Ed Parker is the undisputed "Father" of American Karate having opened the first com-mercial Karate studio in 1954. He is a native of Honolulu. Hawaii and a graduate ot Kameha-meha High School. He also graduated from the Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where he obtained a B.S. Degtee in Sociology and Psychology. Upon graduating from B. Y.U. he moved to California in Septembet of 1956 to establish his second school. Within two years, he was teaching many well-known entertainment personalities. In 1961 Time Magazin reterred to Ed Parker as the "High Priest and Prophet ot the Hollywood sect." To date he has tau notables as Robert Wagner, Blake Ed Robert Culp, Robert Conrad, Darrin McGavin, Jose Ferrar, George Hamilton, Warren Beatty, Dick Martin, Elke Sommers, Joe Hyams, joey Bishop, the late Elvis Ptesley, Audie Murphy, and many others. As one ot Amenca`s roremost Karate Pioneers Ed Parker was never satisfied with patented answers. While he believes that tradition can be helptul, he places emphasis on logic over tradition. Consequentty. in dissecting motion, he has discovered logic to be the key ingredient intluencing consistent and orgärHTed methods ot study. Ed Parker`s interest in employing logic dates back to his very beginning in Honolulu. He approved ot the new and exciting methods that he was learning as a neophyte in KENPO, but having been an experienced street fighter telt that innovations were needed. As a result ot his research he has generated innovative answers by companng KENPO with other tields ot endeavor. Accordingly, his method ot relating past expenences with the functional aspects ot KENPO has revealed astounding breakthroughs. Extracting principles trom physics, mathematics, geometry, equations, both numeric and alphabetic Systems, in addition to the expenences ot lite itselt, have caused new KENPO disciplines to emerge. Consequently his use ot analogies, short stories, and quotes has created distinctive methods to convert verbal language into physieal language. 1t is this unique ability to communicate Martial Arts Information that remains unparalleled. As you read Ed Parker`s latest tive volume series, you will concur that the KENPO SYSTEM he has developed did not just appear rrom nowhere. They have come about through thought provoking study, experimentation, and expenence. With each new experience, he has achieved steady growth. As a result he has developed a timeless an. His KENPO was eftective yesterday, is eftective today, and will continue to be eftective into the tuture. Today Ed Parker has schools throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, Germany, England, Australia, Holland, Spain, Jersey, Venezuela, Guatemala, and Chile with many second, third, tourth, titth, and sixth generation offsprings in every major city in the United States. In addition to authonng Kenpo Karate, Secrets of Chinese Karate, A Womeris Guide to Seif Defense, Ed Parker s Guide to the Nunchaku, The Basic Booklet and Inside Elvis, he has published several teaching manuals tor students as well as Law Entorcement Agencies. This book, Ed Parker`s Infinite Insights into Kenpo, Mental and Physieal Applications, is the titth and final volume ot his new series. Other books in the planning are The Zen of Kenpo, Kenpo in the Street, The Encyclopedia of Kenpo, Eieryday Gestures That Can Save Your Life, Ed Parker`s Answers to Multiple Attacks, and his revolutionary books on club and knife fighting — Speak with a Club and Speak with a Knife.
