Vic Moore

Victor Moore (1943-) holds a 10th Degree Black Belt in Karate [ [http://www.VictorMoore.org Victor Moore.org] "The Web Site about Victor Moore"] and was one of the late Robert Trias' Chief instructors of the Shuri-Ryu karate system. [http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/vic-moore.htm Victor Moore: The man who fought them all.] ] Moore was one of the first ten original members of the Trias International Society [Robert A. Trias, "The Pinnacle of Karate, The Completed Publication" (1989), pg. 107.] and also studied and trained with William J. Dometrich in the style of Chito-ryu. [ [http://www.chitoryu.com/my_training.htm James L. Davenport "My Martial Arts Training"] ] Moore has studied martial arts for over 50 years, and is a four time world karate champion.Jenifer Perry, Trudi The Karate Chimp-ion of the World (Karate Illustrated, August 1981), pg. 27.]

History

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 [John Corcoran, Emil Farkas "The Original Martial Arts Encyclopedia", pg. 357.] and began traveling the Midwest and East coast. Being successful in competition, he meets the father of American karate Robert A. Trias. Robert Trias with his skills and ability took Moore under his wings. [ [http://www.victormoore.org/history.htm Victor Moore "The History of Victor Moore"] ] 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 kick boxing to America on the Merv Griffin TV show in 1973. 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 [http://www.mikemiles.com/history2.html Mike Miles "A History of Kickboxing"] ] . Jim Harrison defeated Moore in the first kickboxing tournament in the United States.

Martial Arts Pioneer

# One of the first African-Americans to win a major karate competition (1965 USKA Grand Nationals)Jenifer Perry, Trudi The Karate Chimp-ion of the World (Karate Illustrated, August 1981), pg. 28.] .
# First kickboxing championship (1971 U.S. Kickboxing Championships) with Jim Harrison [ [http://www.mikemiles.com/history2.html Mike Miles "A History of Kickboxing"] ] .
# Introduced kickboxing to America with Joe Lewis in 1973 on Merv Griffin.
# "Black Karate" feature film [Robert A. Trias, "The Pinnacle of Karate, The Completed Publication" (1989), pg. 22.] with Jim McLean and Robert Trias
# Formed the WKA organization in 1974

Competition

Moore competed with some top fighters in the 1960s and 1970's including Bruce Lee, [ [http://littledragon.builtfree.org/moore.html (Bruce Lee - Victor Moore Demo)] ] Michael G. Foster (Miami 1965) [Robert A. Trias, "The Pinnacle of Karate, The Completed Publication" (1989), pg. 393.] , Mike StoneJim Coleman, Mike "The Animal" Stone. Was He Karate's Greatest Fighter? (Black Belt Magazine, Sept 1990 Vol.28 No.9), pg. 20.] , Jim 'Ronin' Harrison, Fred Wren [USKA, "Grand Nationals Flyer", pg. 23.] , Chuck Norris [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_norris Chuck Norris] ] , Joe LewisJohn Corcoran, Emil Farkas "The Original Martial Arts Encyclopedia", pg. 254.] , Al Gene CarauliaFact|date=May 2008 and from the Taekwondo Hall of Fame Skipper MullinsFact|date=May 2008, Pat BurlesonFact|date=May 2008, and Allen SteenFact|date=May 2008.

World Championships

# 1966 Defeating the all Hawaiian champion in Richmond Virginia. [ [http://karate-in-english-lewis-wallace.blogspot.com/2008/04/tournaments-and-promoters.html April 2008 Michel Durand "USA Story of Karate"] ]
# 1968 Defeating Joe Lewis at the World's Fair Karate ChampionshipsMary Townsley, USKA Grand Nationals (Official Karate, Feb 1970 Vol.2 No.5), pg. 24.] .
# 1969 Defeating Mike Stone in Pasadena California for the light heavyweight championship at the world teams championship. [John Corcoran, Emil Farkas "The Original Martial Arts Encyclopedia", pg. 382.]
# 1970 Defeated the legendary Bill “Superfoot” Wallace in for the USKA first professional world championship.

Moore placed in every tournament he competed in from 1965 to 1975 when he retired from competition

1967 Long Beach International Karate Championships

Bruce Lee also appeared at the 1967 Long Beach International Karate Championships and performed various demonstrations, including the famous "unstoppable punch" with USKA world karate champion Vic Moore. [ [http://littledragon.builtfree.org/moore.html Nick Clarke "Q&A with Vic Moore"] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.VictorMoore.org Web Site site about Victor Moore]
* [http://www.chito-ryu.com/newsletter/spring07.pdf William J. Dometrich and Victor Moore]