K'ang Jo Fu
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'''K'ang Jo Fu, also known as Introduction
Popularized by Rolf Cahn in the 1974 book K'ang Jo Fu: Self Defense for Gentle People, John Muir Publications, Sante Fe, New Mexico.
History
K'ang Jo Fu can loosly be translated as "The Way of Health". Taught in the United States by Rolf Cahn (d. 1 Aug 1994) [link] who learned it from a visiting Chinese professor at UC Berkely, Ch'eng Hsue' Yi in 1943. Ch'eng returned to China and Rolf continued to study and teach Kang. One of Ralfs most dedicated students was Robert Rawlings who is very developed in the internal aspects of Kang. Charles Peri studied the Kang with Robert Rawlings, and eventually met Rolf in person.
Charles a life long practitioner of martial arts began his journey in 1969 and in 1980 had a martial arts school in the San Francisco Bay Area. Robert Rawlings stopped by one day and invited Charles to come to his dojo and learn 'what was left out'. So began a lifelong interest in the Kang.
Connections
In his own research on Kang Jo Fu, Charles thought that that it was probably a family style, and might date back to the Emperor Kang, and the martial arts used by the imperial guards. He sees connections to bagua, xinyi, and taikiken, but kang is in class of it's own.Description
Although studying Kang Jo Fu is based on a 95 movement form, it doesn't attach it's movements to any ideology or scenario. Kang can be described as pure form. It places a practitioner inside of everyone elses time and all directions (like bagua and xinyi)
Sources
The information in this article is from Rolf Cahn's book and a phone interview with Charles Peri, who currently practices Traditional Chinese Medicine in Novato, Ca.
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