Monthly Archives: April 2012

One of the many things I remember about Mr. Parker in all the classes I saw him teach, he never asked a student a question the student could not answer.  I remember him...

About 2 months after the funeral several black belts and the Parker family met at a small theatre in Santa Monica for the premiere of Mr. Parker and Jeff Speakman’s movie the “The...

It was approximately 1966 when I saw the Kenpo Karate sign on Santa Monica Boulevard.  I went into the school, not knowing anything about Karate.  Sitting behind the desk, was Mr. Parker.  I...

I received a phone call from Ed Parker Jr. between 5 and 6am Sunday morning.  Ed Jr. told me his dad had died at the Hawaii airport.  “What do you mean?”… I said. ...

In the summer of 1990, we had Mr. Parker come to Missoula, Montana, for a seminar.  In order to draw more interest in the seminar, I ran an ad in the local newspaper. ...