Elvis for the first time exposed to Karate in 1958 after being drafted into the army and Germany. His first instructor was a German named Shotokan stylist Juergen Seydel Elvis who taught at his off-base housing in Nauheim until 1958. One nice thing about the military is that you have 30 days of paid leave (leave) every year . During his stay in Paris he took private lessons with Tetsugio Murakami, one of Japans top designers shotokan, shotokan that would help pioneer in Europe. On one occasion he spent nine days in a row to study for several hours each day with Murakami. With a lot of free time on his hands Elvis spent hours training with Rex Mansfield, another soldier stationed in Germany with Elvis. It was during this time that Elvis would also start conditioning his hands for breaking edge by beating his knuckles against hard surfaces. His next instructor was Shotokan Master Tetugio Japanese Shotokan Murakami became the master of Europe. In 1960, Elvis, with a Japanese-style training under his belt, Elvis met the father of American Kenpo, Ed Parker at the Hotel Wilshire in Beverly Hills after a demonstration of Karate. Mr. Parker introducded Elvis Hank Slomanski, an instructor at Fort Campbell to check his black belt. And Hank was promoted to Elvis black belt July 21, 19,690 and personally Elvis gave his staff when he was promoted to black belt. It is said to have sent the word back to Ed Parker, Your boyfriend is no longer beautiful, but has a black belt.
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