1968 Professional Karate Championships vintage

[@rauleduardotovarvazquez8316]

The fighter "David" Moon Is well alive and is considered the Father of Taekwondo in Mexico, he is Better known as Dae Won Moon, especially in México and all over the World Taekwondo Universal community. He is my father's direct taekwondo teacher, since 1973, Master Fernando Tovar, my father learnt Karate do Shito Ryu and Shotokan from Sensei Bernard William Hoffner Long, Manuel Mondragón Y Kalb, Juan Jorge Farias and Japanese Senseis like: Nobuyoshi Murata, Kenei Mabuni, Yukishi Tabata and Tato Tsurume, and my father defeated world full contact champion Otis Hopper in 1976 in Mexico City in the sports palace amongst more than 10,000 spectators and Mexico defeated the Washington superstars, also Isaías Dueñas maintained His undefeated Full Contact record, also a student of Moon's.

[@alejandrogoddard1604]

Great memories of TKD, the golden era in Mexico. Sensei Tovar was my coach in a combat with a puertorican national champion, my back was injured when fell down and hit a wall corner. There is one great champion missing here, great Sensei Ramiro Guzmán. My respect and greetings to profesor Tovar.

[@kevingundelach8753]

Lots of karate chops or knife and Strikes Back in the Day they kind of abandoned that move later on but that's what we all associated karate with back in the day.

[@Pomisher]

Why do I recognize these guys? lol! Good ol’ days. Had to have a lot of control.

[@rauleduardotovarvazquez8316]

I would like to request permission to translate or dubb this video as it will gather a lot of attention in Mexico where Taekwondo is the second most popular and practiced sport after football soccer, and taekwondo practitioners would love to watch their Taekwondo Grandfather in action

[@KempoWarrior1954]

Most of them are dead and gone by now.

[@AyeJordan7]

Still…we can learn sooo much from these guys…ruthless

[@felipeassis4273]

Karate fight bjj you no chamber

[@charlesporter1148]

ive watched real karate fighting experts lately who would destroy robots like Lewis and Norris who actually had little talent on a relative basis simply spending their time bobbing and weaving and little else

[@AyeJordan7]

Who gives a fuk,these guys were legends.