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Dr. Mick Leone, the recently promoted acting head of the San Diego American Kenpo Karate assoc.  He teaches and trains with senior black belts at American Kenpo with 6th degree head instructor Todd McElhinney.  

                 All out brawl!!!

                   (Check out the website ALLOUTBRAWL.ORG)

 

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The performance of the body during athletics is more dependent on the spine than any other part of the skeletal system. While throwing, punching, jumping, running, swimming or kicking, for example, the arms or legs utilize the spine as their base. Muscle contraction and flexibility and joint mobility are essential for optimum performance. Spinal integrity is necessary for this to happen properly.

 

The mechanical problems of the spine are very common at all ages.  Injuries and problems with performance that athletes of all ages experience may be directly related to poor spinal function.  Chiropractic helps resolve these issues.

 

Most elite athletes use chiropractic care to optimize performance and to maximize injury recovery.  It is safe to say that most, if not all professional sports teams have their own personal chiropractors for exactly these reasons.

 

 


 

Dr. Muscle is a life long martial artist and is setting up this page for interesting articles about styles, training etc. The above picture is taken from an extensive fighting/technique demonstration put on by myself and Mr. Orned "Chicken" Gabriel, world ranked and champion light weight semi and full contact karate fighter for many years. Aside from Bruce Lee, two of the most famous and most publicized martial artists and stand up strike fighters of all time are Joe Lewis and Bill Wallace.

I had the personal priveledge of starting my training with Bill Wallace when we both attended Ball State University in 1967-68. In fact, we were part of an intermural wrestling team called "Tuckers Truckers" that were victorious in winning the school intermural championships. About a year or so later, I was in the Navy in San Diego, where I continued my training at a karate school called Tracy's Kenpo Karate under Richard Willett. The Tracy brothers earned black belts under the father of American Kenpo, Ed Parker.

Joe Lewis was a primary part of this system and I was able to attend many seminars with Joe. Indeed, part of my first black belt test was to fight Joe for three rounds. (Guess who got the best of that session.) Additionally, when things began shifting toward full-contact (kick boxing) I trained with both Joe and Howard Jackson at Chuck Norris' Wilshire Blvd School. Fun times! You can bet I learned a lot...Not to mention having my butt handed to me on several occasions. While actually competing in the kick boxing arena, I trained extensively with 5 year world full contact karate champion and long time friend Larry McCraw.  Larry, while holding his world karate title, successfully defended his title for challenge "grudge" matches 57 times with 52 knock outs.  OUCH!!

After discussing Karate legends Joe Lewis and Bill Wallace, I will talk about the fighters and system that have initiated a fighting craze which has swept the world of martial arts in the United States and around the world.

 

Bill Wallace is considered the greatest middle weight karate and full-contact fighter of all time. Bill "Superfoot" Wallace known to the karate world simply as "Superfoot", retired from his illustrious 15-year career as the undefeated Professional Karate Association (PKA) Middleweight Champion in June 1980. "Superfoot" used his left foot, which was once clocked in excess of 60 mph, to fake opponents with two or three rapid fake kicks and follow with one solid knockout technique. His power was amazing, his precision astounding.

Wallace began studying karate in 1967 and came to dominate the point-tournament circuit in the next seven years. Wallace has won at the U.S. Championships (3 times), the USKA Grand Nationals (3 times), and the Top Ten Nationals (2 times). Black Belt named Wallace to its Hall of Fame three times in seven years -- twice as "Competitor of the Year" and once as "Man of the Year." In 1974, Wallace turned professional and captured the PKA Middleweight Karate Championship.

He relinquished the crown in 1980, undefeated and respected around the world. Despite his retirement, Bill Wallace continues to be one of the martial arts most popular figures. A former member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness, Wallace authored three books and has been active in the film industry. Click on the following link for more information about "Superfoot". "Bill Wallace (aka SuperFoot)"


                                                                                                   Dr. Muscle (Mick Leone) and
                                                                                                      Black Belt legend Joe Lewis

Not enough can be said about Joe Lewis, who is considered by many to be the greatest heavyweight karate fighter of all time. Early trademarks included a lightening fast back fist and bone crushing side kick. Joe was probably the most feared of all of the heavyweights. Click on the following link for more information about Joe Lewis and his fighting concepts. "Joe Lewis Fighting System" Click on the following link for more information about Bill and Joe. "Joe Lewis and Bill Wallace"

The picture, above, right was taken in May, 2002 at the fighting seminar with legend Joe Lewis and many senior black belts in San Diego. I had the privelege of once again working and training with Joe. At 58 years old, he still has deceptive quickness and awesome speed and power. The techniques he worked with us were simple, to the point, and brutal. Good stuff!