EvilTed Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 According to this guy, Elvis was a real blackbelt http://members.tripod.com/beyondthereef__1/tigerman.html ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilTed Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Here's another... http://www.tracyskarate.com/Stories/was_elvis_really_a_black_belt.htm ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stl_karateka Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Here's another... http://www.tracyskarate.com/Stories/was_elvis_really_a_black_belt.htm ET Excellent article! KarateForums.com Sempai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aefibird Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Interesting article, thanks for sharing. "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeymagic Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Can anyone find any other famous black belts?? 'Karate is a set of beliefs and practices that are never grasped in their totality and that generate more knowledge and more practices' Krug (2001) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorin_ru_girl Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Pink is supposed to be a black belt... but i dunno... it is just what i heard... i do know that Elvis was a black for sure though... i figured it out... look at his hip rotation when he dances... it is very similar to the hip rotation in shorin-ru. Obsession is a word used by lazy people to describe determination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathal Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Here is an excerpt from a site I found, http://www.martialway.com/celebrities/white/white.htm "Michael Jai White holds six black belts of varying degrees in six different Martial Arts forms. Beginning his Martial Arts training at the age of eight and achieving his first black belt at the age of twelve, he now has over twenty years of experience. Originally a student of the legendary Shigeru Oyama, world renowned head of the U.S. Kyokushin Karate Association, White went on to achieve black belt in five other MA styles; Shotokan, Tae Kwon Do, Kobudo, Goju Ryu and Tang Soo Do. He has also had years of Wu-Shu/Kung Fu training under current American Wu-Shu team coach, Eric Chen." .The best victory is when the opponent surrendersof its own accord before there are any actualhostilities...It is best to win without fighting.- Sun-tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilo Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Bob Barker from the "Price is Right" is a Black Belt. Kendo is like starwars and everyone gets to be Darth Vader."Luke, I am your sensei" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho-ju Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Quote: Wesley Snipes is a seasoned, trained martial artist in a number of different disciplines including Karate, Kung Fu and Capoeira, an African/Brazilian martial art. Snipes never approached acting from an angle like “wow, maybe one day I'll be using martial arts on films”. And even while he was training at the State University of NY in Purchase, he didn't try to include martial arts in the acting side of his life. But he has been training in martial arts since he was twelve. And he has trained in a number of styles, under some really great teachers. A lot of them come from Harlem. Snipes likes a lot of fighting styles, each one for a different reason. He loves all of the Chinese systems for line and beauty, and flexibility. And now all of this ancient Egyptian and Brazilian and Indonesian stuff that he is training in. He also trains in some African-born systems which are very deadly, where you have to train like cats fighting - wild cats in the jungle - jumping out of bushes and that kind of stuff. It is just like living in the Bronx or Brooklyn! Snipes doesn't have time for any pretty stuff. He prefers fast – strong, effective combinations. Wesley has a basic philosophy of life that guides him through all the standard craziness. He tries to keep things very spiritual. That's a strong motivation for behaviour, and a discipline and a check and balance to all of this Hollywood stuff he is in. ___________________________________________ I have also heard Snips was a black belt in shorin ryu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho-ju Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Ed O'Neil (Al Bundy) has been training with Royce and Rorion Gracie for about 5 years. Slatter from Saved by the Bell was training for MMA, being a high school wrestler at one time he wanted to enter the Octagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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