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Joe Lewis (March 7, 1944 – August 31, 2012) was an American martial artist, professional kickboxer and actor. Originally a practitioner of Shōrin-ryū karate and champion in point sparring competitions, he became one of the fathers of full contact karate and kickboxing in the United States, and is credited with popularizing the combat sport in North America.
Jaguar Lives! was the feature film debut of karate and kickboxing champion Joe Lewis and was planned as being the first in a series of action films featuring Lewis as special agent “Jonathan Cross.” [1] Filming began on June 26, 1978 in Madrid, Spain. [1]
Through the 1970s, the PKA was the largest and most successful professional kickboxing organization in the United States and in the UK and much of Europe, featuring such fighters as Bill "Superfoot" Wallace, Joe Lewis, Benny "the Jet" Urquidez, The Iceman Jean-Yves Thériault, Dennis "the Terminator" Alexio, Rick "the Jet" Roufus, Jerry Trimble ...
Its stars are Joe Lewis and Bong Soo Han, [3] ... Video Release. On February 11, 2014, Scorpion Releasing released Force: Five on DVD. References
One of the first African-Americans to win a major karate competition (1965 USKA Grand Nationals). [8] First kickboxing championship (1971 U.S. Kickboxing Championships) with Jim Harrison. [7] Introduced kickboxing to America with Joe Lewis in 1973 on Merv Griffin. [2] Black Karate feature film [9] with Jim McLain and Robert Trias [8]
Steen opened the first karate school in Texas in 1962 and became known as the "Father of Texas Blood and Guts Karate." He also gained fame for defeating Chuck Norris and Joe Lewis in a single evening to win Ed Parker's Long Beach International Karate Championships in 1966. Joe Lewis was often called the "Muhammad Ali" of American sport karate ...
It had its origin when Joe Lewis, a traditional Shorin Ryu black belt, was disappointed with scoring in point karate and wanted to prove martial artists could fight to a knockout. For his role in promoting and organizing the first full contact bout, Joe Lewis is considered the father of American full contact karate and full contact kickboxing ...
Benny Urquidez (born June 20, 1952) is an American former professional kickboxer, martial arts choreographer and actor. [2] Nicknamed "The Jet", Urquidez was a non-contact karate competitor who later pioneered full-contact fighting in the United States.