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Moore placed in every tournament he competed in from 1965 to 1975 when he retired from competition.<ref name=KarateIllustrated2/> |
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==Speed Test Drill== |
==Speed Test Drill and Controversy== |
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In 1967 Vic Moore appeared at the [[Long Beach International Karate Championships]] in [[Long Beach, California]] and participated in a martial arts speed drill against [[Jeet Kun Do]] founder and movie star, [[Bruce Lee]]. The point of the speed drill challenge was to stop Lee's famous unstoppable punch. Lee told Moore that he was going to throw a straight punch to the face, and all he had to do was to try to block it. Lee took several steps back and asked if Moore was ready. When Moore nodded in affirmation, Lee glided towards him until he was within striking range. He then threw a straight punch directly at Moore's face, and stopped before impact. Moore blocked all of the punches except the one that Bruce Lee sneakly threw at the end toward his face<ref>{{cite book|author=Uyehara, Mitoshi|year=1993|title=Bruce Lee: the incomparable fighter (illustrated ed.)|publisher=Black Belt Communications|isbn=0-89750-120-9|page=27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbt9Xfs1-bo|title=Bruce Lee Victor Moore unblockable closing Long Beach International Tournament 60s|publisher=YouTube|date=June 11, 2009|accessdate=February 24, 2013}}</ref> Moore and Grandmaster [[Steve Mohammed]] said that Lee had first told Moore that he was going to throw a straight punch to the body, which Moore blocked. Lee attempted another punch, and Moore blocked it as well. The third punch, which Lee threw to Moore's face, did not come nearly within striking distance. Moore claims that Lee never successfully struck Moore but Moore was able to strike Lee on two successful attempts, immediately after Lee had made the three attempts described above. Moore further claims that Bruce Lee said he was the fastest American he's ever seen and that Lee's media crew repeatedly played the one punch towards Moore's face that did not come within striking range, allegedly in an attempt to give the impression that Lee had thrown eight successive punches and thereby preserve Lee's superstar image.<ref>Vic Moore as interviewed in {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nik8VQAcuGE|title=GrandMaster Vic Moore: The Man That Fought 'Em ALL!!!|accessdate=May 26, 2016}}</ref> |
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In 1967 Vic Moore appeared at the [[Long Beach International Karate Championships]] in [[Long Beach, California]] and participated in a martial arts speed drill against [[Jeet Kune Do]] founder and movie star, [[Bruce Lee]]. The point of the speed drill challenge was to block Lee's punch. Lee told Moore that he was going to throw a straight punch to the face, and all he had to do was to try to block it. Each time Lee threw a punch, it was at its target before Vic could block. |
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| Vic Moore | |
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| Born | (1943-08-23) August 23, 1943 (age 80) Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Residence | Lumberton, North Carolina |
| Style | Shuri-ryū Karate, Kempo Karate, Shotokan Karate, Chito-Ryu |
| Teacher(s) | Robert Trias, William J. Dometrich, Ronald Williams, Barry Yasuto |
| Rank | 10th dan black belt in Shuri-ryū 1st dan black belt in Kempo 1st dan black belt in Shotokan 1st dan black belt in Chito-Ryu |
| Notable students | Chisato Mishima |
Victor Moore (born August 23, 1943) holds a 10th Degree Black BeltinKarate[1] and was one of the late Robert Trias' Chief instructors of the Shuri-ryū Karate system.[2] Moore was one of the first ten original members of the Trias International Society[3] and also studied and trained with William J. Dometrich in the style of Chito-ryu.[4] Moore has studied martial arts for over 50 years, and is a four-time world karate champion.[5]
Moore began to travel with a handful of his students to several tournaments as far away as Canada. He later ventured out opening karate schools throughout the Cincinnati area[6] and began traveling the Midwest and East coast. Being successful in competition,[5] he meets the father of American Karate Robert A. Trias. Robert Trias with his skills and ability took Moore under his wings.[1] He continued to train with Trias at various tournaments and seminars, learning the Kenpo and Goju-Ryu styles of Karate, Moore traveled many times to the USKA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona where he had received rank up through his Masters level while in the USKA. Trias taught many style, but his main style was Shuri-Ryu. While Moore spent time in the USKA, Maung Gyi took him under his wings, taking him as a personal student. Gyi taught him Bando, stick fighting, and all the various weapons too numerous to name. Gyi was also Moore's kickboxing instructor, teaching Moore all the moves of thai boxing. Later, Vic Moore and Joe Lewis introduced kickboxing to America on the Merv Griffin TV show in 1973.[2] Moore and Joe Lewis were the first to introduce kickboxing on national TV and were some of the first professional kickboxers in the United States.[7] Jim Harrison defeated Moore in the first kickboxing tournament in the United States. Law Officer's get their first training manual by Harold Long of Tennessee and Victor Moore of Ohio and Hulon Willis of Virginia by order of Robert A. Trias of Arizona. Vic Moore gives seminar's all over the US and lives in Lumberton, NC where he teaches privately from his home.
Moore has fought some of the top fighters in the world and also competed against Michael G. Foster (Miami 1965),[10] Mike Stone,[11] Jim 'Ronin' Harrison,[7] Fred Wren,[12] Chuck Norris, and Joe Lewis.[13]
Moore placed in every tournament he competed in from 1965 to 1975 when he retired from competition.[8]
In 1967 Vic Moore appeared at the Long Beach International Karate ChampionshipsinLong Beach, California and participated in a martial arts speed drill against Jeet Kun Do founder and movie star, Bruce Lee. The point of the speed drill challenge was to stop Lee's famous unstoppable punch. Lee told Moore that he was going to throw a straight punch to the face, and all he had to do was to try to block it. Lee took several steps back and asked if Moore was ready. When Moore nodded in affirmation, Lee glided towards him until he was within striking range. He then threw a straight punch directly at Moore's face, and stopped before impact. Moore blocked all of the punches except the one that Bruce Lee sneakly threw at the end toward his face[17][18] Moore and Grandmaster Steve Mohammed said that Lee had first told Moore that he was going to throw a straight punch to the body, which Moore blocked. Lee attempted another punch, and Moore blocked it as well. The third punch, which Lee threw to Moore's face, did not come nearly within striking distance. Moore claims that Lee never successfully struck Moore but Moore was able to strike Lee on two successful attempts, immediately after Lee had made the three attempts described above. Moore further claims that Bruce Lee said he was the fastest American he's ever seen and that Lee's media crew repeatedly played the one punch towards Moore's face that did not come within striking range, allegedly in an attempt to give the impression that Lee had thrown eight successive punches and thereby preserve Lee's superstar image.[19]
