Thank you so much Paulo! The Jet is one of my all time greats - but what impressed me the most and is now non existent - is the true spirit of Karate and sportsmanship in how the Karatekas respected each other and the camaraderie displayed. For me - this was the Golden Era and foundation of US sporting Karate - and of course major Kudos to Grand Master Ed Parker🤩🤩🤩
I agree.... These were the days of the true spirit of martial arts. Now look at what it has evolved to. MMA . Ground pounding, trash talking, Pro Cage MMA Fighters where a huge majority end up in prison.
Bruce Lee was a movie martial artist his movie's are scripted not real these champs would humiliate him especially Benny the jet. Who's actually faster then Bruce Lee @@PeterRico-OVERFLO
I love this. I was a young fighter back then, and it almost brought a tear to my eyes to watch these guys go at it with skill and humility. Great memories.
Man ! Thanks for the vintage film. Took me way back especially seeing Roy Kurban wearing the original type of Jhoon Rhee safety punch with the flat top.👍🏿👍🏿
Ed Parker, not too many remember Ed, most on the family tree aren't here anymore. Ed's been gone a long time now. Did you know Jim Mitchell? Johnathan David? How about Sterling Peacock? Yeah I know some old schoolers! Jim Ronin Harrison was also a good friend. Benny the Jet taught Marc the Roman Costello, I beat him severely about the head and shoulders! 🤣🤣 That was at the PNE Garden in Vancouver. Knocked out Sterling Peacock at the Boxing center. I'm on Ed's family tree. 👊🏿👊👊🏼👊🏻👊🏽👊🏾 Shalom Aleichem ✝️✡️🕎🇮🇱
@@harharoldangelBushidokanMMA My Grandmaster was part of the Tracy Kenpo school under Ray Kiligenberg and Joe Lewis, so I may not be as knowledgeable on the parker family tree, admittedly. I think my GM may have known a Jonathan David, I will ask him when I can. I never met RIP Jim Harrison but I have heard of the Texas tough reputation since the beginning. Indeed a lot of the old greats are gone sadly, but it's so great to still have this footage. Thanks... 🙏🙇♂️🥋
Wow! Super cool. Benny came to Hawaii when I was a kid. He fought a huge guy. Must've gave him forty, fifty pounds I imagine. Not sure what round it was, but Benny jumped up with a super high roundhouse kick to his head. Knocked the man out cold. Was like from a movie. Totally badass. This footage brought the memories back. Thanks. Aloha!
Good story, I studied under Benny in 1974 and saw him fight a fellow in a very similar situation. Benny hit the guy in the head with a jump, spinning heel kick. The guy didn't know what hit him.
@Rico-ow3ys Yup. That would be around that time, I believe. I would be ten years old then. Thanks for the info. There would no way I would have figured that out. That event stuck with me fifty years. Benny was definitely baddass. Aloha friend.
Man this brings back memories of me - I got my Black Belt in 1979 from Master Lloyd FRANCIS who won GOLD and Silver Medals in the 1978 INTERNATIONALS KARATE TOURNAMENT- I very proud of the fact that I was his 7th Black Belt produced in his ILLUSTRIOUS career !!!!
Wow, some awesome old school fighters I have not seen in decades from Master Benny Urquidez, Roy Kubin, John the giant killer Natividad, Master Byong Yu, Ron Marchini and many others. Great old combination tape. Nice to see GM Ed Parker as the Coach too. Do you have any of Bob Burbidge? I saw him fight GM Steve Saunders and it was awesome.
@@pkicng210 Thanks! I am sure you experienced some things there in Ohio I would be envious of. It was because of getting beat up by a gang of 10 boys that I started the Martial Arts. A year later I saw my 1st Bruce Lee movie and said the Martial Arts is for me. I looked for Bruce Lee at the time, but he was busy doing movies but did find one of Chuck Norris's top fighters Sensei Bob Burbidge and my journey began there which changed and enriched my life. I did study with Sifu/Guro Dan Inosanto years after Bruce died, along with wrestling, Ju Jitsu, and was studying with Sensei Benny Urguidez for 6 months when I got into a horrible motorcycle accident which put me out of the Martial Arts for 7 years, but that also ended up being a blessing and changed my life for the better eventually.
Only God and Benny knows if it's true, but I once read that Benny once appeared as the bad guy in an 80s Jackie Chan movie that was shot in Spain. Playing the antagonist, Benny wasn't obligated to be on the set that much, so he spent his free time knocking around whatever city they were in, visiting the local karate schools, challenging anyone and everyone to a fight, and and according to the book in which I read this (Hong Kong Babylon), he beat everyone. Supposedly, Jackie Chan and his stunt team collectively thought he was crazy. Coming from Jackie Chan and his stunt crew, who could never find an insurance company to cover their medical bills due to how dangerous their stunts were, it's quite the statement that THEY would think someone is crazy. Whatever the truth is, I really enjoyed the obvious empathy and sportsmanship shown by the fighters above, something it would behoove modern day M.M.A. fighters to emulate.
Yes, Sensei Benny was the bad guy in that movie,”Meals on Wheels,” with Jackie Chan. See the movie. Everybody knows this. You must be really young. It’s a great fight scene.
By the way, I cannot picture sensei Benny antagonizing anyone or picking fights. That’s not his nature. He is very humble. Also, he is not crazy at all. He’s one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet.
Benny was almost supernatural, but that first spinning hook kick to Kurban was not a point. Benny was a scrapper. Kurban was a superb technician. Two of the best EVER.
Yes this is LK Karate in the seventys decade.I started 1977 Tradionell Schotokan KC Sennestdt and later LK Karate its origin from USA.So Chuck Norris,Bill Walace,Bob Wall and usw.I think the Okinawa tradionell style with Kumite and Kata is allways the way of Karate-Do.The way gogo in the live.Mfg.Rudi 66 2m Brown-Belt Schotokan from Germany
Evidently you were never punched by Mr. Kurban. You also never saw the likes of Pat Burleson, Dennis Gotcher,Max Alsup,Demetrius Havanas,Allen Steen, and many others from Texas.
The Man that globalize full contact karate later to be known as, kickboxing. Can’t wait to see the autobiography film about him. I heard Keanu Reeves will be producing it, should be interesting.
Как приятно это видеть:благородство и человечность!Вот,что мы потеряли.И я понимаю последние слова Алена Делона,чт мир потерял романтику и человечность!За деньги люди готовы на любую подлость в сегодняшнем спорте.
ESTO ERA LA VERDAD DE LAS ARTES MARCIALES PERSOJAJES PARKER URQUIDES QUE QUIENES VIMOS LA RAIS DE TODO ESTO CONTACTO COMPLETO DE LOS 70 CUANDO ERA UN CHAMACO
Good question. At the time in the USA there were 4 weight categories but it was rare for people to actually weigh themselves in competitions so it was something very subjective and in the fights that appear at the beginning of the video against the wuko teams from England and Belgium there was no weight category, Wuko took a few more years to have weight categories
There is another contemporary of John Natividad; whatever happened to Darnell Garcia? He just dropped of completely after he was indicted of something like drugs?
@@RobKHere Sad. With all those belt ranks, notoriety and with Garcia, a DEA agent. All I could be is an IRS agent. I think Will died of a heart attack and I don't know if Garcia got out of prison. All these because of the money.
How xould a guy be so darned nice and gentlemanly after kicking youjin the face so hard you fall over 7 feet away! What a gent! So impress to take and give knocks and yet be totally in control amd not get annoyed but reather be so decent. 🖖
even American old timer's karate tournament had those globes and their fighting styles are not like the way All Japan Karate kumite or All Japan JKA kumite is done.
I’m guessing you must be about nine years old? This is old videotape footage from the 1970s. You need to learn your martial arts history. This was many decades before UFC or K1
@@leusmaximusx Maudi Tete de cochon!! I’m old enough to be your Pepere (Grand Pere). We know you are young by your comment. It shows you post nonsense under everything on YT. You’re talking out of your Fes! Go finish your book report!!
@@RobKHere as real as possible while still regulated,meaning as many techs and targets allowed as possible.Even more real but very risky are the unlicensed mma events on concrete in eastern europe that have UFC one rules with no padded floor.Guess what techs work?exactly the same that do in regular MMA.
This is freaking gold! What great old school footage.
Thank you so much Paulo! The Jet is one of my all time greats - but what impressed me the most and is now non existent - is the true spirit of Karate and sportsmanship in how the Karatekas respected each other and the camaraderie displayed. For me - this was the Golden Era and foundation of US sporting Karate - and of course major Kudos to Grand Master Ed Parker🤩🤩🤩
I agree.... These were the days of the true spirit of martial arts.
Now look at what it has evolved to. MMA . Ground pounding, trash talking, Pro Cage MMA Fighters where a huge majority end up in prison.
Bruce Lee was a movie martial artist his movie's are scripted not real these champs would humiliate him especially Benny the jet. Who's actually faster then Bruce Lee @@PeterRico-OVERFLO
I thought Ed Parker was a fraud
Great seeing the old great Ed Parker again
Great clips sir
Next level on Sportsmanship and fighting spirit .
I love this. I was a young fighter back then, and it almost brought a tear to my eyes to watch these guys go at it with skill and humility. Great memories.
Wow, this is gold; great upload.
Man ! Thanks for the vintage film. Took me way back especially seeing Roy Kurban wearing the original type of Jhoon Rhee safety punch with the flat top.👍🏿👍🏿
Oh yeah, great memories. These guys were tough. This ain't no game of tag, they were going at it. Much respect to the greats from the past.
Ed Parker showing Benny Urquidez some Kenpo techniques.
Benny was a technician unlike almost any other. I loved seeing Ed Parker instructing him on the lunge reverse punch too.
Ed Parker, not too many remember Ed, most on the family tree aren't here anymore. Ed's been gone a long time now. Did you know Jim Mitchell? Johnathan David? How about Sterling Peacock? Yeah I know some old schoolers! Jim Ronin Harrison was also a good friend. Benny the Jet taught Marc the Roman Costello, I beat him severely about the head and shoulders! 🤣🤣 That was at the PNE Garden in Vancouver. Knocked out Sterling Peacock at the Boxing center. I'm on Ed's family tree.
👊🏿👊👊🏼👊🏻👊🏽👊🏾 Shalom Aleichem ✝️✡️🕎🇮🇱
@@harharoldangelBushidokanMMA My Grandmaster was part of the Tracy Kenpo school under Ray Kiligenberg and Joe Lewis, so I may not be as knowledgeable on the parker family tree, admittedly. I think my GM may have known a Jonathan David, I will ask him when I can. I never met RIP Jim Harrison but I have heard of the Texas tough reputation since the beginning. Indeed a lot of the old greats are gone sadly, but it's so great to still have this footage. Thanks... 🙏🙇♂️🥋
And I believe that is Chuck Sullivan narrating.
素晴らしい貴重な動画をありがとうございます!ユキーデの大ファンです。強くてかっこいい😊
Just love Benny's tenacity. Always fight guys twice as big but I can watch him move all day long!
Wow! Super cool. Benny came to Hawaii when I was a kid. He fought a huge guy. Must've gave him forty, fifty pounds I imagine. Not sure what round it was, but Benny jumped up with a super high roundhouse kick to his head. Knocked the man out cold. Was like from a movie. Totally badass. This footage brought the memories back. Thanks. Aloha!
Good story, I studied under Benny in 1974 and saw him fight a fellow in a very similar situation. Benny hit the guy in the head with a jump, spinning heel kick. The guy didn't know what hit him.
@kagemcguire2628 The man is amazing... and super humble. Perfect role model. Aloha!
@@gregkiyuna6029 I read about that fight. That was the World Series of Martial Arts I believe in 1974.
@Rico-ow3ys Yup. That would be around that time, I believe. I would be ten years old then. Thanks for the info. There would no way I would have figured that out. That event stuck with me fifty years. Benny was definitely baddass. Aloha friend.
@gregkiyuna6029 You are welcome. And yes Benny was a badass. But also one of the coolest people I've ever met. Thanks
I absolutely remember ROY KURBAN from Dallas, Texas, when I use to live in Dallas, also.
Man this brings back memories of me - I got my Black Belt in 1979 from Master Lloyd FRANCIS who won GOLD and Silver Medals in the 1978 INTERNATIONALS KARATE TOURNAMENT- I very proud of the fact that I was his 7th Black Belt produced in his ILLUSTRIOUS career !!!!
I had only seen still photographs of Benny up to this point.
This old video is amazing!
In my teens benny was my absolute favorit,
Legendary! Where it all began!!!
Did anyone notice Darnell Gracia, later played in Enter The Dragon
@@kenoconnor5923 yes.
Great vid. Takes me back to my tournament days 😊
All the great full contact fighters started in point sparring.
Only because there was no full comtact.Point sparring isnt a good preparation for kockboxing.
Darnelll Garcia, Benny ,Ed Parker. Blast from the past.
Got to meet The Jet in Long Beach a few years ago. Super cool guy. Awesome to see this video!
That ref kept denying Urquidez points.
Wow, some awesome old school fighters I have not seen in decades from Master Benny Urquidez, Roy Kubin, John the giant killer Natividad, Master Byong Yu, Ron Marchini and many others. Great old combination tape. Nice to see GM Ed Parker as the Coach too. Do you have any of Bob Burbidge? I saw him fight GM Steve Saunders and it was awesome.
I envy you. I was back in Ohio when all of these GM were at their youth and at their peak. Some people have all the luck.
@@pkicng210 Thanks! I am sure you experienced some things there in Ohio I would be envious of. It was because of getting beat up by a gang of 10 boys that I started the Martial Arts. A year later I saw my 1st Bruce Lee movie and said the Martial Arts is for me. I looked for Bruce Lee at the time, but he was busy doing movies but did find one of Chuck Norris's top fighters Sensei Bob Burbidge and my journey began there which changed and enriched my life. I did study with Sifu/Guro Dan Inosanto years after Bruce died, along with wrestling, Ju Jitsu, and was studying with Sensei Benny Urguidez for 6 months when I got into a horrible motorcycle accident which put me out of the Martial Arts for 7 years, but that also ended up being a blessing and changed my life for the better eventually.
He is a friend of my wifes family and one of my idols. Probably one of the nicest guys i know and harder then nails.
Like your Buddha statue?
Looks like Long Beach Arena. Great memories there.
Real and true Martial Artists back in the days...they have mutual respects and good sportsmanship with each others...!!!
Only God and Benny knows if it's true, but I once read that Benny once appeared as the bad guy in an 80s Jackie Chan movie that was shot in Spain. Playing the antagonist, Benny wasn't obligated to be on the set that much, so he spent his free time knocking around whatever city they were in, visiting the local karate schools, challenging anyone and everyone to a fight, and and according to the book in which I read this (Hong Kong Babylon), he beat everyone. Supposedly, Jackie Chan and his stunt team collectively thought he was crazy. Coming from Jackie Chan and his stunt crew, who could never find an insurance company to cover their medical bills due to how dangerous their stunts were, it's quite the statement that THEY would think someone is crazy. Whatever the truth is, I really enjoyed the obvious empathy and sportsmanship shown by the fighters above, something it would behoove modern day M.M.A. fighters to emulate.
The flight between Benny and Jackie is one of the best fight scenes in movies till this day!
Yes, Sensei Benny was the bad guy in that movie,”Meals on Wheels,” with Jackie Chan. See the movie.
Everybody knows this. You must be really young. It’s a great fight scene.
By the way, I cannot picture sensei Benny antagonizing anyone or picking fights. That’s not his nature. He is very humble.
Also, he is not crazy at all. He’s one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet.
@@JohnnyDeMarco-jp8vbWheels on Meals.
Thank you for mentioning Benny.. ..if i had to idol a tactical fighter, it'd be him..
Good video!! 🍏
Great trad style full-contact point sparring!
Oh my! Great big thanks for this!
Ed Parker giving tips !
He was legit. He actually fought. Not a UA-cam martial artist.
Excellent!
Back when sports had good sports.😅
Brvavo za video,zanimljivo i mnogo dobro i pravi sportisti prijatelji👌👏👏
I did a lot of point fighting but I always hated it. I wish they made it more like boxing where you have three minute rounds.
Benny was almost supernatural, but that first spinning hook kick to Kurban was not a point. Benny was a scrapper. Kurban was a superb technician. Two of the best EVER.
None of those point guys would stand a chance against Urquidez in a full-contact match. I would love to see Benny fight John Natividad.
@greencraig8570 he did fight John Natividad in point matches Benny won.
Most of those full contact guys started in point matches.
I heard "Sweep him with your right leg". Sweep the leg.
Yes this is LK Karate in the seventys decade.I started 1977 Tradionell Schotokan KC Sennestdt and later LK Karate its origin from USA.So Chuck Norris,Bill Walace,Bob Wall and usw.I think the Okinawa tradionell style with Kumite and Kata is allways the way of Karate-Do.The way gogo in the live.Mfg.Rudi 66 2m Brown-Belt Schotokan from Germany
Roy could kick but he could not punch well. A big weakness of many TKD players from Texas.
Evidently you were never punched by Mr. Kurban. You also never saw the likes of Pat Burleson, Dennis Gotcher,Max Alsup,Demetrius Havanas,Allen Steen, and many others from Texas.
Lmao you never tasted texas knuckles,the state is full of knockout artist
We used to call light contact in Texas as no broken bones or internal bleeding.
The Man that globalize full contact karate later to be known as, kickboxing. Can’t wait to see the autobiography film about him. I heard Keanu Reeves will be producing it, should be interesting.
When you're seven feet tall but you're the underdog. 😂 Great show and sportsmanship, though.
Как приятно это видеть:благородство и человечность!Вот,что мы потеряли.И я понимаю последние слова Алена Делона,чт мир потерял романтику и человечность!За деньги люди готовы на любую подлость в сегодняшнем спорте.
Excellent fights either from distance andat close range.All the best to you all.Paul,69
Bonjour salam que de bon souvenirs , les grandes équipes , influence américaine , 💐👍
Very talented guys, but rough around the edges too. This is what points fighting used to be until it became like soccer.
Man I miss the point stop days!
So amazing!!!!!!
Benny ❤😂❤😂❤
👏👏👏😍😍 que respeito ❤
Benny is the best..at 13:50 ? Is that Hee Il Cho?
This was when point fighting was still fighting and not a game of tag
Benny ARXIDIS😂😂FOR THE GREEKS UNDER US😂😂
Benny was an acrobat disguised as a karate fighter.
Pretty sure I was at that London event . Mid 1970s I think ?
Legend.
Thank you !
Man, they sure were missing a lot of kicks by Benny's opponent, landing flush on his torso.
This is full contact karate right??
Notice the sportsmanship, which today in general has been replaced by a rotten attitude.
Most of those guys were good friends and very friendly to others.
Point fighting just prepared these guys for full contact . It made them successful. In the future.
1970年代1980年代1990年代の頃のアメリカンカラテのチャンピオンシップスを色々とDVD化して欲しいです😊その頃のアメリカンカラテの大会をDVDでゆっくり観たいですね！！
Who’s the fighter at 6:15
You have to make contact to score to the face!
Legend❤
Benny was very aggressive never took a backward step took kicks and punches and still ploughed forward
ESTO ERA LA VERDAD DE LAS ARTES MARCIALES PERSOJAJES PARKER URQUIDES QUE QUIENES VIMOS LA RAIS DE TODO ESTO CONTACTO COMPLETO DE LOS 70 CUANDO ERA UN CHAMACO
Benny's opponent looked like Richard Norton. He's Australian.
No, Richard Norton never ever fought in tournaments.
Wth, they all were bigger than him, some of them giants in comparison. They were no weight classes there?
Good question. At the time in the USA there were 4 weight categories but it was rare for people to actually weigh themselves in competitions so it was something very subjective and in the fights that appear at the beginning of the video against the wuko teams from England and Belgium there was no weight category, Wuko took a few more years to have weight categories
Huge Benny fan,but what is the scoring all about,seems the ref is in his own world of showing off?
Benny concerteza era um cara muito rápido
1970s
Genial
There is another contemporary of John Natividad; whatever happened to Darnell Garcia? He just dropped of completely after he was indicted of something like drugs?
He worked for the DEA I thought. But got prison time for selling drugs. Same thing happened to J.T. Will.
@@RobKHere Sad. With all those belt ranks, notoriety and with Garcia, a DEA agent. All I could be is an IRS agent. I think Will died of a heart attack and I don't know if Garcia got out of prison. All these because of the money.
True art of sportsmanship !
アナウンスの音声をよく聞くとユキーデじゃなくてウルキデスだな
スペイン語系の名字
How xould a guy be so darned nice and gentlemanly after kicking youjin the face so hard you fall over 7 feet away! What a gent! So impress to take and give knocks and yet be totally in control amd not get annoyed but reather be so decent. 🖖
No hay co. O el sambo ruso
10:20 ❤
he was born for full contact and kick boxing, not for karate shit!
It all has a place and served a purpose. Today, not so much.
高校生の頃、ユキーデが、日本のキックボクサーに、連戦連勝で、田園コロシアムで、ムエタイに負けた試合を見に行きました、アメリカンカラテのフルコンタクトはカッコ良かったです、グローブマッチの前にフルコンタクトの下地があるから強い訳ですね
even American old timer's karate tournament had those globes and their fighting styles are not like the way All Japan Karate kumite or All Japan JKA kumite is done.
Ed Parker Kenpo..lol
This was good Mickey Mouse karate a good streetfighter can defeat him easily. It’s just a big show.
We will never know. It all has a place. Not everyone is the same, or can do it all.
Can you define a street fighter? A bum can can throw left and right hooks? How old are you? 12?
reminder : this is sports not fighting like K-1 or UFC
Reminder; Benny fought full contact kickboxing but tag karate is where they all started.
I’m guessing you must be about nine years old? This is old videotape footage from the 1970s. You need to learn your martial arts history.
This was many decades before UFC or K1
@@JohnnyDeMarco-jp8vb so ? its isnt a problem being a sport, I’m guessing you must be about nine years old to comment on this
@@leusmaximusx Maudi Tete de cochon!! I’m old enough to be your Pepere (Grand Pere).
We know you are young by your comment. It shows you post nonsense under everything on YT.
You’re talking out of your Fes!
Go finish your book report!!
@@paulthorade6977 And of course, Joe Lewis, and Bill Wallace got started like that.
That's a true Sport not Animal Sport like MMA or Boxing.
Its pure rubbish, mma and boxing are real ny comparison
@@scarred10 They are not "real" either. There is a ring, and rules.
@@RobKHere as real as possible while still regulated,meaning as many techs and targets allowed as possible.Even more real but very risky are the unlicensed mma events on concrete in eastern europe that have UFC one rules with no padded floor.Guess what techs work?exactly the same that do in regular MMA.
𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖 𝑡𝑜𝑘𝑜ℎ 𝐾𝐸𝑁 𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟