The Meaning of Kajukenbo

The Chinese characters above stand for Kajukenbo, the official name of the Kenpo karate system developed by our founder, Professor Adriano D. Emperado of Hawaii.

The first character, KA stands for Korean Karate. The second character JU stands for Judo and Jujitsu. The third character KEN stands for Kempo or Kenpo. The fourth character BO stands for Chinese boxing or Kung Fu.

There is a secondary meaning to these symbols as Kajukenbo translates into Long Life, Happiness, Fist and Style or Way. Thus the philosophical meaning of Kajukenbo is...

“Through this fist style, one gains long life and happiness.”

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