I studied under Sifu Cerio in 1972-1973 while in the Navy in Rhode Island. I remember the training vividly. At the time I was an Instructor in the Search and Rescue School attached to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron One. I later became a police officer in California. I became a defensive tactics instructor and was certified as an instructor for the FBI system, Koga system, Qai system and many others. I taught defensive tactics for twenty years. I was an officer for over twenty five years. I have met and learned from many other top notch instructors over my many years. I will always be indebted to Nick Cerio and what he taught me in the limited time I had with him. Many of the techniques I learned from Sifu Cerio were combat tested when I was a cop.
If you see this, Kimmerrill. Can you tell us what techniques or part of techniques worked? I've always been curious as to why no one in Kenpo, Kajukenbo etc did what the Gracies did. That is compile a list of the techniques that were most used or that just worked.
I know, it is far from perfect. You have to remember that these videos have been produced more then 20 years ago. Things have evolved since then (thankfully). I have put these on line just for the memory of someone who did a mark in the Kenpo’s world of its time. Today, with the growing of the MMA, you can clearly see that most styles of martial arts have progressed in a way of being more efficient, more powerful and more rapid. Thank you and continue to practice your art with wisdom ! 長生きと繁栄
@@Mike-xb7lh Thank you Mike for letting me know. It’s a sad news. Before studying Master Cerio’s technics, I briefly started with Master Villari’s Kempo for a couple of years. My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
Thanks for posting. I started kenpo almost 13 years ago and had to stop just as fast as I started due to health problems. You have given me the opportunity to get back into it.
theres a spiritual side to.martial arts when youre protecting your life and not fighting for money i felt it and ive done both remember that and enjoy the wisdom of these great masters
Being in the same Dojo with these two Great Martial Artists was surely a great moment !! I can understand that you have very good memories of this time...
buzzardneckseahag, Sorry man but I think this guy is a fraud. There's a lot of bullshit in just about every style of martial arts, these guys believe that their style and techniques are superior, however most of them never deal with the effects of what happens in a real life or death situation, how your mind and body will go into survival mode which means that adrenaline will be pumped into your bloodstream and can freeze someone or cause them to not be able to execute any of their techniques your mind will rely on instincts. These guys don't know or understand real self defense yet they call themselves "Master" and "Experts" I call them Frauds
Cut The Bull 5hit professor Cerio pretty much only studied with my instructor up to 1st° black belt. So the style you're seeing in the video is different from what my instructor told him but I'm sure that in a pinch that the gentleman in the video could probably defend himself very well in a fight it's just seems that since it doesn't look like MMA people will think they are bogus techniques but MMA is only one style of fighting there are many others
at the end of the day I study everything I can know matter the art also everything has value rather it works our not a lot of people misunderstand the teachings an the art as well look at this way you want to be a fighter than you train in boxing , kick boxing does not mean that the guy behind the art does not know how to fight he is teaching parts of a system so stop judging a book by the cover their our world class fighters who have fighting back ground in full contact who still do traditional arts. so stop judging Bruce lee thought it was effective you going to judge the legend BBJ is art as well you have to understand the basics of any system even boxing has basics I did kickboxing an boxing also have been in the ring an I will still study tae kwon do
Mine was a different form of kenpo. However, after 25 yrs away from it, this is great to refresh. In fact, some of these moves I remember but they didn't have a name when i was taught.
It's funny I did Shaolin Kempo Karate as a kid and I remember all these maneuvers under others names ie. "Defensive Maneuver 4" "Kenpo 4." It's very neat.
I practice Shaolin Kempo, and it's kind of cool to see how far back "Checking the Storm" goes. In my system, we call it Combination #6. I didn't recognize the second one, but it did look like a mix of two of my techniques. I recognized the third one, "Menacing Twirl." In my system, it has its own number, like Combination #6 -- there are 107 combinations total, so we remember them by numbers. We do it a little bit differently, but it's still really cool to see here. The fourth one looks like a higher level combination technique I learned around Green or Brown Belt. The fifth one, the defense against the front choke ("Battering Ram") looks like a pretty nasty one. I've never learned to defend against a choke that way, but I have no doubt it would really send the assailant packing if executed properly. However, one might have a more difficult time pulling it off against someone who's high on substance and feels no pain.
Hi! We use to have Combination Numbers as well. But if I remember, it was when we trained under Fred Villari's Kempo before we switch to Nick Cerio's Kenpo. However, it shows that all of those technics have their origins from the same basics. Happy to see that the tradition lives through the years... 長生きと繁栄 (Live long and prosper!)
Liette Grenier Alain Demers its a nice art, but u cant grab a hand or arm in a fist fight in the street, I never teach that in and self defence, people punch, then retract the hand fast, then use the next arm in a barrage, all the escapes are good though.
tpvalley Like I said before, I will never recommend to use these technics for a real street fight. These are more to exercise the basics of some movements in the Nick Cerio’s Kenpo martial art. And those videos of Master Cerio, are some of the rare footages of his teaching. At that time, I think he wanted to make accessible to everyone the very basics of self defence. However, in today’s world, I agree that the approach in teaching martial arts is a bit different and surely more efficient.
@@KaldaBlood he only studied under The Professor for 2 weeks. Also spending 2 weeks with one of Professor's longest students; Bill Chun Sr. His main teacher was George Pesare, who actually comes from the Kajukenbo lineage.
@@bensigl3766 George Pesare comes from the Karazenpo Go Shinjutsu lineage. Sonny Gascon was his teacher in California till he moved to Rhode Island as a green belt. Sonny Gascon and Walter Godine who created Karazenpo Go Shinjutsu were Kajukenbo black belts under Sijo Adriano Emperado.
I WATCHED MOST OF YOUR VIDEOS AND ALL OF THEM ARE VERY GOOD I LIKE YOUR TEACHINGS I STARTED SHOTOKAN KARATE DURING THE LATER 60S AND A FEW OTHER MARTIAL ARTS CAME LATER AIKIDO ,WING CHUN, BOXING, AND JU JITS SU , BEST WISHES TO YOU SIR.
Liette Grenier Alain Demers Alain, We primarily practice Isshin Ryu (sp). Our Head Instructor Don Mernaime actually practiced with Nick Cerio and we do some of the techniques in the video.
Not everyone can block. Self Defense should be kept in mind that a child or grandma can do it also. Grandma will not have time to block a big person especially in slow motion. The kicks and punches are anyone can do it. Self Defense should be learned in a day and practiced every day. I am no expert I will admit but twirling is not to be done in street because you should never cross legs. Always face opponent moving side to side. By the time someone twirls or turns back on an opponent you don't know he may pull a weapon on you.
You're right "lipso". These old videos were put on RU-vid to share with those who knew Master Cerio's system before. They are good to watch for the exercises of basics movements by the average people. But I will never say that you're good for real fight after practicing these technics. You shall train with a Martial Art Professor who will better guide you.
@Liette Grenier Alain Demers. Thank you for your reply. Good video but I used to train as a boxer but I have a smaller frame and learned even mentally ready to engage a street fight as boxer against an unknown armed person I don't know is playing roulette with a fully loaded gun. In the streets the fighting stance is way different because you don't want to act cocky. People who train in gyms should be taught the aim of a street fight is not to put their opponent to the ground with a knockout hit but rather be happy that you hurt/disorient the opponent enough that he can't pursue you because it is not going to happen like in a gym where a fight lasts for 3 minutes a round or even less. I hope you do not consider me just a youtube rambler. I am not a good fighter because if I was I would be in UFC or protecting someone in a predicament. Thanks again for the video.
perdon pero vi solo la primera y muchas de sus repeticiones y empece la segunda y no pude seguir viendo...para empezar la primera defenza checking the storm no es asi ... y otra cosa, todas las defenzas en kenpo que son tormentas son contra ataques con baston...no entrare en detalles, la segunda defenza no corresponde tampoco al programa del kenpo, saludos..
You're right, it's basic. And that is exactly its purpose. It is an excellent base for beginners and you can easily work with it to develop more complex and effective techniques. Knowing 1000 methods of defense but not mastering any of them leads to nothing. Practicing only a few simple ways to defend oneself by varying the movements from their base makes it easier and faster for beginners to acquire techniques that are both easy and efficient.
Among the best of his time... George McCabe (Judo), Ted Olson (Tae Kwon Do), George Pesare (Karazenpo Goshinjutsu), Edmund Kealoha "Ed" Parker (Kenpo), William Kwai Sun Chow (Kenpo), James Benko (Hakkoryu Jiu Jitsu), Ernie Lieb (Uechi-ryu Karate), Tadashi Yamashita (Shorin-Ryu Karate)...
These "Professors" and "Masters" are all bullshit. I love it how the "attacker" just stands there and allows the "Professor" to execute his awful and stupid techniques.
Ed, Radil, There's a lot of bullshit in just about every style of martial arts, these guys believe that their style and techniques are superior, however most of them never deal with the effects of what happens in a real life or death situation, how your mind and body will go into survival mode which means that adrenaline will be pumped into your bloodstream and can freeze someone or cause them to not be able to execute any of their techniques your mind will rely on instincts. These guys don't know or understand real self defense yet they call themselves "Master" and "Experts" I call them Frauds.
There a lots of naive people like yourself that think what they're watching is real, when it's totally fake. Look up Peyton Quinn, Bill Kipp, Meredith Gold, Gavin deBecker these guys are real experts.
In every MA video ever made you see the attacker sliding in with a straight lunge punch. Never, ever happens in the REAL world........there's no stance and any punches just come out of nowhere with no warning.
Thankyou. Over 90% over MA schools teach this defence against an attacker punching in such a manner which can create a problem for real world encounters. I know I taught it that way for the first 20 years until I got older and wiser and started thinking about it. On saying that I'm not taking anything away from men like Cerio, Parker etc who are true MA legends.
just as any art kung fu look you have a structure he is a master of American Kenpo Grand master Ed Parker was a master look it was highly affective it still is rather you practice jeet kune do , boxing , Muai Thai the point is that is how it is taught you MMA fighters miss the teachings I rather study everything open my mind rather you think it works are not look chuck norris studied Traditional Arts as well he also has black belts in Judo, an Brazilian Jujitsu so even if you don't see them in real fights it is like most arts effective Bruce lee only studied what was affective and thought American Kenpo was affective so yes the system works you guys miss the teachings of the system
Too bad none of this really works on the street. UFC #1 onward pretty much cemented that fact. Fights don't start with any of these sort of grabs. Wrist grab..haha. Okay
Lmao screaming like Kungfu theater only thing that’s cool. Stuff won’t work in streets, specially if it’s a larger opponent who actually defend themselves who don’t stand there doing anything
Bonjour Renato, thanks for your comment. Before learning to dance, one must learn to walk. These ancient videos show how basic movements were taught at the time. Only to help the uninitiated to exercise. There is no intention here to claim that these techniques allow you a street battle from day one ...
@@Liquidcadmus People can get caught up in their own self-belief. This is one instance that proves humility is a much better trait than confidence, although confidence in the right intensity is also an important component of success. However, humility ensures that you are always receptive to correction and criticism, especially from those with more experience. Have a Good day and keep mastering your art.
Old times... Today, things have evolved for the better of course, in many ways! However, these videos were recently re-published for the memory of those who met and trained with the Great Master. In his time (60's, 70's, 80's, 90's), he created a style you cannot catch on these videos. His accomplishments in martial arts are at the origin of many styles that are quit more efficient today. Master Cerio is a benchmark in the history of self-defence and those who'd like to understand and to see how their systems have evolved in time are pleased to see (again) those videos. But don't get me wrong, although these technics might be good for exercise, they are not what I recommend for a real fight. Thanks for your interest. 長生きと繁栄.
Liette Grenier Alain Demers Sifu Cerio taught me a little tai chi in the late 80s. Ever come across any videos of him doing tai chi? Or the old film he had of HIS Sifu (in Boston?) doing the form?
No third hand principle, bad checks, never leave your foot behind the knee when driving it to the floor your foot can get broken. He is spreading the paddle, not good center line is wide open. Never hit the same target twice and why is he not reacting to the strikes. Never put two hands in one zone, 180 degree principle not shown. No power principles are shown. And were is his base, number one rule in Kenpo establish your base! We do not step away from our strikes or open our center line.
The world has moved on from this choreographed 1980's style of fighting that would never work in a real fight only with someone that knows nothing. A good boxer or BJJ fighter would make short work of this nonsense.
Mortgage Financing so you're the super experienced fighter/commentator? Do you know a lot of BJJ criminal suspects? In reality most threats, unless you live a lifestyle that surrounds you with assholes (which I used to out of necessity) most threats aren't so called muggers or whatever, they are crazy people.
Mortgage Financing: modern boxing is a Sport that evolved from bare knuckle boxing in England from the about the 17th century to the early 20th century. Early boxing looked a lot like karate and involved both kicking to the legs and throws. However sports neutered boxing mandating gloves and only the use of the hands.
you still have effective arts look at chuck norris I rather study everything rather traditional are not. than judge someone else's ability Bruce lee thought kenpo was highly effective you miss the point Dan isonto highest promoted. instructor under Bruce lee he never considered him self a fighter also MMA fighters do practice arts to Kathy Long kickboxing champion her self also studied San Soo Kung Fu so you can't judge a book by its cover
