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American Kenpo Karate (/ ˈ k ɛ n p oʊ /), also known as American Kenpo or Ed Parker's Kenpo Karate, is an American martial art [2] [3] founded and codified by Ed Parker. It is synthesized mainly from Japanese and Okinawan martial arts such as karate and judo, [1] with influence from Chinese martial arts. [4] [5] It is a form and descendant ...
1975, Ed Parker's Kenpo Karate Accumulative Journal. International Kenpo Karate Association. 1978, Inside Elvis. Rampart House ISBN 0-89773-000-3; 1982, Ed Parker's Infinite Insights into Kenpo, Vol. 1: Mental Stimulation. Delsby Publications ISBN 0-910293-00-7; 1983, Ed Parker's Infinite Insights into Kenpo, Vol. 2: Physical Analyzation I.
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In 1946 Robert Trias, a returning U.S. Navy veteran, began teaching private lessons in Phoenix, Arizona. [9] Other early teachers of karate in America were Ed Parker (a native Hawaiian and Coast Guard veteran who earned a black belt in 1953), [10] George Mattson (who began studying while stationed in Okinawa in 1956), and Peter Urban (a Navy veteran who started training while stationed in ...
In December 1990, after his father died, Parker continued on within the martial arts industry and produced 6 educational martial arts videos. In June 1992 he published "The Encyclopedia Of Kenpo" a complete encyclopedia on American Kenpo Karate as taught by his father.
Jeff Speakman (born November 8, 1958) is an American actor and a martial artist in the art of American Kenpo and Japanese Gōjū-ryū, [1] earning black belts in each. [ citation needed ] Between 2008 and 2018, he was President of the International Kempo Federation .
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Héctor Echavarría (born 1969), American Kenpo and Shuri-ryū; Shigeru Egami (1912–1981), Shōtōkai; Adriano Directo Emperado (1926–2009), American Kenpo; Keinosuke Enoeda (1935–2003), Shotokan