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Sean Kelley is an 8th Degree Black Belt in Ed Parker’s American Kenpo Karate He is an international instructor having taught in the USA, Chile, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and Canada.

Since its establishment in 1985, Sean Kelley owned and successfully operated Kelley Karate Center, Inc., which provided quality martial arts instruction for both children and adults. In addition, Sean Kelley and his staff have proven to be a major educational force in the community through numerous programs at local preschools, elementary schools, local colleges, and recreational centers. The purpose of his programs is to foster self-confidence, encourage self-discipline, discourage violence, and increase personal safety and awareness. In December, 2009, and after twenty five years of operation, Kelley Karate Center, Inc., was closed so that Sean Kelley could pursue a more current program providing for both a private and corporate clientele entitled Sean Kelley’s VIP Training Systems.

Training History
Sean Kelley began his martial arts training in Moo Duk Kwan in 1975 under Francisco Conde, earning his Black Belt in 1983. However, when he met Grandmaster Ed Parker in 1978, Mr. Kelley developed an appreciation and respect for the art of American Kenpo. When he moved to Florida in 1983, Sean Kelley began serious training in Mr. Parker’s art, opening his own Kenpo school in 1985. During this time, he organized and hosted seminars featuring instructors such as Ed Parker, Bill Wallace, Joe Lewis, Jeff Speakman and Billy Blanks. Presently, Mr. Kelley trains under Grandmaster Michael Robert Pick.

Lee Wedlake started studying Judo in 1967 at the Shindo Kan school in Chicago, IL., run by Blaise Joseph Zorich, where he achieved the rank of Brown belt.  In November, 1972 he initiated study of Chinese Kenpo at a school in Evergreen Park, IL.  He left that school as a Brown belt and was later promoted to first degree Black belt on June 2, 1975 by Michael John Sanders, a Kenpo 5th Dan, of Sterling, IL., who later promoted him to 2nd Degree Black in 1978.  After Sander’s death in July 1979, Mr. Wedlake began studying with “The Father of American Karate,” Edmund K. Parker, at Pasadena, CA. starting in November, 1979.  He was trained by both Parker and Frank Trejo for two years and promoted to third degree in 1981.   He was introduced to Richard “Huk” Planas at the 1982 International Karate Championships and studied concurrently with Planas and Parker.  Parker, Trejo, Planas and Joe Palanzo promoted him to fifth degree in September 1986 .   Ed Parker promoted him to sixth degree on November 19, 1990, approximately one month before Parker’s passing.  Trejo and Planas promoted him to 7th degree on June 27, 1993.  In October 1998 during the annual Kenpo Camp in Ft. Myers, Huk promoted him to 8th degree.  In October 2006 he assumed the rank of 9th with the approval of Kenpo seniors and peers. At an event in Tucson, Arizona in December, 2018, he accepted the rank of 10th along with Bob White, John Sepulveda and Sigung Stephen LaBounty.