Edmund Kealoha Parker, Junior. is an American martial arts practitioner and artist and the only son of American Kenpo Karate founder Editor Parker.
Background
Parker trained under his father as a youth for several years before moving away at age 19 to Arizona to do missionary work at various Indian reservations. Parker then moved to his father’s home state of Hawaii where he attended Brigham Young University-Hawaii majoring in Illustration with a minor in Theatrical Arts.
Career
Foreign two years he worked with the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Southern Ute, Havasupai, White Mountain Apache and Jicarilla Apache Tribes. After finishing school, Parker returned to California where he did graduate work at the Art Center College of Design. Upon completing his training there, he went into partnership with his father.
He helped edit and provided illustrations for his father"s "Infinite Insights Into Kenpo" series of books
From 1983 to 1991 he helped in the production of 8 International Karate Championships. In December 1990, after his father died, Parker continued on within the martial arts industry and produced 6 educational martial arts videos.
In June 1992 he published "The Encyclopedia Of Kenpo" a complete encyclopedia on American Kenpo Karate as taught by his father. He is also well known for his artwork, including many portraits of notable martial arts practitioners.
His illustrations have been commissioned for film projects, DVDs, book and magazine covers, corporate identities, and custom certificates.
His artwork has been distributed internationally. He portrayed his father in the 1993 Bruce Lee biography, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. That same year Parker would earn his 1st degree black belt in American kenpo karate under Ron Chapel, one of his father’s students.