03/20/2026
Like many kids growing up in Western 80's society, Karate was King, we were Karate Kids, and it was this man, The Man, Chuck Norris who was top of the Mountain (Honorary shout out to Mr. Miyagi)
Bruce Lee was like a super natural Jeet Kune Do Ninja figure to me as a kid, but Chuck Norris was a badass beat down Karate ass kicker.
I admired and looked up to both Men as martial Artists. (Honorary shout out to Bolo Yeung who was the most terrifying martial Artist to me as a kid, and still scares me as an adult haha)
Yet it was Chuck Norris who seemed more real and attainable to me as a kid, especially with the amount of Karate dojos around at the time.
So the 1st martial art I studied was Karate. The studying, training and tournaments from those times taught me a lot that became core fundamentals to how I still train and live today.
Watching Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee fight scene in The Way of the Dragon was EPIC! It also helped teach me that you can take on the mythical super natural so to speak, and even if you lose, the fight itself is what created both to be as good as they were. You don't get to those levels without intense discipline and the respect to fighting for it.
Much respect to a fu**in LEGEND who helped forge part of who I am today as a Man, Martial Artist and Coach.
RIP Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris didn't die, time couldn't keep up with him.
The Grim Reaper said "I couldn't kill Chuck Norris, so I gave him my job"
When Chuck Norris met God, God asked "How did I do?"
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