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    1. Joe Lewis was an American martial artist and kickboxer who gained fame in the 1960s and 1970s. He was considered one of the greatest fighters in karate history. 2. Lewis won numerous titles including the United States Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion. He was also the first professional karate champion and helped establish kickboxing as a sport in North America. 3. In addition to fighting, Lewis also worked as an actor and stuntman. He trained with Bruce Lee and helped develop his martial arts techniques. Lewis retired as the undefeated United States Heavyweight Kickboxing champion in 1971.

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    1. Joe Lewis was an American martial artist and kickboxer who gained fame in the 1960s and 1970s. He was considered one of the greatest fighters in karate history. 2. Lewis won numerous titles including the United States Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion. He was also the first professional karate champion and helped establish kickboxing as a sport in North America. 3. In addition to fighting, Lewis also worked as an actor and stuntman. He trained with Bruce Lee and helped develop his martial arts techniques. Lewis retired as the undefeated United States Heavyweight Kickboxing champion in 1971.

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    1. Joe Lewis was an American martial artist and kickboxer who gained fame in the 1960s and 1970s. He was considered one of the greatest fighters in karate history. 2. Lewis won numerous titles including the United States Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion. He was also the first professional karate champion and helped establish kickboxing as a sport in North America. 3. In addition to fighting, Lewis also worked as an actor and stuntman. He trained with Bruce Lee and helped develop his martial arts techniques. Lewis retired as the undefeated United States Heavyweight Kickboxing champion in 1971.

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    1oe Lewis One Of

    The Greatest Martial


    Artist and Kick
    boxers of Our Time.
    1oe Lewis (March 7, 1944 - August 31,
    2012) was an American kick boxer
    point karate fighter, and actor. As a
    fighter, Lewis gained fame for his
    matches in the 1960s and 1970s.
    He has twice been voted the greatest
    Iighter in karate history, and has attained
    the titles oI 'United States Heavyweight
    Kickboxing Champion, 'World
    Heavyweight Karate Champion, and
    'United States National Black Belt Kata
    Champion. As head oI the Joe Lewis
    Fighting Systems, Joe Lewis has
    surrounded himselI with a growing
    organization dedicated to the core
    principles he has used Ior decades to
    Iorge a career second to known as a black
    belt, Iighter, coach, instructor, leader oI
    men, and always, always a student. Joe
    Lewis was born on March 7, 1944 in
    Raleigh, North Carolina. He was raised
    on a Iarm in Wilmington, NC as the
    youngest oI three Lewis brothers. Though
    Joe was quiet and perceptive his older
    brothers were rebel rouses.
    While he was not a troublesome son or student, his brothers` reputation Ior trouble branded him as the same.
    So, rather than Iollow in his brother`s Iootsteps, he lied about his age and joined the United States Marine Corps
    in 1962 and was stationed at Cherry Point in Havelock, North Carolina. He was one oI the Iirst Marines stationed
    in Vietnam, there meeting Rocky Marciano. Always Iascinated by strength and body building, a karate class
    captured his attention while in Okinawa. There he studied Shorin-ryu Karate with Eizo Shimabukuro, John
    Korab, Chinsaku Kinjo and Seiyu Oyata in Okinawa. He quickly earned a reputation as a giIted athlete and
    became obsessed with training. II he had to work late, he would sneak into a storage closet to get his workouts in
    while his platoon mates slept. He earned his Iirst black belt in a black belt in just three months time and a second
    in seven. He worked out between 3 and 5 hours per day. In 1966, with only 22-months oI training, Lewis won
    the grand championship oI the 1st tournament he entered, The U.S. Nationals promoted by Jhoon Rhee. Lewis
    deIeated 7 opponents beIore deIeating Thomas Carroll by 2-0 decision. Lewis reigned as the U.S. Nationals
    grand champion Irom 1966-1969. At the 1967 Nationals in Washington, Lewis won the championship just 18-
    months aIter his Iirst class. Joe Lewis was the Iirst 'non-master and only competitor to ever be photographed
    cover oI Black Belt magazine. Previous covers had been drawn or painted. In February, 1968, Lewis and Iive
    other top rated Iighters (Bob Wall, Skipper Mullins, J. Pat Burleson, David Moon, and Fred Wren) Iought in the
    1st World ProIessional Karate Championships (WPKC) promoted by Jim Harrison. This was the Iirst
    'proIessional tournament in karate history and took place in Harrison`s dojo in Kansas City. The rules allowed
    'heavy contact. Lewis won the tournament and was paid $1-dollar, thus oIIicially making him the Iirst
    proIessional champion in karate history.
    Hollywood started to take note oI the Lewis
    and he began some work helping Bruce Lee on
    Iight choreography in the late 1960s. Lewis
    continued with his acting career and starred in
    Jaguar Lives in 1978 and Force Five in 1981
    and has guest starred in Iilms as late as 2011.
    He was also a Ieatured guest star on 'The Fall
    Guy playing himselI in the episode, 'The
    Japanese Connection. From 1967 to 1968, he
    studied privately with the inIluential martial
    artist and Jeet Kune Do Iounder Bruce Lee. Lee
    was turned down by Lewis as an instructor Ior
    about 8-months when Mike Stone Iinally
    convinced Lewis that Lee was a talented
    instructor. Lewis also turned down the roll oI
    Colt in true Bruce Lee Iilm, Way oI the
    Dragon. The part then went to Chuck Norris.
    Lee had Lewis test out his theories oI Iighting
    at tournaments. Lewis also began training
    boxing with Sugar Ray Robinson and Joe
    Orbillio, enhancing his skills. In late 1969
    promoter Lee Faulkner contacted Joe Lewis to
    Iight in his upcoming United States Karate
    Championships.
    Lewis had retired Irom point Iighting at the
    time but agreed to Iight iI Faulkner would
    promote a Iull-contact karate bout with Lewis
    and an opponent who would Iight to the
    knockout. Faulkner agreed. As Lewis and Greg
    Baines entered the ring wearing boxing gloves
    the announcer identiIied the Iighters as 'kick
    boxers. That night Joe Lewis won the Iirst-
    ever kickboxing bout in North America on
    January 17, 1970 with a second round knockout
    over Greg Baines. n January 24, 1971, at the
    2nd Annual United Nations Open Karate
    Championships promoted by Aaron Banks,
    Lewis knocked out Ronnie Barkoot at 1:25 oI
    the Iirst round. At another Banks promotion;
    United States Championship Kickboxing
    Bouts, Lewis scored a 3rd round knockout over
    'Atlas Jesse King. In total, Lewis deIended his
    United States Heavyweight Kickboxing title
    with 8 straight knockouts (10 since two were
    double knockouts in same Iight etc) between
    1970/71. Lewis is the Iirst kick boxer to be
    Ieatured in both The Ring boxing magazine and
    Sports Illustrated. Lewis retired as undeIeated
    United States Heavyweight Kickboxing
    champion in 1971.
    His record as the undisputed United States
    heavyweight kickboxing champion was a
    perIect 10-0 with 10 KO`s. September 14,
    1974 on ABC`s Wide World oI Entertainment
    promoter Mike Anderson introduced PKA
    Full-Contact` Karate. In the bouts,
    competitors wore Ioam hand and Ioot
    protection and Iought to the knockout
    (Kickboxing rules allowed Ior leg kicks: Iull-
    contact karate rules did not permit kicks to the
    legs). Lewis, the retired US Heavyweight
    Kickboxing champion was accustomed to Iull
    contact Iighting. In 1974 he beat his only
    opponent with a 2nd round ridge hand
    knockout over Yugoslavia`s Frank Brodar in
    Los Angeles, CaliIornia to win the ProIessional
    Karate Association (PKA) Heavyweight Iull-
    contact karate title. The original 1974 PKA
    world champions, including Joe Lewis
    (heavyweight), JeII Smith (light heavyweight)
    and Bill SuperIoot` Wallace (middleweight)
    received so much IanIare Irom the PKA title
    wins and resultant publicity in popular martial
    arts magazines that their status as 'legends oI
    the karate world was guaranteed. Lewis
    advanced his public persona the next year by
    appearing on the cover oI Playgirl magazine
    with then wiIe actress Barbara Leigh. In 1975
    Joe Lewis was inducted into the Black Belt magazine Hall oI Fame as the 1974 Iull contact karate 'Fighter oI
    the Year. In 1984, Lewis moved to Madeira Beach, FL where he began to train and mentor John and Jim
    Graden and later with Mark Graden. According to Lewis, no other Iamily has had three world kickboxing
    champions. In a 1992 Black Belt cover story, 'Passing the Torch Lewis named John and Jim Graden as his
    torch bearers.

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