About Us

About Us

The Kenpo Dragon training program began at the Blue Heron Academy.

Kosho Ryu Kenpo Jujitsu training began at the Blue Heron Academy which has a 27 year tradition of providing martial arts training. In addition to regular classes in Tai Chi Chuan, meditation, and Chinese yoga the Academy offers a training program in combat and mixed martial arts.

Our Mission

Our mission through the martial arts is to uplift and to empower humanity towards peace.

Our Creed

"Honor the Source of all knowledge and serve the common good."

Our Philosophy

A body without spirit is a living corpse. Just as the body needs a soul, our training needs heart and spirit. Without pure values, high ethics, and a code of conduct we are without true worth.

Our History and Tradition

Dr. Lawton was a kenpo student of Master Thomas Connor who studied with the founder of American Kenpo Karate, Ed Parker.
Through Master Parker our kenpo jujutsu heritage dates back over 800 years through the famous Japanese Yoshida family and it was further modified with influences from some of the early Okinawa karate masters and their karate which had originated at the Shaolin Monastery in China.

Velocity Martial Arts (VMA)

VMA is built upon the combat theories and techniques of the traditional martial arts, as well as, the scientific principles of kenpo jujitsu as were developed by Mitose, Chow, and Parker. VMA takes these traditional approaches to combat and applies the modern training and fighting techniques found in military and police combat, boxing, wrestling and other reality based fighting systems.