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The '''Long Beach International Karate Championships''' is an International [[karate]] and [[martial arts]] tournament in [[Long Beach, California]] that was first held in August 1964 by [[Kenpō|Kenpo]] Grandmaster [[Ed Parker]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ec4DAAAAMBAJ&q=ed+parker&pg=PA45|title=Black Belt|date=February 1967|website=[[Black Belt Magazine]]|access-date=2015-05-14))</ref><ref>((cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dcDAAAAMBAJ&q=Long+Beach+International+Karate+Championships+ed+parker&pg=PA11|title=Black Belt|access-date=1 November 2014|date=December 1990))</ref> The tournament ran competition til 1999 under IKKA organization/Parker family. Many great tournament fighters earned their stripes at this tournament, including [[Chuck Norris]], Andy Ah Po, Tony Martinez Sr., [[Mike Stone (karate)|Mike Stone]], [[Joe Lewis (martial artist)|Joe Lewis]], [[Jim Kelly (martial artist)|Jim Kelly]], [[Benny Urquidez|Benny "The Jet" Urquidez]], [[Billy Blanks]], Jerry Piddington, and "Superfoot" [[Bill Wallace (martial artist)|Bill Wallace]].<ref>((cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNIDAAAAMBAJ&q=Long+Beach+International+Karate+Championships+billy+blanks&pg=PA12|title=Black Belt|access-date=1 November 2014|date=January 1992))</ref><ref>((cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9IDAAAAMBAJ&q=Long+Beach+International+Karate+Championships+chuck+norris&pg=PA15|title=Tales of American Karate|access-date=1 November 2014|date=November 1994))</ref> The Long Beach Internationals is also where [[Bruce Lee]] was first introduced to the martial arts community in August 1964, with Lee making another appearance in 1967.

==1964==
In 1964, Bruce Lee appeared at the inaugural tournament<ref>[https://www.presstelegram.com/2014/08/01/bruce-lee-put-us-martial-arts-on-the-grand-stage-in-long-beach-50-years-ago/ Bruce Lee put U.S. martial arts on the grand stage in Long Beach 50 years ago], Press Telegram</ref> and demonstrated his [[one-inch punch]] and two-finger push-ups.  His volunteer was Robert "Bob" Baker of [[Stockton, California]], who was Lee's student and became the lead villain in [[Fist of Fury]]. "I told Bruce not to do this type of demonstration again", he recalled. "When he punched me that last time, I had to stay home from work because the pain in my chest was unbearable."<ref>((Cite book |first=Jack |last=Vaughn |title=The Legendary Bruce Lee |publisher=Black Belt Communications |year=1986 |isbn=0-89750-106-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D8d_YjWV9k4C |access-date=March 16, 2016 |archive-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406051049/https://books.google.com/books?id=D8d_YjWV9k4C |url-status=live |page=21))</ref> The only existing, high quality footage of Bruce Lee's 1964 [[Wing Chun]] demonstration was filmed with a [[16 mm film|16mm camera]]. The sole proprietor of this 8.5-minute-long video is a California-based company, Rising Sun Productions. The owner of this company and reported discoverer of this video is Don Warrener. Poorer quality generations of this footage can be viewed on the Internet.

==1967==
Bruce Lee made another appearance at Ed Parker's 1967 U'S. Internationals Karate tournament in Long Beach, California. The 1967 video footage has been preserved at a higher quality than the earlier 1964 footage. He demonstrates his fast speed, launching quick [[Eye poke|eye strikes]] before his opponent can [[Blocking (martial arts)|block]]. Lee then performs ''[[chi sau]]'' while blindfolded, probing for weaknesses in his opponent while scoring with [[Punch (combat)|punches]] and [[Takedown (grappling)|takedowns]]. He then performs the one-inch punch on several volunteers. Most notably, Lee then participates in a [[sparring]] demonstration against sparring partners James Yimm Lee and Guru Dan Inosanto with Inosanto first and Yimm Lee second. Lee, Yimm Lee and Inosanto were all wearing leather headgear and full body gear. Lee can be seen implementing his [[Jeet Kune Do]] concept of economical motion, using [[Muhammad Ali]] inspired [[Footwork (martial arts)|footwork]] to keep out of range while [[Counterpunch (boxing)|counter-attacking]] with [[backfist]]s and [[Cross (boxing)|straight punches]]. He demonstrated and successfully proved the Jeet Kune Do concept of the lead hand being used as a probe to gauge the fight situation. He also halts his opponent's attacks with stop-hit [[side kick]]s and quickly executes several [[Sweep (martial arts)|sweeps]] and head [[kicks]]. The opponent is never able to connect with a clean hit, but once manages to come close with a [[spin kick]]. The fight footage was reviewed by ''[[Black Belt (magazine)|Black Belt]]'' magazine in 1995, concluding that "the action is as fast and furious as anything in [[Bruce Lee filmography|Lee's films]]."<ref>((cite magazine |title=Bruce Lee: Bootleg Videos of the "Dragon," and How to Find Them |magazine=[[Black Belt (magazine)|Black Belt]] |date=December 1995 |volume=33 |issue=12 |pages=78–9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA78 |publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.))</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Bruce Lee]]
* [[Jeet Kune Do]]
((portal|Martial arts))

==References==
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==External links==
* ((Official website|http://smaausa.com/tournaments/long-beach-internationals/))

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