South Amboy's Cohn Lee Kenpo Karate

Cohn Lee Kenpo Karate has been helping children, teens and adults improve the quality of their lives through the Martial Arts since 1992.

What's Kenpo?

Kenpo is the combination of ancient fighting techniques and modern scientific principles. An unending flow of motion. A force that can overwhelm any attacker.
Every move creates a specific reaction in your opponent; each move leads you to your next. Every strike is a block, every block a strike. This logical and sequential flow of motion is the essence of KENPO KARATE

Kenpo is a highly sophisticated Martial Art and is probably the most practical of styles as it is to do with current street fighting. It is based on a rapid succession of strikes in sequential flow, which involves taking advantage of every conceivable natural weapon during the execution of a technique and Directional Harmony whereby all our action moves in the same direction thus re-enforcing the delivery of our strikes.

American Kenpo was developed by the late Master Ed Parker who took the more traditional Chinese Kenpo as taught to him by the late William K S Chow and modified it to suit the modern day needs. It is based on geometry and physics and not just history and tradition. Its arsenal of self defense techniques are the most practical techniques available in martial arts training.

A Kenpo students training proceeds in distinct stages. There are three main stages of learning. First there is the embryonic stage which entails pronunciation of movement, whereby the student learns to perform fast maneuvers, stances block/strikes, strikes, parries and kicks. Then comes the mechanical stage, which is the definition of movement. At this stage the student learns to put the basics together into Kenpo self defense techniques, forms and sets thus learning to move with efficiency.

The final stage is the spontaneous stage whereby random application of motion blends with any given situation. This is the NO MIND stage where our subconscious takes over and directs our body to counter any attack with great efficiency


Karate training takes place in a formal atmosphere with an emphasis on etiquette and self-control as well as physical ability. Training generally is divided into the practice of basic techniques and sparring. While sparring, students stop blows just short of contact so that power is always maintained with control.
We supplement these punches and kicks with self-defense techniques and overall endurance and flexibility training.


We also offer the following:

*Kickboxing

*PRO & COMP MMA

* Muay Thai

*Karate

*Self Defense

*EXTREME CONDITIONING™

*Weight loss Programs

*Professional Coaches