This Year’s Camp Instructors
(Listed Alphabetically)

Mark Ainsley: As a student of Mr. Bob Liles for the last 26 years, Mr. Ainsley knows the meaning of “earning your rank”. Mr. Ainsley holds a 5th Degree Black Belt and specializes in advanced kicking skills and practical application of legs as offensive and defensive weapons in Kenpo self-defense and freestyle techniques. In addition to training at Mr. Liles’ school, Mr. Ainsley runs his own Kenpo class in his community.

Tommy Burks: Mr. Burks has been training in the Martial Arts for 35 years and has spent the last 15 years of his training in Ed Parker’s Kenpo. Mr. Burks has earned the rank of 6th Degree Black Belt and travels extensively, demonstrating his expertise in the utilization of Kenpo Fighting Sticks and practical application of knives. Mr. Burks runs his training facility in Grapevine, Texas, and also holds a seat on the U.K.S. Advisory Board.

Albert Cornejo: Mr. Cornejo began his training at the original Santa Monica school in the early 1960s, and for the last 30 years has been teaching his own unique brand of Kenpo at his own school. Mr. Cornejo holds the rank of 7th degree black belt and also has the distinction of being Mr. Parker’s personal barber for all those years.

James Diggs: Having begun his martial arts training in 1974 at the age of 13, Mr. Diggs has run the gamut in terms of systems he has studied. He has experience in Kung Fu, studied with Chuck Norris in Tang Soo Do, Gene Labelle in Judo and Rickson Gracie in Jujitsu. His primary art is, of course, Ed Parker’s Kenpo, with his own training facility in Victorville, California. He also holds a seat on the U.K.S. Advisory Board.

Paul Dye: Mr. Dye has 30 years’ experience teaching the art of Kenpo. He was fortunate to spend time with Mr. Parker at both the Pasadena and Santa Monica schools. At the Pasadena school, he participated in the legendary “Friday Night Technique Line” for over 10 years and earned his reputation for extreme intensity. Mr. Dye has achieved over 60 open black belt championships during his competition career. It was his goal to promote the Self-Defense tournament division in its infancy. After he retired from competition, Mr. Parker placed him as the center for the self-defense division at the Internationals Championships. Mr. Dye came out of retirement at the 2001 UKS tournament hosted by Bryan Hawkins and earned first place once again in black belt self-defense. He followed that up in January 2002 with another first-place win in the self-defense division at Frank Trejo’s Internationals in Pasadena. In addition to teaching at his home in Covina, California, Mr. Dye has been traveling extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe giving seminars and providing personal training for other instructors in Kenpo. His knowledge and communication skills have also enabled him to teach Kenpo to children and adults who are challenged by loss of sight, loss of hearing, or cerebral palsy. It is his desire to share his extensive knowledge of Kenpo to other generations so that it is not forgotten and to demonstrate the evolution of the system with the focus, athleticism and intensity that is his trademark.

Bryan Hawkins: As the owner and head instructor of Bryan Hawkins Kenpo Karate in West Los Angeles and the President of United Kenpo Systems, Mr. Hawkins, a 6th Degree Black Belt, has 26 years’ experience in the Arts. Mr. Hawkins has had the privilege of being one of the many protégés taught by our Senior Grandmaster and later became a private student. Among his numerous martial arts activities, Mr. Hawkins also held the position of Manager and Chief Instructor of Ed Parker’s Kenpo Studio in West Los Angeles and had the honor of serving as the Kenpo technical advisor with Mr. Parker on “The Perfect Weapon” and numerous other television projects and theatrical releases. Along with fellow Kenpoists Gurujodha Singh Khalsa and Michael Mandaville, Mr. Hawkins is co-founder of Martial Arts for Peace (MAP), a non-profit organization whose goal is to help at-risk teenagers.

Gurujodha Singh Khalsa: Mr. Khalsa is a Master in the Art of Kundalini Yoga, which stresses proper breathing for purification, power, and precision in your art and in your life. Mr. Khalsa is a 3rd Degree Black Belt who trains and teaches Tai Chi, Yoga, Gutkenjitsu and, of course, Kenpo at the Bryan Hawkins Kenpo Karate school in Los Angeles, California.

Bob Liles: Mr. Liles has been in the Art for over 40 years. He was the Captain of the first Knockout Karate Fighting Team that defeated the Chuck Norris Team in 1976. Mr. Liles was referred to as Mr. Parker’s “Kenpo Son” by our late Grandmaster himself and currently serves in the capacity of Senior Advisor to the U.K.S. For the last 31 years, Mr. Liles has owned and operated Liles’ Karate in Sacramento, California. Mr. Liles also travels extensively throughout his own state of California and throughout Europe teaching seminars. Mr. Liles has earned the rank of 8th Degree Black Belt, Associate Master of the Arts.

Patrick Pace, Jr.: Mr. Pace is a U.K.S. Black Belt from West Midlands, England. Although he has been taught by many Kenpo instructors throughout his training, he now is under the direction of Bryan Hawkins and has recently relocated to his Kenpo home of Los Angeles, California. Early in his career, Mr. Pace held a number of kickboxing titles and currently oversees 15 “Kenpo Clubs” in England. Mr. Pace specializes in pressure points and edged weapons.

Howard Silva: Mr. Silva, a 5th Degree Black Belt, began his training in the mid-1970’s at the Ed Parker Studio in West Los Angeles. Mr. Silva became a student of Mr. Parker as well as a close personal friend. Mr. Silva specializes in the concepts and principles of Kenpo and their applications. He also appears in Books III, IV, and V of Mr. Parker’s Infinite Insights Into Kenpo series in which Mr. Parker defines Mr. Silva as “inspirational”. Mr. Silva, who will be featured in an upcoming article in Black Belt magazine, lives in Northern California and serves as an Advisor to the U.K.S.

Andre Sims: Mr. Sims has over 30 years of training and teaching Ed Parker’s Kenpo. Over the course of his career, he has won over 400 trophies in martial arts tournaments. Mr. Sims, a 6th Degree Black Belt, owns and operates his school in Auburn, California.

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