Elvis doing karate

[@memesouls8653]

Elvis put his soul into anything he liked which made his love for karate even more funny because of how passionate each one of his moves are 😂

[@firstnamelastname3047]

AAHAHA YES 🙌🏾 God bless him

[@ProdH4YDN]

And the fact that he was most likely high out of his mind

[@tomasbouzek2678]

was most likely the coke, brev :D

[@EagleFang74]

Elvis would’ve been perfect for the social media age. Just ridiculously perfect.

[@desireeluciano]

Something about Elvis knowing karate and performing with it onstage is so unexpected and so right

[@ducklee3557]

This deserves so much more than 5 likes

[@ebbhead20]

Eh knowing karate is not what were getting here.. Being bothered by 2000 bees is more correct.. 😊

[@bruceanglais7584]

😂he was yellow belt standard if anything

[@TruthdestroysCONspiracy]

@@bruceanglais7584So you don’t know anything about Karate then 🙄

[@TheScientist43]

How I wish KZbin had a "Pissing yourself laughing" button.

[@wandasewell4501]

I have EP sunglasses. So cool -- never get old. Still wear them in 2023!

[@MyThoughtsOnThat]

I referred to “Karate Elvis” to my friend and he had no idea what I was talking about. He now has the wisdom hahaha

[@danfors1333]

We need Elvis for 5th season of Cobra Kai!

[@jessepetas]

Let’s have Jack White reprise his role 😂

[@killerdude35]

@@jessepetas lmao! "Its called carrot-tay" man, LOOKOUT now!"

[@LB__1]

They should also get Kramer on the fifth season. He reached into his katra and then he started dominating the dojo.

[@ScriptOfTheBridge]

What dojo would Elvis be part of? Cobra Kai Miyagi-Do or Eagle Fang

[@jackmclean4120]

I have some really disappointing news for you

[@juliorosenberg9968]

ELVIS would KILL anyone in a FIGHT with his COOLNESS ALONE!!!

[@censored310]

This comment is pure gold, man

[@davidbass3395]

Please stop talking.

[@illuminati5160]

I didn't see anything cool in that video

[@ProdH4YDN]

Yeah pedos and creeps are real cool man

[@gregshuffield1976]

Nobody was around at that time to call Bullshit. But Thats What it Was

[@damionbates6993]

I agree and I don’t know why Elvis is wearing a shirt under that gi unless it’s for him to sweat so he can lose weight but these moves that Elvis is performing it’s weird even though respect the kempo but Elvis doing it. It’s kind of weird.

[@danmartin7396]

Yeah until you are kicked in the face by Elvis hahaha . Too bad he's not around to show ya.

[@marsbase3729]

​@@danmartin7396well,Elvis is cool, but his karate moves weren't that great. He definitely could have used more training. Also, this was during his decline, and he wasn't in the best of health. Had he started when he was in his prime, he could have been great.

[@christopher_smith_1099]

The coolest human to ever live!

[@arpitchhetri3515]

Joe Rogan and wonderboy brought be here

[@caleb484]

Same here.

[@michaelgrillo5326]

Yup

[@TheLizzypoo]

Same but I can’t find the one they were watching

[@mikelchinacat6326]

Joe and Gilbert today had to see it

[@sever427]

Me too

[@Weifuknigt]

Hahahaha , he’s high as hell!

[@marilynpresley2am]

He was inducted into Martial Arts Hall of Fame and was a black belt

[@robcormier210]

@@marilynpresley2am If your famous you can get anything lol

[@marilynpresley2am]

@@robcormier210 probably so, but this video was Elvis not giving his full effort. And Elvis could sure as heck defend himself if he needed to

[@theironfox2756]

Motobu Choki loved the sake and the ladies.

[@rooseveltdavis9559]

Yeah,high on karate. Hahaha

[@wyldvigilante]

This is comedic genius I haven’t stopped laughing since the video began

[@leonolanofficial4581]

If you do karate you'll understand

[@wyldvigilante]

@@leonolanofficial4581 As an American Kenpo instructor this is both laughable and pathetic.

[@jaycue7641]

@@wyldvigilante Apparently Elvis was a 6th degree BB

[@wyldvigilante]

@@jaycue7641 He was given an HONORARY 8th degree by Ed Parker in exchange for financing the American Karate Competition Team put together by Ed Parker.

[@jaycue7641]

@@wyldvigilante I remember he did have a sensei named Rhee. Maybe that was just for his first blackbelt.

[@theodore.katsuaki]

Thanks to him Mc Dojos begun to rise

[@KonElKent]

Because of Elvis?! Really? Not the proliferation of cheesy martial arts flicks and complete lack of tools available to the average person to verify the supposed credentials of countless "senseis"? But Elvis?! Whose film, shown here, was never even completed or shown to the public during his lifetime? Sure, if you say so...

[@Mad_Thirsty]

@@KonElKent it’s not that serious man he was just making a joke Jesus

[@Monkforilla]

@@Mad_Thirsty not dude that was not a joke. Tf you talking about

[@admissionspreregistration9877]

@@KonElKent relax mate you're about to cry because of a simple statement? How pathetic 😂

[@Stahlvanten]

With the physical grace of Steven Seagal...

[@colestrosbergmagic5650]

HahahahahahahahahhA best comment ever!!!

[@jotapedonoso4696]

Stephen Wonderboy Thomson's dad actually got into karate cause of this, and now we have a karate guy ranked 5th in the UFC's welterweight lol

[@Lemingtona-x5g]

Elvis would demolish Joe Rogan

[@gabrielesolletico6542]

ABSOLUTELY!

[@bdogjr7779]

Bravo Elvis《☆》The fact that older Elvis😎🤳was still mixing it up on the mat¿.is pretty cool😁🎱☮🔊🖖👍

[@johnjames2715]

So that's where Mac learned to fight!

[@adamtisdelle3202]

Elvis invented the optical patdown.

[@mattsegal1498]

Elvis is the king

[@Nchinc]

"LOOK OUT, MAN"

[@terynshackett4176]

They should make Elvis a character in mortal kombat

[@landonstenhouse5031]

Elvis was the coolest and still is.

[@nope2873]

He was a known pedophile

[@Michael.1990]

@@nope2873 sure 💀

[@fast03vette4me]

I wouldn't minded Elvis himself beating me up. I mean com'mon ELVIS gave me this black eye and broken tooth! Wow!

[@elvispresleyrecords7285]

That is a bit hard to believe

[@creepyzeek1]

How about if Elvis gave you the ol' rub and tug ?

[@Beebalabeeba]

Look out man!!! You know what they call that? they call that Kaarraaatttey man and only two kinds people know it the Chinese and the king and I’m one of them.

[@jdemarco]

Karate is Japanese...lol

[@David030973]

Sorry, i love Elvis. He is my favorite Singer of all Time, but he was NOT a legit Blackbelt.

[@ceb111481]

Too bad he didn't live into the 80s, he would have loved the Karate Kid franchise.

[@matthewbrayfield6683]

People should stop talking shit Elvis Presley did very awesome karate and did a lot of great martial arts stuff in his films when he was younger and was a black belt he knew how to kick ass

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

Wow and Thanks, you actually thought for yourself and not alligned with the Sheeple and or Herd commenters.

[@CrookedShoeTales]

@@HighSpeedNoDrag sheep in regards to…Elvis? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@colinsimpkins3414]

ELVIS: "I want to be a karate master." YES MEN: "You got it, E!" 😂🤣😅🤣

[@TruthdestroysCONspiracy]

20 years of practice and studying 👍

[@freetob1]

The following quote by Chuck Norris "Like myself, it appears Elvis was introduced to the world of self defense while in the military. He would study many styles under many different ethnic instructors throughout his life. In 1959 he started as a student under German Juerge Seydel (a Shokotan sensei), then was mentored under Japanese Teugio Murakami (a Shokotan master), Korean Kang Rhee (Sa-Ryu TaeKwon Do Grandmaster), Americans Hank Slemansky (a Chito Ryu stylist) and Ed Parker (the founder of American Kenpo - who would remain his lifelong teacher) and Filipino Dan Inosanto (later Bruce Lee's student), under whom Elvis would eventually earn his black belt. No one can doubt Elvis' musical and theatrical genius, creativity and magnetism as a performer. And as far as his martial arts abilities, he truly was pretty impressive, flexible and tough.` Chuck Norris

[@herberar]

That's true, and in all of the different styles he really sucks.

[@Abbiuk1]

​@@herberar You are judging all this by watching a few clips filmed in the 70's when he was not in the best of health physically or mentally. He legitimately earned his first black belt. Al Tracy, one of Ed Parker's pupils, writes that Hank Slemansky really forced Elvis to earn his black belt because of a rash of phony celebrity black belts during the late 1950s. This apparently culminated when Ricky Nelson-who was, by all accounts, terrible at karate-was given one by instructor Bruce Tegner. Because of this, Slemansky put Elvis through a rigorous six-week training program to justify his belt. After Presley passed, Slemansky told Parker, "The kid ain't pretty, but he's tough and he's a Black Belt." (Which is an odd thing to say because Elvis was, in fact, very pretty.)

[@ericbryant-dz8mj]

He wasn't pretty in the later years, I read Elvis never even sparred they didn't want the risk of him getting hurt, Elvis bought his belts I believe

[@ebbhead20]

​@@Abbiuk1listen.. If you have done martial arts for say a year or so.. You'd know your kata inside and out.. And even when old you can do it. I can do my stuff that i learned on and off in Taekwondo in the 70's through the 80s. I did several styles but nothing like i did taekwondo. I practiced for 3 katas or teageuk as its known in taekwondo. First to get my yellow strip on my white belt. Then to get rhe yellow belt, and then i did the one for the orange belt but moved town before i could take it. That was done from summer of 1989 to late 1990. So I got yellow belt in that time. I kater did a few other systems but not so serious like I did Taekwondo. But you never forget it. You can still do a teageuk bit you are way slower and it doesn't snap when you move.. When young you become fast and your body knows where to put the power which happens in the last turn of the wrist. The chi as it's always called in popular media.. All this stuff hurts to do when you're up there as i am.. And your body dont like to jumo around in the combat stances and all that stuff. But you can still do a lot of it.. And what Elvis was doing is just pure nonsense. His kicks arw not even kicks. They're all very beautiful and clean. Amd the ballance is crazy. One leg should be hitting at a 7-8 feet guy and the other frim in the ground with no movement at all. What Elvis is doing is drunk uncle martial arts and i would say that all the 12 year old black belts would break all his bones before he did 2 moves... It 100% nonsense. Don't consider it a real thing please. 😊

[@TruthdestroysCONspiracy]

@@ericbryant-dz8mjElvis got hurt plenty. Check out the back cover of the G.I Blues album Elvis has a swollen hand from Karate in the guitar picture

[@effherdecebey2372]

This is legit the coolest thing ever.

[@moisesmadsen4668]

👑💓 70's

[@19JohnConnor84]

Awesome!!

[@Yomommahouse6801]

Came here from Joe Rogan? Lol. Me too.

[@andye5724]

"Them was all death blows..."

[@DespinaBletsos]

Yes Elvis 😁

[@MrCeo1978buddy]

I like how he ends his move with a back message😂

[@chrisn9902]

I love Elvis. Poor guy the drugs got a hold of him and he couldn’t get out.

[@305Lfx]

I love elvis.. seriously.. a tremendous talent for music... one of the worlds best.... however I draw the line at his martial arts abilities... it was all for image enhancements... this was the 70s or late 60s ... Elvis had his 68 comeback special... a terrific show ..he saw the merit in business surrounding the martial arts hype in the craze for martial arts.. thanks to the Legendary Bruce lee.. he bought his Grades ... probably spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on private lessons with known instructors of the day who would glad hand him ... As a life long martial artist myself I understand the reason behind it but think it should be earned and not bought ....

[@ItchyGoomie]

Just think if Elvis was around in his prime and was able to fight in the UFC. With his knowledge of Karate he would last at least 2 seconds before he got knocked out.

[@louierabadon6229]

Hooohaaa Johnny bravo

[@kasandrapurplekitten]

Red looks like he got into some of Elvis's good and plenty pill box before they put on the Gi's.. Pilled out of their minds

[@marksomething]

Brian Wilson still managed to diffuse him with one little karate chop

[@RetrofIex]

American Kenpo for the win

[@Socomb]

There’s 2 things you need to know I’m the king 2 is loooook out maaan!

[@mandroid74]

5 year old me after watching Kungfu Theater

[@MannyXI-V]

It would be awesome if they put Elvis in a fighting game

[@marcelorodriguez3812]

elvis extraordinario🧗🧗🧗🧗🧗🧗🧗

[@nathanbellamy3308]

How come we love elvis but hate Steven segal lol. They're the same dude.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

I don't despise Steven Segal and have observed a vast number of KZbin videos portraying hatred towards him non-stop by the Sheeple. Yeah, Segal is a little Egotistic no doubt and banned from SNL for life. Thanks to you, whenever I watch Segal or Elvis, your comment will always come to mind, legitimately.

[@sliat1981]

This is Elvis was brilliant (that’s where it’s from)

[@Kross-examination]

Hey fellas, after this let's get high and go to the Whitehouse and have the president make me a DEA agent.

[@ponchopalito3953]

Elvis is such a jk!😆😂🤣💯👍

[@jesse399]

The best Elvis is Chubby Elvis!

[@imperiusrex7693]

I dare somebody to talk sh&t to Elvis!!!!!!!! LOL

[@jeraldmcclainofficial6005]

Wow.

[@heerkojohanneskooistra6708]

He could have used this in the ghetto....

[@AlexFromPhoenix]

My god Elvis was so coked up lmaooooo

[@AlexFromPhoenix]

@@marilynpresley2am good to know

[@KonElKent]

Cocaine wasn't his drug of choice. Not to let Elvis off the hook, but he held the (unfortunately pretty common at the time) view that if a doctor was prescribing it, it had to be all beneficial. Nominally, everything he was on was "legal" (but he never touched the devil's weed, marijuana /s). It was a time when housewives were prescribed speed "for energy and weight loss". George Nichopoulos (I can't bring myself to call him "doctor") gave prescriptions to the King like they were candy. And last I heard, he was peddling an "it's not my fault" story of how chronic constipation is what **actually** killed Elvis shortly before his own death, leaving aside it's one of the more well-known side effects of opioid use. TL;DR Elvis Presley took a LOT of drugs, and he was irresponsible in how he went about it, but cocaine wasn't one of them.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

How do you know The King was under the influence of any substance?

[@kotvas1]

I wish Elvis met Bruce Lee in practice with him that would be a cool movie❤❤

[@MossesAfr]

0:28 looks like a scene from black dynamite 😹😹

[@FabledHeroes3351]

Honestly if they had lived long enough I think him and Bruce Lee would have made a movie together

[@3DJapan]

Unfortunately the song ruins it.

[@GrandpaHerman1]

Is that even karate?

[@valvis9159]

Alot of people on here are just coming on to ridicule and be insulting. At least Elvis was a better person than that. He was just talking about karate and doing a simple demo for fans. I have read that there was a plan to do a documentary about karate, but that did not happen. For me, he used karate onstage as a form of dance and self expression of something he enjoyed. He wanted to share this and make it a part of his show for entertainment and to share with fans. This was not about being able to beat someone within an inch of their life. People are still so jealous of him so they have to keep trying to tear him down.

[@TruthdestroysCONspiracy]

Absolutely they aren’t worthy of tying Elvis’s shoelaces, looked great, sang even better then threw in Karate on stage!

[@dalegribble60]

This makes me a 49th dan blackest belt ever....

[@godanp]

Looks like kenpo. In the dojo footage he was clearly high.🤯

[@marilynpresley2am]

He’s inducted into Martial Arts Hall of Fame and was a black belt

[@SonOfGoongar]

@@marilynpresley2am i’ve seen you on like 90 comments pls stfu

[@SonOfGoongar]

@@marilynpresley2am doesn’t seem like you stopped

[@SonOfGoongar]

@@marilynpresley2am bro just stop

[@bradybrapples]

@@marilynpresley2am ...and he's clearly high as a kite those two things are not mutually exclusive

[@abelsandoval3932]

Yeah' He was very kool, but as far as Martial Arts..They gave Him his rank of 7th dan...I love The Man and His music but, C'mon Man...White belts kick better and faster than He did.

[@russellsherwood1491]

0.48s seriously what the fuck is he doing?

[@bjeffbuck1369]

Just like watching Trump study science❤

[@manueldelmoralortega5520]

Elvis karate

[@manueldelmoralortega5520]

Win

[@commanderstargazer686]

When your social circle is yes men.

[@1nvisible1]

*Yes sir, _Commander!_ *

[@Johnnewb]

That was TrumpElvisDo.

[@SileideDosSantosSantos]

Kkkkkk eu golpeando 😂😂😂😂😂 quem. me humilhava 😅😅😅 ...dizendo que não sabia nem falar 🤗🌛😸😸 quem dira ser cantora ,😂😂😂😂😂😂 🤣😂 ...eu cantoooooo aonde 🧚🧚🧚 eu quiser ..🤸🙄🙄🙄🤣🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚

[@LizTMusic]

Hilarious!

[@serberious]

Anyone who has practiced Karate can see that he just hasn`t got the moves.

[@ezkirk1239]

I Agree....but so many people on this Page are impressed with what they see which is downright Hilarious..

[@t.stephen5086]

His Black Belt was honary wasn't it? He was probably 4th or even 5th KYU

[@sebozz2046]

Ok so he was into bullshido

[@Valmontst]

If you want to hear what an actual fighter thinks about Elvis’ karate skills, check out the Joe Rogan video! 😂😂

[@wallykyle50]

This looks like bullshit to me. And yes I am a martial artist.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

Well, post a video please Since you critiqued the King. You have 2 weeks.

[@valvis9159]

@@HighSpeedNoDrag Good comment. People are so rude.

[@echohotel7975]

Karate on Quaaludes and Dilaudid

[@MagusSenpai]

Maybe Elvis knows how to fight, but watching this video, it gives me the impression that he doesn't. It really only looks like he's trying to score "style points" and trying to make himself and what he's doing, look cinematic and cool. Why would he need his initials and an orange/red trim on his Gi? Isn't the gi good enough as it was made and intended for Karate? Also, why is he looking away sometimes when finishing his strikes? The fight isn't over just cause you might have landed a strong blow. Maybe this is just the way he acted when cameras are on, and acted less cinematic when he's usually practicing... I've seen many people that have black belts, that demand respect and try to exercise their "Karate authority". Many get arrogant, because of their black belt, as if they hold all the answers. A black belt simply symbolizes that the wearer knows, understands and can execute the techniques and katas that are the basis for that branch of Karate. There are also certain strength and fitness requirements, but even so. Getting past that doesn't mean you're done. There are more techniques, combinations, applications and katas to learn that aren't written in the syllabus. What I'm saying is, stay humble. None of us are sitting on the correct answers to everything. We will all remain students forever.

[@thelastemplar165]

🤣

[@mattj376]

this is what the internet is for

[@alrmzcld5378]

En esos tiempos no se veía bien a Elvis. Se veía que estaba bajo los efectos de alguna sustancia.

[@captainbeaver_man903]

Love his music but his karate is abhorent in this vid

[@captainbeaver_man903]

@@marilynpresley2am a lot of people are. Its not that big of an achievement. Im sure his karate was good when he was sober, but in this video he is clearly high off his ass and his karate is sloppy as hell.

[@captainbeaver_man903]

@@marilynpresley2am Im very familiar with martial arts culture from that period. I became a part of it myself in the early 80s so Im also aware of all of the crazy embellishments and ridiculous claims and politics in martial arts of the time (especially in Kempo and TSD which is what elvis trained). Like I said, Im sure he was good but in this video specifically his karate is garbage.

[@marilynpresley2am]

@@captainbeaver_man903 In this video specifically, he wasn’t very healthy and was kind of overweight. Also, he wasn’t showing his full moves, he was trying to demonstrate something. And on stage, he wasn’t trying to do his Karate moves powerfully and perfect, he was having fun and dancing around on stage, not trying to show the crowd his skills. He was skilled in Karate tho. His instructor said he really made Elvis work to get his black belt. Elvis had a 7th degree black belt and was inducted into the Kenpo Karate Hall of Fame and the Martial Arts Hall of Fame. He was said to have gotten an honorary 8th degree black belt tho. I personally did not think his Karate was that bad in this video tho. People are being over dramatic. It wasn’t the best, but it wasn’t THAT terrible. If you watch other videos of him in the 1960s, you can see he did have skills.

[@fredzamora6560]

It was pretty funny

[@davepatek6296]

Elvis was cool. He really didn't know how high he actually was. But this video is like prison contraband. Its the t*ts.

[@rickmcvicker9787]

He seagal'd before it was even a thing. Or did Seagal go full Elvis? It's hard to know

[@rickydiaz7244]

Joe Rogan sent me here

[@AnneliesRosseel]

Both Michael Jackson and Elvis were “black belt” in karate

[@madworker1927]

So what? Karete is garbage

[@dennyguit]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[@tempo1889]

If Elvis were still alive I would love to see him fight somebody who is not a member of the Memphis Mafia. I think that fight would last only about 3 seconds before they are breaking out the smelling salts to wake Elvis up.

[@alexescobedo5687]

Damn he was pretty fast lol

[@FightLab_Sanda]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Allison_Chaynes]

I love Elvis, but he would get killed in a real fight.

[@giantasiansticker8068]

Old McDojos had a farm ei ei o

[@TitanTantrum]

There is only 2 people who know Karate, the Chinese and THE KING! LOOKOUT MAN!!!

[@ziggymorris8760]

Doing karate on Demerol

[@artist8548]

ahaha elvis is smashed outa his head on pills kickn some old ass wearing that blue outfit is crack up man

[@fletchkeilman2205]

It looks like he is having a fit

[@burningknuckle26]

crazy thing is he was actually really good at karate. It was totally legit!

[@darkcadence938]

He was a renaissance man

[@Hadoken.]

You think this is good? This is second rate McDojo karate.

[@burningknuckle26]

@@Hadoken. this is better than that cmon

[@Hadoken.]

@@burningknuckle26 No man I'm sorry. Elvis couldn't fight anyone to save his fried banana and peanut butter sandwich much less his life with all that clownery. It's unfortunately the symptom of being a superstar, no one will say no to you.

[@burningknuckle26]

@@Hadoken. doubt it. He was trained by some legit people. He would do alright i feel😂

[@jedsteelwell2354]

Elvis will slap ya around

[@lootinator4871]

It's Kempo and Elvis was 7th degree blackbelt!!!