{"id":137,"date":"2018-09-04T03:45:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T03:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2025-12-10T00:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:38:27","slug":"instructors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/index.php\/instructors\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Instructors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-horizontal is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:1479px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sifu Burgess Kaneko<\/strong><\/span><br \/><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Chief Instructor and Founder of Hawaii Kenpo Karate, llc (HKK)<\/span><br \/><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-138\" src=\"http:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sifu_burgess-118x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sifu_burgess-118x300.jpg 118w, https:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sifu_burgess.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/>I have studied Tae kwon do\/Hapkido in the 1980&#8217;s under Master Glenn Uesugi whom was my first instructor and obtained my 1st Dan.<br \/><br \/>I am currently teaching Kenpo Karate System and Kajukenbo system, (from Grandmaster Edmund Louis of Leeward Kenpo Karate). Both are Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) for street self defense.<br \/><br \/>My mission is to have a school to where a student looks forward to coming class and having a family oriented environment. By having an atmosphere like this, I feel it helps those who are looking to learn martial arts and obtaining their goals in the self defense area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sifu Brandon Kaneko<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Senior Head Instructor at Hawaii Kenpo Karate.<\/strong><\/span><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-255 \" src=\"http:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brandon-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brandon-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brandon-644x1024.jpg 644w, https:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brandon.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/>I have studied in the Kenpo Karate and Kajukenbo system for 20 years and obtaining my black belt in 2006. I am currently a 6th degree black belt in the Kenpo Karate system. My objective is to teach students and give back what I have learned, and to take part in leading the school into a new era.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Simo Brandie Kaneko<br \/><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Head Instructor at Hawaii Kenpo Karate.<\/span><br \/><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-257 \" src=\"http:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brandie-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brandie-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/brandie.jpg 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>I have studied in the Kenpo Karate and Kajukenbo system for 14 years and obtaining my black belt in 2011. I am currently a 3rd degree black belt in the Kenpo Karate system. My objective is to help new students who come to our classes to enjoy and learn at their own pace, so they can achieve their goals. Also assisting on being a leader and help expend our school.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sibak Brayden Kaneko<br \/><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Asistant Instructor at Hawaii Kenpo Karate<br \/><\/span><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-391 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/brayden-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/brayden-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/brayden.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/>I have studied in the Kenpo Karate and Kajukenbo system for 12 years and obtaining my black belt in 2025. I am currently a 1st degree black belt in the Kenpo Karate system.<br \/>I goal is to help other students achieve their goals, and help promote our school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":389,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-137","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Current Instructors - Family oriented martial arts school<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hawaiikenpokarate.com\/index.php\/instructors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Current Instructors - 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