The United States Army drafted Elvis in 1958, and he first learned about Karate while stationed in Germany. He began training and, per Graceland, earned his first-degree black belt in 1960. In 1974, ...
Karate, like Jackie Chan, is an import. After WWII, the U.S. military jacked it from the island of Okinawa and opened karate schools stateside, and the high-kickin’ martial art quickly swept into ...