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Wayne Otto OBE (born 18 May 1966 in Hackney, London, United Kingdom) he is a British karateka. [1] He has a 5th Dan black belt in karate and is the winner of nine World Karate Championships and is in the Guinness World Records for winning the most Karate medals. [2]
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.
The Karate World Championships, also known as the World Karate Championships, are the highest level of competition for karate organized by the World Karate Federation ...
Guusje van Mourik (born 5 October 1955, Zeist, Netherlands) she is a Dutch karateka, judoka and boxer. [1] She has a 4th Dan black belt in karate, and is the winner of multiple World Karate Championships, and is in The Guinness Book of Records for winning the most karate medals.
Nicholas Pettas (born January 23, 1973) is a Greek-Danish karateka, former heavyweight kickboxer and actor, who fought out of Team Spirit AE in Tokyo, Japan.Pettas mainly competed in the promotion K-1 between 1998 and 2007, and was the winner of the K-1 Japan Grand Prix 2001.
In 2007, he later surpassed his previous record with 702 punches. [4] In 2009, the record was broken for the last time by Ardito, totalling 805 punches. [5] In 2017, the record was broken by Norman Breese from the United States, with a total of 901 punches, where the record currently stands as of January 2022. [6]
John Fonseca is a former American karateka most known for being the first karate athlete in the world to win repeat gold medals at the Pan American Games, first American to medal at the Karate World Championships in almost 16 years (kumite), [1] [2] and first American to win the Paris Open in more than 30 years.
5th dan karate Patrick James "Pat" McKay (born 29 May 1957, Kilmarnock, Scotland ) is a Scottish and British karateka . He has a fifth Dan black belt in karate and is a 13-time Scottish Champion and a 5-time winner of World Karate Championships .