East West Kenpo Karate Studios serves as the International Headquarters for the International Kenpo Karate Society.

          The primary purpose of the International Kenpo Karate Society is to continue the teachings of Grandmaster Ed Parker and to expand upon them where necessary.  This allows our members to refer to a standardized base of teaching while allowing personal preference and variable expansion to be explored. It is our intention to provide a solid base to teach and learn from, and to act as a Kenpo organization for the direct students of Professor Robert L. Jones.  It is also the purpose of the organization to provide a home for those who wish to embrace the complete 24 American Kenpo system.  As such, it will serve as the rank registration and certifying body for all affiliated students and instructors.  

           Within the I.K.K.S. structure, members will have the opportunity to learn and study a diverse range of skills related to our training in Kenpo.  These skills include Kenpo Groundfighting, Pressure Points and Cavity Presses, and Contact Manipulation / Control Maintenance.  We welcome any who embrace our vision of the art and wish to pursue it.  We strictly eschew the negativity which has denigrated our art over the last 15 years.  The art of American Kenpo is wide spread and diversified. Realizing the enormity of information and the rich history of our art, we welcome the many qualified people who were exposed to these teachings.

            Furthermore, through a direct association with the I.K.K.S. a broad range of marketing and promotional opportunities are provided to our qualified members.  The I.K.K.S. intends to build a solid structure of responsible leadership, administrators, and qualified instructors. The International Kenpo Karate Society is about providing a structure that accommodates today's needs with tomorrow's solutions. Requirements for testing and advancement are clear, concise and strictly adhered to. The quality of your advancement in the art is not in the Diploma, but in what it represents. Further, as the International Kenpo Karate Society continues to grow, our list of representatives and directors will be expanding.  There are opportunities for qualified individuals to become state, regional, and national directors of a new and exciting organization.

            It is time, we feel, to consider the direction of American Kenpo.  We should consider what we wish our system to become.  We stand at a crossroads with respect to our art.  If you share our vision of the art, and wish to join us, we welcome you.  We welcome your participation in helping us to build the organization of tomorrow, today.   

 

The Officers of the organization are as follows:

Robert L. Jones, President and Founder

Kristine A. Jones, Executive Vice-President

Robert R. Burke, Vice-President

Robert Austin,  Executive Board Member

                    For more information about opportunities for membership and studio affiliation with the I.K.K.S., click on the crest below.