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BRIAN DUFFY
Kenpo Karate
Brian Duffy was inducted into the World
Martial Arts Hall of Fame and elevated
to The American Kenpo Senior Council
Executive Committee both in 1997. He
has also been promoted to 7th
Degree Black Belt by the AKSC. Mr. Duffy
is a Five-Time Champion of Mr. Parker's Long Beach International
Karate Championships, and currently owns the oldest full-time
professional school of Martial Arts in Austin, Texas.
Mr. Duffy began his training in Kenpo Karate in 1970, and in 1972
began training directly under Gary Swan, President of the National
Chinese Kenpo Karate Association. The NCKKA was the first Kenpo
Association to separate from the IKKA with Mr. Parker's blessing,
and eventually Mr. Duffy became its Vice-President in 1978. Since
1972 Mr. Duffy has competed in over 124 Tournaments and won 157
trophies (major awards listed below).
In 1987 Mr. Duffy began studying directly under Mr. Parker and
later joined the IKKA. In 1989 Mr. Parker promoted Mr. Duffy to
Fifth Degree Black Belt and began involving Mr. Duffy in projects
for the IKKA such as the development of a standardized children's
curriculum and revision of the IKKA belt charts and manuals. Mr.
Duffy has since authored the Restructured 16 Technique Curriculum
currently in use and widely accepted by Kenpo schools all over
the world, and has also Sponsored the 1994 Texas Training Camp
which saw the birth of the AKSC, as well as developed the Kenpo
Long Staff Seminar and Curriculum incorporating Kenpo Techniques
and Principles.
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