitioner. I could find no believable and useful historical information in this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
In Search of Kenpo,
This review is from: In search of kenpo (Paperback)
First of all, don't waste your money on this crappy book. anything more than .99 is too much. Mitose was nothing more than a con man. He used people to do his business. William Chows states in his own words that Mitose was a con man and that Chow was the real person behind the art, Mitose was the marketer/business man and the money collecter. That is why this book contains no "real" lineage or history, he doesn't know it.For those realy interested, stay away from most of Mitose work but do read Chow's work and watch those videos that are floating around the web through various Kempo/Kenpo schools.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
for a person who want to learn Kosho-Ryu Kenpo,
By Mary E Johnson (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In search of kenpo (Paperback)
For a person who wants to learn the basic fundamental of Karate Kenpo this is the book for you. From detailed pictures to paragraophs explaining each and every technique. Sadly it does not explain the history of Dr.James M. Mitose and how he was convicted on a bogus charge of maslaughter for wich his student committed.
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