Chow passed his Kenpo Kung-Fu knowledge down to Edmund Parker.
He served as one of Elvis Presley's bodyguard during the singer's final years, did movie stunt-work and acting, and was one of the Kenpo instructors of martial arts action movie actor Jeff Speakman.
Felton Messina started practicing Karatedo in 1966, while studying in the University of Puerto Rico, city of Mayagüez, supervised by his first teacher, the Puerto Rican Edwin Hernández in a style called Okinawan Kenpo Karatedo.
The Long Beach International Karate Championships — is an International Karate and martial arts tournament in Long Beach, California that was first held in August 1964 by Kenpo Grandmaster Ed Parker.
Kaneko and Suehiro, with others, drew up the Omeisha’s Kenpo Soan, a prominent example of the many popularly written draft constitutions that were circulated prior to the promulgation of the Meiji Constitution in 1890.
His many students included Edmund Parker, Joseph D. and Adriano D. Emperado, Ron Alo, Paul Yamaguchi,Abe KAMAHOAHOA, Bobby Lowe, Ralph Castro, Sam Kuoha, Bill Chun Sr., John Leone, William G. (Billy) Marciarelli (Kachi/Kenpo), and Paul Pung.
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William Chow’s legacy grew as kenpo spread to the United States mainland with Parker (American Kenpo), Ralph Castro (Shaolin Kenpo), Adriano Emperado and his students (Kajukenbo, Karazenpo go shinjutsu) and later with George Pesare founder of the East Coast branch of Karazenpo/Kempo and his studentNick Cerio, who was instrumental in bringing kenpo to students in the eastern United States.