Ian Pettitt
1st Degree Black Belt – CRX Kenpo Lead Instructor

• First started Kenpo in 1999
• Graded to black belt level under the International Kenpo Karate Association (IKKA)
• Approximately four years accumulative teaching experience
• In 2006 qualified for 1st Degree Black Belt in Dublin (Panel headed by Michael Reilly and Lorcan Carey)
• Basic First Aid Certified

“Fighting systems operate in a constant flux of refinement and elaboration. As one instructor simplifies a technique to make it more combat effective, somewhere else another student is adding complexity to the move for the same reason. Modern Kenpo sets out to teach a full, unabridged language of motion, and because of this, Kenpo has maintained its potential to be the most effective system out there. As always this requires solid interpretation. Instructors need to be open to influences from other arts, but moreover they must have a clear and stated goal. Without a realistic focus on fighting the Kenpo system quickly unravels. I won’t have students waste their time learning techniques that they are unable to put into effect. The underlying structures of Kenpo are simple and intuitive, and it is these that require initial emphasis. Ultimately, Kenpo maintains the option to change that some other modern self-defence systems have thrown away. If modern Kenpo is more demanding than other systems, it gives back far more than it takes.”

• Background in Archaeology, Languages and Art.