Keith Pinkston, Sempai

I had the privilege of meeting Crutchfield Shihan in the later part of 1999, in Florida where he and I both lived.   We both happen to have a mutual friend that introduced the two of us due to our interest in the martial arts.  My martial arts background prior to meeting Crutchfield Shihan started shortly after graduating from high school in 1996, when I was studying Isshin Ryu karate.  I studied for approx three years until my introduction to Crutchfield Shihan, I knew instantly that his application and approach to training as well as his teaching methods were where I wanted to venture.  And now over a decade later I still believe, as I did the first day we met, that there is no other instructor or method I would rather study.

I am a black belt in Crutchfield’s Hawaiian Kenpo Ju-Jutsu, and his east coast representative covering New York and the surrounding area.  Crutchfield Shihan has taught me a better understanding of self through training in his father‘s Kenpo, as well as a stronger knowledge base than I ever had before in true self-defense.  Crutchfield shihan has inspired me to teach and pass on the teachings of his father and the unique style of Kenpo Ju-Jutsu that is taught in Hawaii.  If I could offer my advice to anyone it would be to take the challenge of learning Crutchfield’s scientific method and approach to self -defense.  You will know what it means to feel protected.

There is truth in Crutchfield’s Kenpo Ju-Jutsu.

Keith Pinkston
East Coast Representative
Montour Falls, NY

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