Which martial arts did Chuck Norris learn?
Chuck Norris studied Tang Soo Doo (which later became Taekwondo) and Chun Kuk Do, both of which are Korean systems of Karate, in Korea in the 1950s. Here in the United States, he worked as a Karate instructor and won several Karate championships between 1968 and 1974.
In 1997, he became the first westerner to be awarded the rank of Eight-Degree Black Belt Grand Master in Taekwondo.
On July 1, 2000, Norris was presented the Golden Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Karate Union Hall of Fame.
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