Martial Arts & Life

Larry Tatum & Kenpo


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Grand Master Larry Tatum began his study of Kenpo Karate in Pasadena, California in 1966, and has become one of the style’s most prominent figures.







He enjoys a reputation as a gifted instructor and “teacher of Black Belts.” His forte is helping others reach their maximum potential through Kenpo karate. In 1984, he was named “Instructor of the Year” by Inside Kung Fu magazine.Today Larry Tatum is a 10th Degree Black Belt and is considered one of the foremost authorities on American Kenpo Karate. He has founded the Larry Tatum Kenpo Karate Association which boasts thousands of members worldwide.Master Larry Tatum is the official spokesperson and co-founder for “Children at Risk”, a non-profit organization. He is also a Television and movie Technical Consultant and Fight Choreographer.



Martial Arts Students



The talent of Martial Arts is higher than it has ever been before due to all of the technological advances. The increase in talent knows no age group or limit as well. Often the lack of knowledge can be attributed to mysticism and it needn’t be.  As for students, don’t’ hang on too long as you need to know you don’t get to lean against the tree you have planted. You need to speak different languages, not be multilingual but be able to reach a student in their language.



Teaching Kenpo, Teaching Martial Arts



Don’t assume a student knows what you said. You need to understand and change your emotional standards at times.  Master Larry Tatum takes us through some deep the tip and tricks that make-up the acts of the master teacher, who can and will teach one thing that changes ten things and not ten things to change ten things. Knowledge is taught sparingly and there is a good reason for that method of teaching. “Hey, you remember teaching in the high-school bathroom?” Re-mapping the brain, the paths that fire together wire together.



People Make-up The Arts



Belt ranks they are important and should not be underestimated. When you are teaching a kid, you are teaching three people. The kid the parent and the onlookers. People have an accent attached to their art, let that be. Go ahead and try a new system, a new style it’s a good thing.



UFC Killed Boxing



Has the UFC killed Boxing?  Well, Larry Tatum has a thought, and about hoe people are instinctively defensive, not necessarily violent. Your nature you must come face-to-face with that person that you see in the mirror, anything else is the lesser choice. The school is there for the student, not the other way around. And the story of Mr. Parker and, “Your private lesson.



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