Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Slang and Argots

American Kenpo is known as “the thinking man’s art” because of its principles, rules, theories, concepts, and definitions. Together they create an art as unique as its many practitioners. This set gathers them into three companion references that describe, explain, and show how each piece fits into the American Kenpo system.

What’s inside

• Dictionary: short, precise definitions of the words of American Kenpo, so that everyone who uses a word means the same thing by it.
• Encyclopedia: the theories, concepts, and ideas of the art, with the context and detail needed to preserve them as the founder intended.
• Slang and Argots: the informal terms and expressions used in American Kenpo schools, and what they mean.

Every entry points to related terms, in the same book and in its companions, so the three books work best together.

Who it’s for

Every American Kenpo practitioner and instructor who wants to understand the art’s terms the same way its founder did. These are reference books, written to be looked up rather than read cover to cover.

A companion online version, with the latest corrections and updates, is at KenpoPedia.com.