William Kwai Sun Chow

United States
Born 1914
Died 1987
7.7

Also known as

William Chow

Description

Honolulu martial arts teacher, of Chinese descent, whose art (learned from his father) is the basis of Ed Parker's American Kenpo.

Students (1)

  • Ed Parker
    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.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    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

“In turn, Chow’s art was based on what he had learned from his father. Thus, it has a strong Chinese influence.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5H43V0TVKXWKRMCRZWCYMYQ
Wikidata

Cite and reuse

CC BY-SA 4.0expand_more
Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). William Kwai Sun Chow. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H43V0TVKXWKRMCRZWCYMYQ - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5H43V0TVKXWKRMCRZWCYMYQ, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {William Kwai Sun Chow}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5H43V0TVKXWKRMCRZWCYMYQ}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
data_object JSON-LDdata_object Turtle

Database content on this page is CC BY-SA 4.0; the database right is separately reserved. Licensing