Dobbs Kenpo Karate
Teaching original, traditional Kenpo since 1962

Events
- Start making your plans nowGOT2009 (Gathering of Tigers) Kenpo Hall of Fame Early Bird special: $125 June 25, 26 and 27 2009! Chicago (Tetley Aena) Click here for complete information
- All seminars will be held at the Sacramento Location Call Robert Yamanashi or Ryan Dorn for cost (919) 546-1192
- Patches
- Hall of Fame/GOT Patches 4 1/2 inches Black-Silver thread $9 Includes shipping
- Call for available color combinations


- DVDs
- 4 DVD set of Basics (7 hours) of information you will not get anywhere else! Special price: $25.00 + $5.00 shipping. I am pricing this set low because this is a must for all instructors and students. This should be the first set of DVDs you buy.
- Complete list of all DVDs
- Web Special: Bert Valedonia Shootfighting Highlights DVD - $20 (includes shipping)
- Video Previews
- Home Study Course
- Price List
- Order Form
Contact
FAQs
- FAQs
- Was Elvis really a Black Belt? Click Here
- Why is our Event called The Gathering of Tigers?" Click Here
- Why does Kenpo/Kempo use a “Black Gi?” Click Here
- What is the origin of the Kenpo Colored belt System? Click Here
About Kenpo
- Stories and Articles
- Belt Requirements
- Kata Belt Requirements
- Picture Manuals
- History
- History Documentation
- World's largest system of Kenpo
- It has now been over 70 years since James Mitose introduced Kenpo to Hawaii. Since that time thousands of Schools/clubs have taught Kenpo to hundreds of thousands of students. The art is being taught under many different names. The following list will try to cover the majority of these names and listed in the approximate time frame they were introduced:
Kenpo Jui Jitsu (Mitose) Kenpo (Mitose) Kenpo Karate (Chow using theChinese character (Kara) for Karate Hawaiian Kenpo GO Shinjitsu Chow) Chinese Karate (Parker) American Kenpo (Dick Willett) Parker's American Kenpo Shaolin Kenpo (Chow/Castro) Kara-Ho-Kenpo (Chow). There are many other minor variations.
- One important thing that sets Kenpo apart from all of the other Martial Arts is “The Healing Arts”.
- How a Black Gi brought about Elvis Presley's divorce
Links
Awards and Recognition
- Congratulations to BERT Valedonia: “Boys Of The Black Belt” Magazine has selected Bert for its “Hall of Fame” as Lost Contacts Fighter of the Year (2007)
- I would like to thank for putting me on the cover of the Aug/Oct 2000 issue. The great thing about Extra Marital Arts Magazine is that it is actually read by thousands of real divorced martial artists. They also wrote an excellent cover story.
©2008 Ronnie Dobbs