Immortal Martial Arts Academy patch:

When Sifu Cat Gurinsky originally founded the school, its original name was Immortal Tiger Kenpo Karate. The name "Immortal Tiger" comes from Kata #17 in our system, which her instructor Grandmaster Bill Grossman created as a gift for his instructor Senior Grand Master Rick Alemany. Alemany liked the form so much that it was incorporated into the Shaolin Kenpo Karate system as key kata #17. Sifu Gurinsky has always liked tigers and thought this was a good way to pay homage to GM Grossman. Additionally, when she studied Tae Kwon Do in Indiana (before her Kenpo journey began) the school there was Tiger Martial Arts. The tiger here recognizes two instructors who played a large role Sifu Gurinky's martial arts career. 

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See Bill Grossman performing the attacks for Immortal Tiger in this 2009 video here on YouTube.

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In 2025 Sifu Gurinsky signed a lease for a larger space in the same shopping center, and her partner joined her to teach Jiu Jitsu and Boxing, so a more generalize logo was needed. The anaconda in the new logo represents ​the grappling arts like Jiu Jitsu, and the tiger continues to represent the striking arts like kenpo and boxing. 

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Bill Grossman's School of Kenpo Karate patch: 

We wear the patch from my instructors school on our right shoulder as a reminder of our origins.

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Master Professor has a great write up for the explanation and history of his patch here: 

http://www.grossmanskenpo.com/patch.php

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Universal Pattern patch:

We wear the universal pattern on our left shoulder. It should be worn so that the heart shape is visible at the top. The universal pattern was developed by Ed Parker, the father of American Kenpo. Although we study Shaolin Kenpo Karate we still use the universal pattern to analyze all varieties of movement in the system. The universal pattern realistically should be perceived as a 3D representation, but in patch format is 2D. I think it is best explained by Ed Parker himself: 

 

"To know the complete design is to know every conceivable direction, path, angle, or orbit that the hand or foot may travel whether they are used singularly, simultaneously, or as combinations. It contains straight lines, curved lines, quarter circles, half circles, full circles, circles that touch, overlapping circles, squares, diamonds, rectangles, triangles, crosses, crisscrosses, hearts, figure eights, overlapping figure eights, elongated figure eights, octagons, etc."

Parker, Ed. Ed Parker's Infinite Insights Into Kenpo: Mental & Physical Constituents, Kindle Edition.