Comments on: Hula Girls, Lima Lama and Kenpo?

By: floyd hicks

floyd hicks — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:36:16 +0000

aloha
I was a student of Dan Mitchell while stationed MP company camp Pendleton 1973 great instructions spoke to Rudy few years ago been praticing chen ,yang, taichi and Hsing-1 chuan past twenty plus years .

By: John W. Zimmer

John W. Zimmer — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:55:17 +0000

Hi Martin,

Thanks for your insight about GM Nunez.

Hi Martin,

Lima Lama has always been close to my heart. I’d probably love kemposlamma.

Thanks for sharing your insight gentlemen.

By: ramon yee

ramon yee — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:14:34 +0000

mr jonh zimmer , i teach kemposilama in houston texas, papa tino and me working for kemposilama, my grand father is very good friend, ting fong wong and ark wong, come together california, my grand father not teach,my grand father learn siulam kung fu , lee fong, sudent direct lee yao san, founder li gar system in tai san canton china,papa tino and me meet in santa cruz ca, 1995,him say me keep going whit kemposilama, you have same style kung fu im, trainning i know you root,i promise papa tino teach kemposilama , whit chinese root original,i have now copy right of kemposilama, kempo is wonderful system, limalama is magic, powefull, is not the style you are more important,whit dicipline, respect,heart strong, respect all elders of martial arts,i love papa tino,my grand father, all my teachers, mahalo aloha ramon yee

thank you mr jonh w.zimmer

By: Martin Alcala

Martin Alcala — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:50:15 +0000

You are right, there are only a few really exceptional masters of Limalama left in the world today. I have studied Kenpo, Limalama and Nokaoi with GM Richard Nunez since 1966 and I have met and studied with the six men who helped create the art of Limalama in the US. The history of the first black belt association of Limalama started in 1964 and GM Nunez was one of the founders of that association. GM Nunez has created a new system of the arts in 1995 that has taken Limalama to a higher level in the art of Nokaoi. GM Nunez in his seventies is still teaching in Whittier, CA. You can find all the information of Nokaoi-Limalama at the web site
nokaoi-online.com.

I earned my 2nd degree black in Limalama in the early seventies and from those early days I can honestly state GM Nunez has improved and made a very well rounded martial art in Nokaoi today. There is no wasted effort of strikes and counters in Nokaoi and anyone can use this art to defend themselves because there so many options that are avialable. No matter what physical condition or age Nokaoi offers the answer for self defense. You should come and see the advantages GM Nunez teaches in the higher belts, no matter what system you have earned your belt in. Never stop yourself from experiencing a true martial art.

By: John W. Zimmer

John W. Zimmer — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:55 +0000

Hi John,

I learned a combination of kata, techniques, basics and sparring. We did a lot of the slapping hand techniques and we were always told our hands were better than karate hands. Later when Sal Esquival visited our class – he had us start working on karate basics because he believed it was a good foundation for Lima Lama.

When I later learned Kenpo karate, I was surprised to find some similar techniques. I later found out that Tino worked out with Ed Parker and I guess they share techniques and such.

I do remember thinking at the time that my lay blocks and my half-drag kicks along with my slapping strikes were better than karate hands…

I’ve seen some LimaLama videos and it now seems like karate on steroids that includes the fast hands I remember!