tEXAS kAJUKENBO
The perfected art of Street Fighting. Kajukenbo the Gaylord Method
Great Grandmaster Charles Gaylord
Great Grandmaster Gaylord In 1980, received 9th degree Black Belt from Kajukenbo founder.
Why tEXAS KAJUKENBO – GAYLORD METHOD
“ We are not just about kicking and punching, we are about reaching out to our community to lend a hand where we can. ”
Charles Gaylord
Founder of Kajukenbo
Gaylord Method
The Texas Kajukenbo School of Karate of like-minded martial artists to share the Gaylord Method teachings, combat principles and Kajukenbo concepts, allowing for individuation and self-growth that can be sustained through generations” With this comes a responsibility to the community. We are not just about kicking and punching, we are about reaching out to our community to lend a hand where we can. While n the path to becoming a KAA black belt we expect you to not only carry yourselves with manners and respect in everything they do.
The KAA has a mission to “To create a family-based organization of like-minded martial artists to share the Gaylord Method teachings, combat principles and Kajukenbo concepts, allowing for individuation and self-growth that can be sustained through generations” With this comes a responsibility to the community.
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Improve your self defense, physical health and discipline.
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Gaylord Method
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Class begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
Join our school and learn from the best instructors in Mercedes, Texas. Improve your self defense, physical health and discipline. Our karate school offers professional martial arts training for all ages and skill levels. Our skilled instructors strive to help students reach their full potential.
Class is located at 143 Texas Avenue, Mercedes, Texas
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Our Karate School participates at tournaments.
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Every year our school hosts an annual Texas Kajukenbo Karate Tournament open to all martial artists who participate in fighting, forms and weapons competition. Our school also honors Great Grandmaster Charles Gaylord every year in April to celebrate Great Grandmaster Charles Gaylord Day in the City of Mercedes as Proclaimed by the City in 2007 during his visit where he promoted his students and Grandmaster Saldana.
Founder of the Gaylord Method of Kajukenbo
GREAT GRANDMASTER CHARLES GAYLORD
Great Grandmaster Gaylord actively trained in the art of Kajukenbo for over 50 years. In 1980, he received his 9th degree Black Belt from the Kajukenbo founder. Great Grandmaster Gaylord began his training in Hawaii under Kajukenbo Black Belt George (Paul) Seronio. In the early 1960s he moved to Northern California where he began teaching in San Leandro. He brought to the mainland the effective hard and heavy hitting style of Kajukenbo which he had learned from his instructors.
Over the years, he developed his internal and external martial art skills through practical application training, along with meditation and constant research of “mind over body” studies. His ki or chi demonstrations have become legendary. His continued training of Kajukenbo enabled him to develop his own method of Kajukenbo. The Kajukenbo Association of America (KAA) calls it “Gaylord’s Method.” In September 1995, the KAA and all of its Black Belts promoted Great Grandmaster Gaylord to the honorary rank of 10th degree Black Belt. The KAA believed that this was necessary to ensure the desired level of excellence for their organization. Great Grandmaster Gaylord produced countless quality black belts who have become top competitors and instructors. To ensure the quality of his instructors, he held a monthly Black Belt Class, where he taught over 30 black belts who have schools located in the Western United States. He also provided special seminars to those schools that could not regularly train with him.
Great Grandmaster Gaylord passed away on the morning of August 4, 2009. His incredible contributions to the world of martial arts, and Kajukenbo in particular, live on in the countless students who continue to practice the Gaylord Method of Kajukenbo.
California KAA Karate Trip
Every year Saldana’s Texas Kajukenbo Gaylord Method School attends the annual KAA Convention.
See you in Manteca, CA
This year the Kajukenbo Association of America’s annual Convention and Kajukenbo Expo will be held at the Great Wolf Lodge on September 22.
Grandmaster Saldana and more than 20 of his students will travel to California to participate and practice with fellow members who attend to celebrate the life and legacy of Great Grandmaster Charles H. Gaylord.
Grandmaster John Valdivia
Grandmaster Valdivia began training students in Mercedes, Texas in the 1970s. He is credited for introducing Kajukenbo Karate to The Rio Grande Valley and his students. He began training Kajukenbo in California where he earned his Black Belt.
Our Schools
Below are a list of schools and their patches who are affiliated with the Saldana Texas Kajukenbo Gaylord Method.
