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Joe Corley served as a judge at the first World Championship in 1974 and then challenged Bill Superfoot Wallace in May 1975 at the Battle of Atlanta VI in Atlanta's Omni. Joe Corley worked with fellow martial arts promoters and instructors like Glenn R Keeney and Jerry Piddington to organize and promote the sport of Full Contact Karate.
William Louis Wallace (born December 1, 1945), nicknamed "Superfoot", is an American martial artist, former professional kickboxer, and actor.Considered one of the first American superstars of kickboxing, [3] [4] he was the Professional Karate Association (PKA) World Full-Contact Champion, and the Middleweight Kickboxing Champion for six years, retiring with an undefeated 23-0-0 record.
William Clark (boxer) (1899–1988), American boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics; William Clark (skier) (1910–1975), Canadian skier and Olympic competitor; Will Clark (William Nuschler Clark, Jr., born 1964), American professional baseball player; Bill Clark (basketball) (born 1988), American basketball player
Bill "Superfoot" Wallace, PKA middleweight World Champion who later retired undefeated. Joe Corley joined the PKA in 1977 and together with Glenn Keeney, Jerry Piddington, John Therien in Canada, George Sfetas in England and many others in the US organized the committees that would control the sport of full contact karate for the next nine ...
Bill Viola Jr. was born in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He was introduced to the art of Shotokan Karate by his father Bill Viola Sr. who is the founder of Allegheny Shotokan Karate and co-creator of the modern sport of MMA. [2] [8] [9] Viola Jr. followed in his father's footsteps beginning martial arts lessons at the age of 3. [10]
Bill Viola Jr William Viola II (born November 5, 1947) is an entrepreneur , martial arts instructor, and mixed martial arts pioneer credited by some as the co-creator of the sport of MMA. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 1979, he co-founded CV Productions, Inc. , the first mixed martial arts company in America and the Tough Guy Contest .
Slinker had two children, David, Jr. and Dina. He also had a twin brother named Don, another brother named Bill, and a sister named Mary Jo. [1] He also had a stepson, Dennis Knight, who has competed under the ring names Tex Slazenger, Phineas Godwinn, and Mideon. In 1979, Slinker appeared in Mr. No Legs, a kung fu movie. [2]
He was Karate Illustrated magazine's National Champion and Rookie of the Year for 1983. [13] Blanks was an early member of USA Karate, the precursor to USA National Karate-do Federation, after it broke away from the Amateur Athletic Union. [14] He also was a member of Chuck Merriman's Atlantic World Karate Team with Anderson. [4] [15] [2]