1/21/2024 0 Comments Elvis doing karate moves![]() Who were annoyed at the attention Elvis was receiving at the pumps (again In the same year he decked a 6' 4" gas station attendant AND his buddy, ![]() Husband in Toledo and won (went to court, though, and was acquitted) and ElvisĬould already hold his own in a fight. Often embarrass him by knowing the IKKA manual better than he did. Style, it is apparent that IKKA kenpo was the primary influence on ElvisĮd Parker claimed Elvis was a good black belt and would Would teach Elvis on and off for the rest of Elvis' life. Kenpo's flexibility - they became friends and Parker Given by Ed Parker, and was so impressed that he talked to ParkerĪfterward, saying "You seem to be a rebel in your field as I am in mine,"īeing very impressed by the innovative methods Parker displayed and theĮd Parker later said Elvis was studying a very regimented system and liked Later in 1960 Elvis attended a demo at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel Strumming his guitar (ouch) with his misshapen hand. If you look at the back cover of the "G.I. Hand that looked like it belonged to someone else." He pointed out that Sent out to do a scene with the leading lady and a guitar, with a "big fat The make-up people did their best and Elvis was He had spent much ofīoards, bricks, and tiles - kind of a demo for the movie crew - andĪpparently blocked a kick wrong, which caused his hand to discolor andīalloon up in no time. Had swollen his hand up that night by breaking bricks before the concertĪnd then talks about a similar occurance while filming "G.I.īlues" in 1960 (Elvis' first post-Army movie). Long on-stage talk Elvis gave on the martial arts), Elvis recounts how he Jumping ahead to 1974 for a minute ( 9/1/74, to be exact, during a Taking advantage of Elvis' generosity and fame) karate, and later employedīodyguards and new members of the Memphis Mafia based on their martialĪrts backgrounds - some of them were recommended by Ed Parker and other martial arts Of them had other functions and actually worked but many were hangers-on Good-old-boys and friends he kept around him as bodyguards, and sparring partners - some Hank Slemansky was killed in action a few years later in Vietnam.Įlvis helped to teach the members of his "Memphis Mafia" (the Mine" shows Elvis at the piano wearing a black-belt pin on his lapel. A gospel album released the next year, called "His Hand In Inosanto, and was certified as black belt when he returned to He trained under Hank Slemansky, a chito ryu Unlike many other pursuits he really got into and then dropped just asĪbruptly, Elvis would stick with martial arts for the rest of his life While in Germany, Elvis spent a lot of time practising karate, ElvisĪlso supposedly did some training under Vietnamese teachers while on leave His first instructor was Juergen Seydal, a shotokan stylist. Jitsu, but there's no record of him having pursued formal martial arts training until 1959, when he was In March, 1958, Elvis entered the US ArmyĪnd went to Fort Hood (near Killeen, TX) for training The music charts and pop culture from his first nationwide fame in 1956 to hisĪnd while still at a peak in his early career. TV), including the unprecedented events which culminated in him dominating Is and at least a bit about his unparalleled career in music (and movies and Let's start by assuming you know who Elvis ![]() ![]() UPDATE.you might want to check out a lot more information (as well as still and video visuals) related to Elvis Presley's practice of the martial arts that I have linked at the bottom of this page. ![]()
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