Original/Traditional Kenpo Jui Jitsu

Jim Hanna's Kenpo Center

Instructor’s bio       

MR JIM HANNA IS A 7TH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN KENPO JUI JITSU AND WAS PROMOTED TO THAT RANK DURING A CEREMONY CONDUCTED BY DR TED SUMNER PER AUTHORITY OF SENIOR GRANDMASTER AL TRACY AT THE 2006 KENPO SENIORS SEMINAR IN SAN JOSE, CA.  MR HANNA IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE SENIOR BLACK BELTS IN THE TRACY SYSTEM OF KENPO.

On June 23, 2007 Mr. Hanna was inducted as a charter member into the first International Kenpo Hall of Fame in Chicago, Illinois.

Law Enforcement

Mr. Hanna is employed full time as a police officer and has learned many valuable self defense lessons in this capacity.  He graduated first in his academy class and received the American Legion Award for being the outstanding police trainee.

Firearms Trainer/Weapons Trainer
Text Box: Mr. Hanna is seated in the first row on the left

Emergency Medical Technician

Mr. Hanna is a certified firearms trainer and teaches the pistol, revolver, shotgun, and patrol rifle.  He is the department range master and a Glock armorer.

Pa Lethal Weapons Training Certified Instructor — teaches the baton, knife, fist load, pepper spray, traditional Asian weapons and unarmed defensive tactics including PPCT GAGE.

Mr. Hanna has completed training as an Emergency Medical Technician and First Responder and has received the Restored Life Award.

Education and Publications
Text Box: Graduate of the University of Pittsburgh— has published several articles and poems in various police and martial arts magazines and small press. Text Box: Jim Hanna and Mark Tracy demonstrating the technique Slashing Cougar for a left punch.

As a young man I hitchhiked around the country and have traveled thousands of  miles “by thumb”.  I have lived out of a backpack , slept in graveyards and under bridges— all good experiences. My reason for taking my first Kenpo class was simple:  I was robbed at gunpoint—a pistol aimed pointblank at my head when I was 17 years of age. My wallet, winter coat, boots, and watch were taken and I was dropped off otherwise unharmed in an unfamiliar neighborhood during a cold evening.

 

“Hitch Hiker”

Cinders pushed aside

Cars speed by this Easter week

I wait for a ride.        J Hanna

Senior Grandmaster Al Tracy presenting Mr. Hanna with his Hall of Fame Award.

First International Kenpo Hall of Fame, Chicago, Illinois—charter inductees