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PROFESSOR LYLE HO
Chigosho Ryu Kenpo Karate
Professor Ho is the last active student and teacher under the
late Professor Thomas S. H. Young. He holds the rank of Roku-Dan
(6th degree black belt) in Hawaii Chinese Goju-Ryu Kenpo. He
has been in martial arts for 39 years and has studied Kenpo Karate,
the Chinese Huk-Hu system of Kung Fu, Goju-Karate and Ju Jitsu. His
style of martial art is a blend of all the arts he has learned,
using circles, whip, snap, speed, pressure points, and common sense
moves that are simple, yet effective on the street. Hawaii
style Kenpo in the old days was based on street fighting.
Professor Ho started his martial
arts training in 1961 at The Hawaii Te-Ken Jutsu Kai Dojo under
Sensei Takamasa Bingo. Sensei Bingo studied Kenpo under Sensei
Masaichi Oshiro. Sensei Oshiro is a student of Professor William
Chow. Sensei Bingo also learned Okinawan karate under Sensei Thomas
Shigeru Miyashiro. Prof Ho's roots in martial arts come from Kenpo
Karate. He received his Black Belt in Kenpo Karate in 1965.
Besides his Kenpo karate roots he studied Huk-Hu style of Kung
Fu under Sifu Herbert Luke. He continued his martial arts education
in Goju Karate under Sensei Kinoshita. He also had the honor of
having been the last active student and teacher under the late
Professor Thomas Young. Professor Young was the first Black Belt
in Koshoryu Kenpo under Professor James Mitose Founder Of Koshoryu
Kenpo. Professor Ho founded the Chigosho Ryu Kenpo Karate in memory
of all his teachers. His style of martial arts is a blend of all
the arts that he has learned in his 39 years of martial arts. He
incorporated the hard and soft style, the whips, circles, pressure
points and simple, common sense, street tactics useful for effective
street fighting. Traditional karate is also part of his school
discipline.
Hawaii Chinese
Goju-Ryu Kenpo Karate/Jujitsu Club
PO Box 23263
Honolulu, HI 96823-3263
(808) 533-1064
Head Instructor: Lyle Ho
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