- Ron Marchini
Ronald Lee Marchini (aka Ron Marchini) is an American
martial artist who is a champion atRenbukai . He also starred in several action and war movies that he sometimes directed.He wrote books on
karate and rembukai withLeo Fong : "The ultimate martial art : Renbukai" and "Power training in Kung-Fu and karaté".In May 1964, at Tak Kubota's All-Stars Tournament in Los Angeles, California,
Chuck Norris earned his first martial arts tournament championship by defeating Ron Marchini by a half a point. Norris described his victory over Marchini as "a high point in my life." [Against All Odds: My Story, Chuck Norris & Ken Abraham, p. 54.]Norris offers a vivid account of that encounter with Marchini in his book "Against All Odds: My Story":
"I made it to the finals and was feeling quite confident until I learned that the man contending for the championship was Ron Marchini. An American who fought in the Japanese style, Ron stood about five foot nine inches tall, had a closely cropped batch of blonde hair, and was known as a strong, tough competitor.
"...His timing and control were superb. I could feel his knuckle prints on my solar plexus." [id. at 53]
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