History of the Karate Connection. The above photo was taken in 1. Chuck Sullivan kneels in front of Ed. Parker.(top row center). The origins of Karate are. Some historians take it. Egypt several centuries ago.
Some give. credit to Daruma, the twenty eighth Buddha from. India. Whether that's accurate or not, we'll.
China and there, eventually developed. KENPO. The more.
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Kenpo in the Hawaiian Islands in the. Professor William K. S. Chow. It. was with him that a young Ed Parker began his. Art. These were his formative. It was before he was married, did a. U. S. Coast Guard or got his degree in. BYU. When all of that had been.
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Ed Parker, upon graduation, decided. Pasadena, California to open what.
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Karate Dojo in the United. States (Hawaii not yet being admitted to the. Union). Thus, he earned the title, "The. Father of American Karate". Like his teacher before him Mr.
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Parker found it necessary to adapt what he had. Western way of fighting. Professor Chow's changes worked for the. Orient and Hawaii and Mr.
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Parker's for the differences between Hawaii and. Mainland. The Art was so new the word. Karate wasn't even in the vocabulary yet. I. remember doing an early morning TV show with Mr. Parker and Dave Hebler. Ralph Story was the. Karate (an early pronunciation).
I've gotten ahead of history. Ed Parker opened his first Dojo in.
Pasadena in 1. 95. I began studying with him. Tweedy Blvd. in South. Gate, Calif. in Feb. The place was. originally an Aikido school opened by a career air. Sergeant who was about to be transferred.
Ed bought the place and converted it to. Kenpo. There were three signs on the. One on the roof, one on the front. The one on the. roof was just four letters: JUDO. Even early in 1. 95.
Karate was still largely unknown. The sign. on the window read AIKIDO, another word that was. After I had inquired as.
Judo or Aikido, I was. I noticed the third word. Ah", said the kid, "Karate, that's what we. Uh huh" says I, "What the heck is that?". It was then and there I got my introduction. Kenpo Karate, by a person who's name I've long. But I'll never forget what he.
I thought he was devastating. He really. impressed me. I thought I'd better get some.
I were to run into someone. I asked if I could. He said I could. I was there for the. That's when I learned the. That's the night I met Edmund K. Parker for the. first time. I had never seen speed like it.
The obvious power emitted by the man. Something I felt in. That was the. beginning. I signed up on the spot and soon took. I. could. Something Ed said early on.
It's something I try to pass on to all my. He said, "When a. From then on, if he said, "Get. I got lower. Even if I could. I was the lowest in the.
I'd try to get lower yet. It worked. then and it still does. The photo on the. Newsletter is one of the earliest I. As you can see, Ed Parker is the only. In fact, at that time he.
Kenpo black belt holder in the. Not too long after I started, the. South Gate location was closed and the classes. Pasadena, a twenty- six mile one- way trip. I made twice a week. That's where the photo was. I would probably never have had.
Ed Parker. as I did, had it not been for an incident that. Mr. Parker. was working on his second book "The Secrets of. Chinese Karate" and had opened a second location.
West L. A. It was the most hectic of times. Ed was bumping into himself coming and going. I prefer not to discuss the. I'll leave. that for those who were involved to deal with. I'll just tell you what happened. It. was at that time, the three men who Mr.
Parker had. awarded their black belts and all of those he had. Instructor. It was his entire advanced class with the. Sometime before the. I sensed something in the group. Nothing obvious just subtle things. I didn't know what was.
I didn't like the tone or feel of it. I continued my workouts with them but I. When the split came I no longer felt an affinity. Ed Parker immediately.
I'd be there, to. It was a devastating blow to him. He was betrayed by those closest to him and. I know immediately following the break was the. At least on the surface. I knew the wound went deep.
It was at. that time he asked me to take over more of the. I got to work much more. I ever could have otherwise. It was during that period he taught me a. I felt was far too long so, on my. I cut it down by more than fifty percent by.
Late one night after the advanced. I performed it for him. When I had finished there was what seemed.
That's it.. that's the staff set we'll. I've got to be honest, I was more. I had done. and those words came as quite a relief. Those were the best of times! Another thing that happened.
The. one thing about the Ed Parker's book that I didn't. I didn't like, was the. Old Man move. (I'm. I call him The Old. Man, it's an endearment not a description. Everyone called him that at the time and he. It's a throwback to.
The fantastic thing about Kenpo. And to learn that you've. No written word or. So. again, late one night, after the last class I went. Old Man and laid out a plan to produce a. It was the only viewing system.
Because I was his student and. Brown belt at the time I proposed a sixty. I thought it should.
He listened. to my plan as well as my proposal and accepted the. But he had a reservation. He said there was no way. It had. to be a fifty- fifty split.
Equal partners or no. I was more than a little surprised.
The average person would never negotiate. But then again Ed Parker was. It was during that time I really. Ed Parker. I thought I knew him. Working late. into the night with the man and feeling his energy.
I would probably. I was usually so. I left in those early morning. When the filming and editing were. But by putting our heads together, once.
The films were. very successful and did what they were supposed to. They showed Ed Parker MOVE. That's what. I wanted and that's what I got.
As an added. bonus I was able to take part myself, otherwise I. I am eternally grateful. In no time at all, a few years had slipped. Ed Parker had created The International. Karate championships in Long Beach, California and. It was then that I began seeing less and.
Business kept. us busy on different sides of the L. A. basin. If I had it to do again I would.
South West L. A. which eventually moved to. Inglewood. Instead of going off in different. I would have maintained a much closer. I had at that time.
The other. side of that coin is that I would never have the. Steve Sanders, the winningest black belt.
And Vic Le. Roux. No" who would back you all the way.
Plus. the other dozen and a half Black belts that came. As well as a host of. I've become acquainted with.
I've made through that dojo. A. collection I could never forget and will cherish. Then came Viet Nam and the.
Karate and the Martial Arts in. Ed Parker and I. closed our dojo in 1. I went to work for him. West L. A. location.
I continued. there for several years and at the same time. L. A. C. C. in filmmaking. Which proved fortuitous in more ways than.
KARATE CONNECTION VIDEOSOne of Vic's locations on the. Air Force Base. In. The people in the classes panicked.
How were they going to complete their. Where would they go for Kenpo when they. Some of his students became very.
Vic tried to think of a way in which they. More. specifically, they really wanted to continue under.
Remembering my filmmaking and. I. would help put something on video tape for the. Air Force Base. I said "No". He said when he told them he was going to.
I still said "No". This. started something that went on for almost a year. I tried to explain to Vic the intricacies of. Karate on video. He said he didn't want to put the whole.
I told him, that wouldn't be good. A percentage of those people would. Some would have forgotten. Either way, they needed a. Vic says, great! Let's. My answer again was no.
I. couldn't see going through all the work I knew it. It just didn't make sense. The bigger and more important. I didn't really believe it possible.
Oh sure. you could certainly show things and if a student. It was the same problem I. Ed Parker and I did our training films.
Only at that time the problem was even worse. I even tried experimenting with audio tape. Vic still wanted to.
Everybody else was putting out tapes. That argument didn't hold water with me. I've never particularly cared about what. If I didn't think. I wasn't about to do it.
No". The word only. It's meaning is very.
No", means "No". How is it then that Vic just couldn't seem. He'd ask, I'd. say "No". He'd ask again and again I'd say. No" again. Then he'd ask, "Why not" and I'd.
I did last time on the. This went on for months. Seemed. like years. Then one day, for what felt like. I don't know where it came from but I. One of my students came up to me before.
I heard something about Chuck. Norris you'll get a kick out of". First, let. me explain our relationship. Chuck Norris'. school and ours (Ed Parker and myself) were.
We were friendly. I've always liked Chuck and.
I can only surmise that my student. He said, "I heard Norris wants to add rank. Korea". Then he. What do you think about that?". It took less than a full second for me to. I asked, "What's the matter with.
My student looked stunned. I said, it. sounded like a good plan to me. If his. instructors told him what they wanted to see and. Chuck shot a good clear movie of it, I couldn't. His. instructors are professionals and Chuck surely. They would know what they wanted to see and. Anyway, it. sure beat a trip to Korea, which he could ill.
I have never substantiated that. I don't know if Chuck ever really. It doesn't matter as. What matters. is the fact that it brought forth an idea at the.
I thought of it. I told Vic the story. You know something, there's been.
Heck, anyone should be able to get. You give a. ghetto kid a day and I bet he can score someone. Push comes to shove you can rent. And in the worst case scenario, if it. The point is that camcorders were. It was an exhilarating revelation. From there the ideas just came pouring out.
It was like the dam broke. It was one. thing after another. It got exciting. I got excited. It was the first time.