Semantics issues aside, Krav Maga and Kenpo ARE different in their training approaches.
Krav Maga takes a more direct route, with a curriculum consisting almost exclusively of techniques that are more readily applicable in actual self defense, with a training program intended to teach these...
- Mixing and matching style names from several different countries
- An "FBI Crime Report" link on the main page
- Rokudan in three martial arts in only ten years? And that it takes only 20 years in traditional schools?
- A very "creative" story about the origins of Shaoling martial arts
etc...
An XMA program, and a Black Belt Program, plus an instructor list full of questionable arts and styles. WTF is "Sessen Jitsu Aiki Jiu Jitsu-Nei Wai Chia", and how can you have a "3rd dan" in something called "Nei Wai Chia Gung Fu"? So, yes, it sure looks like it.
When it comes to the more modern or newer approaches to martial arts, the formula is a bit simpler. Whether it's for those with a major focus on competition (e.g. MMA), for the military (e.g. MCMAP), or personal self defense (e.g. Krav Maga), the basic premise is that they borrow/adopt...