Modern Kenpo owes a great debt of gratitude to Mr. Edmund Parker who was one of the foremost Karate pioneers in the U.S. He was a key player in revolutionizing the classical arts and began emphasising a practical, logical and scientific strategy for developing the skills of self-protection, athletic self-mastery, and the psychology of personal development.

Although Mr. Parker facilitated new innovations and developed a structured approach that contained the concepts and theories of a new art, he did not intend for this structure to produce clones. The system he developed presents each student with the tools they need to develop their own style of movement. Practitioners learn to use a wide variety of natural weapons; fingers, hands, forearms, elbows, kicks, knees, trapping, throwing, sweeps, restraints, pain compliance and weapon control.

At ASE Kenpo Karate we contribute to the evolution of modern kenpo by helping our students develop a strategic edge critical to success in both combat and in life.