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MAY-JUNE 2011 VOL. 1 NO. 3

CONTENTS 5 Masters Hall of Fame Movie Pick 6 Favorite Sport Karate Memories 8 Professor Gary Lee 14 It’s All About RESPECT! 17 New faces- Elisa Au 20 Kickpics Photo of the Month

COVER STORY PROFESSOR GARY LEE A virtual walking history book of sport karate, Professor Lee speaks about his journey in the world of martial arts.

MASTERS HALL OF FAME AMBASSADORS •Shihan Dana Abbott • Shihan Brent Ambrose • Shihan Jeff Anderson • Sensei Thomas R. Boganski • Grandmaster Fred Brewster • Grandmaster Craig Carter • Professor Carlos de Léon • Master Robert Deahl • Grandmaster Eugene Fodor • Sifu N. Neil Hardin • Lisa "The Black Widow" King • Soke Dr. Alonzo Jones

• Grandmaster Eric Lee • Grandmaster Eric O'Neal • Grandmaster Robert Parham • Shihan Robert Posslenzny • Shihan Lou Salseda • Hanshi Dan Sawyer • Grandmaster Mark Shuey • Master Bo Svenson • Grandmaster Darren Tibon • Sensei Gene Tibon • Shihan Alfred Urquidez • Master Anthony Zimkowski 1

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MASTERS HALL OF FAME MOVIE PICK

I have my “old-school” martial arts movie hat on today, and this film is a sure-fire winner…Sword of Doom!

It’s in black and white, subtitled and made in 1966(how much more old school can you get?) but this film definitely delivers action, drama and outstanding choreography for a martial arts flick made in the 60’s. If you watch it closely, you can see that Bruce Lee certainly studied this film.

The movie stars Tatsuya Nakadai as Ryunosuke, a sociopathic and ruthless samurai without compassion or scruples.

When he is scheduled for an exhibition match at his fencing school, the wife of his opponent begs Ryunosuke to throw the match, offering her own virtue in trade. Ryunosuke accepts her offer, but kills her husband in the match. Over time, Ryunosuke is pursued by the brother of the man he killed. The brother trains with the master fencer Shimada. In the meantime, however, Ryunosuke earns the enmity of the band of assassins he runs with, and it becomes a question of who shall face him in final conflict.

The film originally intended to begin a trilogy of films, based on the historical novel of the same name by Kaizan Nakazato.

Sword of Doom

A must see for all martial artists!

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Masters Hall of Fame Favorite Sport Karate Moments

Bill Wallace vs. Joe Lewis

How often in a lifetime do two fighting legends ever face each other? (Take a look at the PacquiaoMayweather non-fight) Now, tell me how many times this happens in sport karate against two legends competing at their prime? Let’s briefly revisit the first match between “Superfoot” Bill Wallace and Joe Lewis.

Lewis once again reaches the finals of the USKA Grand Nationals by defeating Victor Moore. Bill Wallace defeats Mike Posey. Throughout the 60’s, these legends never faced each other until now.

Wallace would kick, Lewis would block. Lewis would attack and Wallace would block and parry.

For three (yes, THREE) rounds they would not be able to score on each other. In the first overtime, both men scored. This led to a SECOND overtime (round five). Finally, Bill Wallace scores with an explosive backfist and defeats Joe Lewis. A true classic battle between two martial arts legends!

Joe Lewis was a terror on the sport karate circuit, practically winning every major tournament championship in America. He won the 1968 and 1969 USKA Grand Nationals (now known as the USKA World Championships). He finally defeated his long time rival Chuck Norris at a tournament in 1967. Joe Lewis was on a roll. On June 6, 1970 Joe

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Professor Gary Lee is one individual who has given his life to the world of martial arts. He doesn’t do it for the glory. He does it because it’s his love and passion. We had an opportunity to talk to the Professor. Here’s what he had to say.

MHOFM: Professor, first let me say thank you for giving us the opportunity to speak to you. I know your schedule is tremendously busy. How have things been since the MHOF banquet in 2008?

PGL: Thank you. I was inducted into the Masters Hall of Fame in 2008 and it literally changed my life. I wear the ring everyday. It has enhanced my life, the museum and everything I do in a very positive aspect. I’m very proud to be a part of the Masters Hall of Fame.

MHOFM: Take us through the beginning of your journey through the martial arts.

PGL: I’m from Hawaii and from the 60’s and karate wasn’t like it was in America (the mainland) in the 60’s. Hawaii was very raw.

I lived and grew up in a hut and I was around different styles of the karate such as Kempo and Shotokan and other different styles.

When I came to the mainland, I was fourteen years old and thrown into sport karate. My very first tournament was the Ed Parker Internationals. Before I came to the mainland, everything I read and knew about tournaments came from a magazine. The Internationals was the biggest thing I’d ever seen! I never had the concept of how big a tournament could be.

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MHOFM: And what did that tournament do for you?

PGL: That’s where I met Grandmaster (Bob) Wall and Sid Campbell (who literally changed my life also). I became an actual student of his. I also met Daniel carter, who taught Shotokan out of Modesto, California. He introduced me to point fighting. I was hooked!

This was great…I could pay $30 for two minutes, beat someone up and not go to jail! And if you are lucky, you get to do this three or four times that day. It wasn’t about the trophy and back then they really didn’t give away a lot of money…it was the fact that I could pay $15 a minute and fight! And I did kata. Back then, some tournaments were strictly fighting. Some didn’t have a children’s division or a woman’s division. I watched it all develop.

MHOFM: How did you get to travel to all the tournaments at 14 years old?

PGL: Hitch hiking was common back then. I remember hitch hiking to the United Federation Fighting Association in tournament in Ohio because it was way too far to walk. I was late and Mr. Chuck Norris held the division for me. The judges were Leo Fong, Al Dacascos, Gary Norris and Mr. Norris himself. It was an incredible experience. I would hitch hike across the country. I spent time in Cleveland and Chicago. I eventually ended up in Greenville, South Carolina

MHOF: You hitch hiked all the way to South Carolina from Ohio?

PGL: Sure did. I met a gentleman named Sam Chapman who did a lot for me. In the 70’s, sport karate was going through a huge transition.

Many of the promoters wanted us to start wearing safety equipment.

Mind you, we were not used to wearing that as it wasn’t invented in the 60’s. I hated the equipment. I hated putting it on, I hated fighting with it. Sam pulled me to the side one day and said “look Gary, for every time you knock someone down, I will put a notch in your glove. If you get five notches, I’ll take you out to eat at the Chinese restaurant.” I said, OK, I’ll wear the equipment. Before it was over, I had twelve notches in my glove. That was two Chinese dinners and I was working on my third Chinese dinner!

MHOF: I understand that you were actually a sparring partner for Joe Corley at one time. Can you tell me about that?

PGL: Yes, I was actually a sparring partner for Joe Corley for his fight with Bill Wallace. Sam told me that he had a friend in Atlanta Georgia that was going to fight another friend of his and I’d like you to go down there and work with one of them. Now, I heard of Bill Wallace and I myself wasn’t a full contact fighter, but I said sure. When I got down there to spar, Mr. Corley comes out in shorts with shin guards, forearm guards and a mouth piece. I said, “Oh God, this guy is going to kill me”…and he did. He is more than just a tournament promoter. Before it became the Battle of Atlanta, it was called the Atlanta Pro-Am. Mr. Corley was an incredible fighter and he even gave me my first television appearance on CBS Sports Spectacular.

MHOF: Professor, you are pretty famous for your show at Astroworld in Texas. How did you land that job?

PGL: I had a friend pick me up from the airport one day and we drove past Astroworld. I said to myself that would be a great place to do an exhibition or a show. I approached them nine times about doing a show. They turned me down every time saying their insurance wouldn’t cover it…people just weren’t interested in karate…we know what karate is and people get hurt…just every excuse they can give.

Literally nine times I was turned down. Then one year, they had a Halloween party where you can wear anything you want.

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So I contacted a few of my friends, we all put on karate uniforms. We used our coca-cola cans for admission and we did demonstrations around the park. I had about 15 people with me and we did 10 minute demos around the park. By the fourth demo, security came. They didn’t know what was going on. By the time they contacted management, we did two more demos and we left. The next day, I had a few of the parents and a few of my friends call Astroworld. They called Bob Logan (who was in charge of entertainment) and told him how great the demonstrations were around the park. Bob continued to get a bunch of phone calls. About two weeks later, I get a call from Bob Logan and he said they would like for me to come in and meet some people and speak about the shows. In the end, I did over 5,000 shows in 20 years at Astroworld before I retired.

MHOF: Professor, the “Greek Award” is one of the most prestigious awards in the Texas region of sport karate.

How did you finally capture it?

PGL: I competed in Texas and I was rated 9th in the top 10 with great martial artists like Larry Lockhart, Zip White and Al Francis to name a few. Every competitor wanted to win “The Greek” award which was named after the late Demitrious Havanas. I lost that award maybe six or seven times by one or two points. In 1997 I was in my late forties and one of the people who worked with Chuck Norris came to me and said, Mr. Lee, let’s go win the Greek this year. I told him I was too old, I don’t have the spunk to go to all of the tournaments. But he “jack-slapped” me…and that year, I won the Greek. It took me seventeen years to win The Greek Award. I cherish that award and it means a lot to me to have been considered a MVP of Texas Sport karate.

Yes, my son Garrett tested for his black belt underneath that board. I didn’t expect him to pass. I though they would say” look, you’re a sweet kid, you have good technique but there is no way we would award you a black belt.” Well, he got a standing ovation and Ed Daniels said “Well Garrett, all I have to say to you is that I’m glad that you aren’t a heavyweight.”

And then Ishmael Robles stood up and said ‘You’ll be 10 times better than you father ever was or will be because you were born in Texas”.

MHOF: Were the roasts how the Sport Karate Museum got started?

During the roasts, I’ve collected some incredible pictures and DVD’s. I have video of the famous 1$ fight with Joe Lewis and Jim Harrison…just great and rare stuff. It’s just incredible. I started a museum with three levels. The Ambassadors – these are the CEO’s of companies, businessmen, those who wanted to know about the martial arts but didn’t know its history. Then there are the Living Legends-these are the people who never got credit in the martial arts. These people were nominated by the roastees (of the Living legends Roasts). Then we needed a base and these are the History Generals. These are consultants and people who lived the lineage and help the museum protect itself from the nonsense today. Every state has representation for the museum. There are 120 history generals.

MHOF: One of your staples is the “Living Legends Roast.

How did that get started?

PGL: After I retired from competition, I started getting all of these pay for fame awards in the mail. Many of them weren’t valid, had no prestigious group behind them or anything. It started to make me a little mad because I couldn’t imagine Allen Steen or Jim Harrison paying for an award. So I decided to do something. I called a few people I knew, like Bob Wall, Ken Knudson, Sid Campbell, Jim Harrison, and Mike Stone. Through our conferences they said if you put us all in a room together and not charge us, I think it would be the start of something. So the very first Living Legends Roast, I brought in thirty five incredible people, Dan Henderson, Linda Denley, Allen Steen, Ed Daniels, I can go on…and they roasted me. I’ve done seventeen roasts. Bob Wall, Pat Burleson, Eric Lee…the list goes on.

MHOF: Your son tested for his black belt at that roast also.

MHOF: Were the roasts how the Sport Karate Museum got started?

PGL: We have the blue prints for the museum. The building is a huge blackbelt surrounded by the five animals, The Dragon, the crane, the snake, the tiger and the leopard. There are five houses, The House of China, The House of Japan, The House of Okinawa, The House of America and the House of Korea. This will show the guests how these cultures influenced America to what we know now as sport karate today. In the middle of theses house, which by the way are shaped like an octagon (giving credence to Chuck Norris, Tadashi Yamashita and Richard Norton for the movie “The Octagon”) will be the a café where we will sell The Chuck Norris Chocolate or the Jim Harrison Hot Dog.

Then you go to the walk of fame where there will be an amazing assortment of autographed pictures. This leads to the Duane R. Ethington Library. This gentleman has written over 500 articles on the martial arts. He’s an incredible gentleman

Outside over the bridge, through the woods and across the lake will be the Allen Steen Gymnasium. This is where all of the blackbelt testing will be held as well as events. There’s no central place for people to hold blackbelt testing. They may hold it at their school or even rent out a gym, but this gives everyone the opportunity to hold their testing in a central location. The way this museum is designed is that there will be black and grey flat rock, so from the air above looking down, it will look like an old tattered blackbelt.

On the inlay, there will be a Mike Stone ‘Fists of Fame”. I named it after Mr. Stone because he was the first person to give a letter of endorsement to the museum. He also had an incredible event in the 70’s called the Golden Fists of Fame. You know, someone recently asked me ‘What gives you the right to build a museum…what gives you the right to recognize the pioneers…who are you to do this?” I told the person “First of all, I’m not in the museum, I’m just the administrator. Secondly, I have a right to show respect.

I’ve learned a lot of things, I’ve taught a lot of people a lot of things…but the most important of anything is respect, respect, respect.

And that is what the museum is based upon…respect. We are not a hall of fame. We are a band of brothers and sisters who laid it on the line at those tournaments when we worked our way up to what we are now.

MHOF: There’s an interesting story about you on the set of the movie “Sidekicks”. Please tell us about it.

PGL: In the last scene of “Sidekicks”, everyone is dressed in the same uniform. I was working out with Mako and the stunt coordinator came to me and said’ it’s your turn’. He was going to get me a Tang So Do uniform. I looked at it and I said ‘I can’t wear that”. Tang So Do is a great art and I have the utmost respect for it and its practitioners, but I couldn’t wear it. I’m not a Tang So Do stylists. The coordinator said I had to wear it…its costume, we are paying you so just wear it. I said I couldn’t. I can’t explain to all of my Japanese friends and students why I’m wearing a Korean Uniform. Well some other person came up to me and was fussing.

Finally it got to Aaron Norris who didn’t know it was me. He said who is it? They said it’s Gary Lee. Aaron asked if I had my stuff with me. I said yes of course. He said, well, you can wear that.

MHOF: Thank you Professor.

PGL: No, thank you. It’s an honor to be interviewed by your magazine. I will see you soon!

To find out more about the MUSEUM of SPORT KARATE, visit http://sportkaratemuseum.org.

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IT’S ALL ABOUT RESPECT! Shihan Alfred Urquidez gives us his insight on what’s wrong with the martial arts in America today and how to fix it!

I’m an old school martial artist.

The mind set of the way we used to train was with a lot of discipline. We didn’t, and still don’t, allow students to look around while in class, or wipe their faces. We made sure their belts were tied correctly and the knot was where it is supposed to be. We used to do a lot of cardio. We used to run three or four miles before we started exercising. We used to train from two and a half to three hours a night. We used to do basics a lot. Basics are the fundamentals of the martial arts. It doesn’t make any sense to teach techniques or kata if you didn’t know your basics. If you didn’t make your basics strong, then everything else would be week.

My brother Arnold would get us up at three in the morning and we would run about three miles in the sand. Then we would train about another hour on basics only, then we would go into directional movements,

other techniques and then we would spar. Back then, we would train with nothing but a mouthpiece. I asked my brother, “Why aren’t we wearing cups when we kumite?” He told me “if you know it’s protecting you, you won’t defend that area.”

to fight a 20 year old at first. It was rough for him. Soon he caught wind of how to compete with the grown men and he started beating them. That’s when the Urquidez family began to get recognized for being old school and what it stood for.

In 1965, our family began to claim Kempo-Shotokan as our style. In the old school days, you were either one or the other. The styles weren’t mixed. That’s the way it was in those days. My brothers had to go in front of the Grandmasters and compete against them.

And they did. And my brothers were victorious. We were given the blessings from the Grandmasters of Kempo and Shotokan to be the only family in the world to claim KempoShotokan as our style.

I still teach that way because I’m old school. I don’t change my ways. My brothers have given me the baton to teach Kempo-Shotokan, to continue with that art. I’ve been offered ranks in other systems, but I refuse. I don’t really believe in titles. There are two kinds of blackbelts. Real blackbelts, and blackbelts on paper. Just call me Sensei.

We started to compete in tournaments against the likes of Joe Lewis, Cecil Peoples, and Bill Wallace. My brother Benny was a blackbelt at 15. In those days, you had to be 18 to get your black belt. That’s the way it was but people kept coming up to my brother Arnold and telling him that Benny need to be a shodan…he was walking through everyone. Benny had

Like I said…I’m old school.

When my class goes to a tournament or any martial arts function and they feel they have been disrespected, I teach them to not get angry. I teach them to be smart. I see sixth and seventh degree blackbelts and when I ask them what their discipline is, they have a question mark in their face…”What do you mean my discipline?” is what they ask me. Old school knows that when that question is asked, it

means what art you take, what style you are learning.

What bothers me is a lot of these young bucks, and I’m not afraid to say that, because I don’t hold back…I tell the truth, go to tournaments and see a lot of disrespect. I see blackbelts that don’t wear their gi’s, but are instead wearing shorts and T-shirts to compete in, to judge in. The judges are paying attention to the competitors, but instead are looking at the girl in the next ring in hot pants or shorts. When points are called, they aren’t even concerned about the folks who paid their hard earned money for a chance to show their technique from all of the hard training. They are just waving a flag. It’s really a shame. Really!

I see some black belts storm the ring when a point is not

called, interrupt the match, not even ask permission from the center judge to come in and arbitrate. Those blackbelts that do that, well, their students follow suite! I see students disrespect the judges, talking back to them. It’s really a shame. I don’t know where these young blackbelts lost it at. It really grieves my heart because the martial art s is a tradition of honor, passion and love. Today it seems it’s all about the money.

We as shodans are mentors.

We are supposed to build character amongst our students. We have to make them positive individuals in the community…keep them away from drugs, gangs, jail and everything else that comes along with that. How could you guide your students when you

tell them things like “I’ll always be number one” or “you’ll never be better than what I teach you.” What is that garbage? How is that blackbelt going to continue his legacy and make it strong if he continues on such a path?

Where does that lead his students?

We should encourage our students to be better than us…to own the art so that one day they can turn around and teach us something. When my student can turn around and teach me something, I know I’ve done my job. They will carry the legacy and become their own legends.

These are the thing missing today in the martial arts. It’s all about respect!

Shihan Alfred Urquidez and his brother Benny Urquidez at The Masters Hall of Fame banquet.

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ELISA AU

By Don Warrener

Usually when we talk about the young guns of karate we are talking about guys like Alexander Biamonti, or George Kotaka but there is a young lady and we do mean lady who is undoubtedly one of the young guns of the karate world. Her name is Elisa Au. Elisa in her mid 20’s is the most decorated world champion in the WKF America has ever had. With not one or two but three gold medals in the World Karate Federations Championships Elisa is most certainly one of the most outstanding karate kas USA has ever developed.

Her teacher is Sensei Kotaka himself an all Japan Champion in the 1960’s has taken Elisa from the time she was 6 years of age and turned her into not just a champion in kumite and kata but also he has molded her into a role model for all the young karate ka out there.

Elisa has taken the many training secrets of Kotaka Sensei and developed them to a higher standard then most and then she has added the knowledge of modern sport physiology to become the one to beat in traditional karate.

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“When I was training at the Olympic training facility in Colorado Springs they showed me that the sports that closest emulated the physical skills of karate were that of short track speed skating from the winter Olympics and the 100 yard dash in Summer Olympics.”

So what she has done is taken the strength and co-ordinations drills that they use to develop speed and power and applied them to traditional karate and she has come up with a winning formula for success.

When I as a karate instructor myself look at Elisa I can not help but think how proud Sensei Kotaka must be of Elisa and how she has become not just technically excellent and a champion but also what a really nice person she is and a credit to his teaching.

I use many of the same techniques that speed skaters and Sprinters use for example I start with my knee bent forward as far as possible and then push off with my back foot to shoot across the gap between myself and my opponent. It is these little things that when coupled with Sensei Kotaka’s great training drills that makes the difference in what I do and why I am fortunate enough to win.

My own training is about 50% conditioning and 50% drills and sparring before a big event like a world championships. I usually start about three months before the event preparing for the big day. My conditioning consists of not just running and cardio but a lot of exercise ball work and stretching mostly the normal Japanese karate type of stretching but also some other variations as well.

“The drills I work on are lots of timing and drills plus tons of foot work combinations that allow me to really move in and out as fast as possible. Sensei Kotaka has been really helpful in this area especially” says Elisa.

Elisa is mainly known for her fighting but she usually competes in all five categories kumite (her weight and open), open hand kata, weapons kata, team kata. She is most certainly a real competitor from the get go and she is a real winner.

Not only is she a top notch competitor but she is a shrewd business woman as well. She signed one 5 figure contract with a Japanese gi company and now she has just notched up her second 5 figure modeling job for an Amercian company that believe she is the next best thing when it comes to a spokes person for the martial arts. They were so impressed with her attitude and demeanor they contacted her shortly after the Ozawa Cup to make her an offer she couldn’t refuse.

In closing Elisa seems to adhere to the saying that “woman now as well as men can have it all” all you got to do is go for it and she most certainly is doing that.

Don Warrener is highly respected in the martial arts community. He is an author, producer and is the President of Rising Sun Productions.

Stace Sanchez is an alumni of the Masters Hall of Fame. He is the founder and owner of the world-famous website, KICKPICS - home of the hottest martial arts kicking photos on the planet. The theme of the website is posed kicking photos with a partner - so you will see pictures of martial artists performing kicks to an opponent's head, face, throat, groin, etc. ALL styles are welcome, too. He has met and shot photos with people from many different styles: Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu, various karate styles, Kickboxing and even a few MMA (Mixed Martial Arts - one of the fastest growing sports in the world - UFC, Pride, K1 are a few organizations that might sound familiar) guys. Most of the images on the site are his shots but photo sharing is definitely encouraged. So if you're a photography buff and have photos that fit the theme of the site, please email them to staceshancez@aol.com REMEMBER: Pictures Say A Thousand Words!

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This issue’s kicker is Sarah Stobbe.

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