Ed Parker

United States

Also known as

Edmund Kealoha Parker

Description

Hawaiian-born karate teacher who brought Kenpo karate to the mainland United States in 1954 and developed American Kenpo; taught many Hollywood actors and introduced Bruce Lee to the film industry.

Teachers (1)

  • William Kwai Sun Chow
    sports_martial_artsAmerican Kenpo Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Single source.
    “Parker’s American Kenpo system is based on the martial arts that Parker learned in Honolulu from William Kwai Sun Chow (1914–1987).”
    — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

Sources

Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovationinfo

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5H43V0TEPYDCNNZKASWJ4SH
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Ed Parker. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H43V0TEPYDCNNZKASWJ4SH - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5H43V0TEPYDCNNZKASWJ4SH, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Ed Parker}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5H43V0TEPYDCNNZKASWJ4SH}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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