Ed Parker and Doug Hall

“Ed Parker [was] one of America’s foremost Karate Pioneers. He [was] the undisputed “Father” of American Karate having opened the first Karate studio in 1954. His credits include many other first such as the first:

• To conduct a Karate  class on a university campus;
• Faculty member to teach Karate on a university campus;
• Authentic Karate technical advisor for T.V. and movies in the U.S.
• To publish a Rule Booklet specifically for Karate free-style competition

…plus many others.

He [was] a native of Honolulu, Hawaii and a graduate of Kamehameha High School. He also graduated from the Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where he obtained a B.S. degree in Sociology and Psychology.”

– Infinite Insights Volume 1, back cover