Adriano Emperado
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Adriano Emperado (June 16, 1926 - April 4, 2009[1]) is a Filipino-Hawaiian martial artist. He is one of five martial artists from Hawaii, who developed a system of Self-Defense called Kajukenbo.
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[change] Life
[change] Childhood
As a young man growing up in Honolulu Hawaii, Emperado began his early training in the Filipino art of Escrima, which would have a huge impact, on his impute into the development of Kajukenbo. Emperado would become interested in Kenpo Karate, and after years of training, earned him a fifth degree black belt, under the direction of William K.S Chow.
[change] Later life
In the year 1947 and in a dangers part of Hawaii, an area called the Palama Settlement, five skilled martial artist met and trained together. From these training sessions, these five men would create the "Black Belt Society". There goal was to develop and offer the best form of self-defense possible.
There names; Peter Y. Choo, (TangSooDo-Karate)- Frank Ordonez, (JuJitsu) - Joseph Holck, (Judo) - Adriano Emperado, (Kenpo Karate) and Escrima), Clarence Chang, (Shaolin Wushu, and Chinese Boxing). After several years of training together, these men would create the system of Kajukenbo, developed for street fighting application.
The name Kajukenbo comes from the four systems used in its development. Ka=Karata - Ju=Judo - Ken=Kenpo Karate - Bo=Boxing. Kajukenbo has gained a reputation as "the perfected art of dirty fighting on the street," as one member said.
[change] Schools
The first school of Kajukenbo was opened in the Palama Settlement, and directed by Adriano Emperado and his brother, Joe Emperado. In order to be undefeated on streets of Hawaii, Kajukenbo students faced sever training regimented classes with full contact producing various injuures daily. Enrollment soon decreased to a faithful few.
The Kajukenbo system under the direction of Emperado would elevate several instructors, to a notable position among the international community of martial arts; Sid Asuncion, Tony Ramos, Charles Gaylord, Aleju Reyes, Joe Halbuna and Al Dacascos.
In the year 1959, Emperado began merging the art of Wushu into Kajukenbo. Wushu, a soft art with opposite contrasts to Kajukenbo, a hard aggressive style, would mean special care combining the two together. Kajukenbo has developed slowly into a system ready to meat the needs of today.
[change] Kajukenbo today
The modern Kajukenbo today uses everything gained from its founding fathers. Adriano Emperado life has been about teaching the martial arts, Black Belt Magazine has named him its Instructor of the Year 1991.
