American Kenpo Karate

Location: At the Church – 955 Baltimore St., Hanover PA 17331 — For more info, call the church at 717-632-6850

Kids Classes (5-12) 6:30pm Mondays and Teen/Adult Classes (13-Adult) 7:00pm Mondays

Come try a class, bring a friend.
Enjoy fun, fellowship and fitness with us.

Valuable Benefits

Learn Self-Defense

Learning self-defense through American Kenpo Karate is a great way to learn how to protect yourself in the event that you should have to.

Increase Fitness

Increasing physical fitness and energy can help you feel healthier, stronger and reflect in your day-to-day activities such as school or work.

Build Confidence

Confidence building leads to increased self-esteem. Our students can achieve great results and decrease the chances of being bullied.

Reduce Stress

In the fast-paced world we live in today, reducing stress both physically and mentally is a key to overall happiness, wellness and great quality of life.

Increase Focus

We help all of our students to increase their focus through all aspects of our programs to help them achieve the best results in everything they do.

Achieve Goals

Our Karate programs provide valuable training with clear goal milestones for each student; however, no student is ever compared to another.

Instill Family Values

Karate is a system of self-defense, but it also promotes strong family values. We teach conduct that instills respect and courtesy.

Make New Friends

Making new friends is a positive result from our Karate programs. We see many students of all ages develop better relationship building skills.

Pastor Wayne Hammonds took an interest in martial arts as early as 1974. Having tried several different styles over the years. All of these were fun to learn, but it wasn’t until he stepped into an Ed Parker’s American Kenpo Karate Studio that he found what became the perfect fit for him. Many friends and great memories have been made over the years. The most memorable was when Pastor Wayne’s own grandson took an interest in Kenpo in the year 2004. Pastor Wayne, after having been on a leave from Kenpo to focus more on the ministry and family, received a renewed passion for the art. He wanted to do something creative and productive with his grandson. It’s been a great journey ever since.

Pastor Wayne received his Black Belt on May 30th 2008 and began teaching classes at Apostolic Ministries at the request of some of the members. It has been extremely rewarding to work with the young people and adults over the years teaching Kenpo Karate at the church. Pastor Wayne is grateful to his grandson, who has also been a black belt for years now, and all the other students that have worked hard to achieve this goal and helped to make our classes a continued success. Why not learn them at church? It’s a wonderful place to join people together and establish great friendships and relationships that can last a lifetime. give it a try. You just might be pleasantly surprised at what you are capable of accomplishing.