John Hackleman is an American martial artist and the head trainer at The Pit mixed martial arts gym. He is the coach of UFC legend Chuck Liddell.
In this video, Hackleman talks about the frenzy from Jiu-Jitsu practitioners following the submission victories of Miesha Tate vs Holy Holm, and Nate Diaz over Conor McGregor. For him Jiu-Jitsu did not win those fights. Boxing, Wrestling did together with Jiu-jItsu which ended the fight. He considers Jiu-Jitsu to only be a ground art, but he forgets that Jiu-Jitsu comes from Judo and therefore has all the takedowns in Judo’s arsenal.
Hackleman stated:
I learned very early in my martial arts training that neglecting any aspect of martial arts left you open to defeat, And I also realized that every aspect of martial arts is anecessary piece of the puzzle and if you neglected one you would be only strong as your weakest link….
In 1985, Hackleman moved from Hawaii to California and renamed his martial arts style to Hawaiian Kempo. The Pit is the only Hawaiian Kempo school that uses the Ke-m-po spelling, instead of the more commonly used Ke-n-po. Hackleman describes his style as more hardcore than other Hawaiian Kenpo schools. He gave school the style name “KuZen,” a word derived from mix “Ku,” the Hawaiian god of war, and “Zen,” for Zen Buddhism. This name was intended to attract children and families to his school.
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