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NAME: JOSÉ ENRIQUE HERNÁNDEZ
SYSTEM: ED PARKER´S KENPO KARATE
RANK: B.B. 6TH DEGREE
CLUB: HAWAII
CITY: MADRID - SPAIN

PRACTITIONER OF KENPO:
We should go back to the beginning in 1973, when he started his practise in Japanese Martial Arts (KARATE, AIKIDO).

In the early 80's he commenced his training in Kenpo Karate system. His path in Kenpo has led him to know lots of practitioners around the world, practising with great instructors as Roy McDonald and Graham Lelliott from Jersey Island; Christian Springer and Rainer Schulte from Germany; Hans Hesselmann from Holland; Ed Downey from Ireland; John Sepúlveda, Sasha Williams,Bob Lyles, Dian Tanaka,Gilbert Vélez, Doreen Cogliandro, Richard ?Huk? Planas and Frank Trejo from USA, etc. At the end of 1995 he started his training in a permanent way under Master Gilbert Vélez, 9th Degree, and he is still training and supervised by Master Vélez.

He reached his current rank (B.B. 6th degree) in a examination held in 2002, by the IKKA Executive Board of Examiners, under supervision of Master Gilbert Vélez.

OTHER SYSTEMS PRACTITIONER:
In 1988 he met José Mª Fraguas, Head Manager and Instructor of Kali Jun Fan Institute, focused in practise and investigation of systems as Jeet Kune Do, Filipino Kali, Wing Tsun, Thai boxing, Savate, Pentjat-Silat and Brazilian Jiu itsu. That same year he started his training and investigation in these systems under supervision of José Mª Fraguas and attending private group classes in every system, imparted by great Masters as Dan Inosanto, Paul Vunak, Randy Williams, Arjam Chai Sirisute, Ted Wong, Tim Tacket, Salem Assli, Rorion Gracie, Cass Magda, etc.

In the middle of year 1998 he started his investigation and training of Oriental inner systems as Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung, under Master Haoquing Liu, keeping in this training until 2002.

His Sifu and friend José Mª Fraguas allowed him to know and begin training with Grand Master Tony Somera, heir of Grand Master Leo M. Giron and head leader of escrima system Bahala Na. He still keeps training and investigating under G.M. Tony Somera, creating a training group in Madrid in 2003.

OTHER SYSTEMS RANKS:
- Jeet Kune Do Instructor, by José Mª Fraguas &Tim Tacket - Thai Boxing level II, by José Mª Fraguas & Arjam Chai Sirisute

- 11 years experience in Kali Jun-Fan Institute: Filipino Kali, Jeet Kune Do, Savate, Wing-tsun, Pentjak-Silat, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
His path as a Kenpo Teacher began more than 20 years ago. Along this time hundreds of students have attended his classes, most of them still follow him and keep an active practice of Kenpo. Much of these students have demonstrated along the time a high proficiency in Kenpo, being their worth proved in many championships, seminars, etc.

He currently teaches Kenpo to different groups and levels, being the most representative the Black Belts class. This group is constituted by acknowledged kenpoists, at a national and international level. Among them we should emphasize to
Mario Moreno, 4th Degree; Juan Luís Verde, 4th Degree; Miguel Ángel García Verdud, 4th Degree; Antonio López Maestre, 4th Degree, and several third, second and first Degrees, most of them repeatedly winners of national and international championships in all categories: forms, techniques and freestyle, single and team. Furthermore, some of them are, in his turn, teachers in different clubs where they are educating very good kenpoists, much of them winners of local and international championships in colour and brown belt categories.

Besides this, he has taught many times in seminars around Spain and Europe, mainly in Training Champs of IKC's. Now a day his is continuously asked to impart seminars in different clubs.

Parallel with this, he teaches Filipino Kali, Bahala Na System to two groups of students that they have already reached Level I, "estilo de Fondo" in this Art, given by G.M. Tony Somera last May 05.

KENPO CHAMPIONSHIPS:
- 1986 MADRID CHAMPIONSHIP: 3rd PLACE TRADITIONAL FORMS
- 1993 IKC JERSEY: 2ND PLACE SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUES
- 1996 IKC JERSEY: 2ND PLACE WEAPONS FORMS
- 1998 IKC ATHENS (GREECE):

WINNER TEAM FREESTYLE
WINNER WEAPON FORMS
2ND PLACE TRADITIONAL FORMS
2ND PLACE SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUES
4TH PLACE SINGLE FREESTYLE

- 1999 IKC DUBLIN (IRELAND):

WINNER TRADITIONAL FORMS

WINNER WEAPON FORMS

2ND PLACE SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUES

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