there is also chinese kempo, korean kempo, american kempo which is different.
so no its not, there is no best style what matters is how you train and how good your instructor.
edit:> opps my bad, yep it was a typo
The question makes no sense. If you study the history of the early Karate styles many of them were called Kempo or Kenpo early on. Then later stopped using that term. So saying is one better is like saying is Karate better than Karate?
BTW for those that don't know there are about 50 different styles of Karate. Kenpo and Kempo has many different styles too.
Edit: someone asked about the comment Kokoro made saying Korean Kempo. While Japanese and Korean terms are no normally used together, they are a few cases where it has been used to describe a style. The Kempo I practice began in China in the 1300's, moved to Korea in the 1600's, from there to Japan and then the U.S.A. In China our style was called Shaolin-Tsu-Chin-Chin-Chuan-Fa, in Korea it was called So-Rim-Sa-Churl-Kwan-Do, In japan the name was changed to Shorinji-Tetsu-Ken-Kamishin-Ryu. The Korean version was sometimes called Korean Kempo by Americans.
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Karate is Kempo.
Kempo means Fist Method.
So anything that teaches some kind of pugilism is Kempo.
But the word has been hijacked and people who don't research believe it is one of several hybrid American arts.
No. Styles are not inherently better than one another. It all depends on the person. All martial arts are good and effective if they are practiced correctly, so all arts are equal.
There are also over 50 styles of Karate and many styles that would fall under the category of "Kempo/Kenpo".
I Don't know because I do Shoalin Kempo Karate
hmm...you dont really know what your on about do you?.
Take a good look at Kokoro's and Jim R's Answers.
@ Kokoro Is that a typo Koran Kempo? lol.
Don't Argue to much without solution, please read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorinji_Ke... http://www.shorinji.co.uk/kempo/shorinji... http://www.blackbeltmag.com/daily/tradit...
Citation needed.
Any martial art that can be called karate may correctly be called "kenpo"
No need to elaborate, you have good answer already.
imho yes
