Tuesday, September 24, 2013

New book is coming

I'm on a deadline to submit the manuscript to the publisher in October. This is the compilation of my books, Kenpo Karate 101 through 601. That means parts of 101 will be included for historical background on the system and Mr. Parker. The chapters on the forms have been re-done with the few errors corrected. All the thesis form material has been consolidated. New chapters on Forms 7 and 8 are added. A new chapter on sets is in there, too. You'll get the history of them as well as their reason for being. All the general rules of motion are consolidated, new photos, too.
I've spent many hours recently re-writing some things for clarity based on input I've gotten over the years. I've updated some of the historical info in the opening chapter since it's been over a decade since 101 was originally published. John Sepulveda wrote a preface for it, too and contributed to the chapters on 7 and 8. Many of the photos were done in Germany and England as well as the US, so you'll see it was an international effort.
The book is looking to be out late in 2014 through Blue Snake books. Working title is The Kenpo Karate Compendium. This will be THE book on the forms.  

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