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He trained in Okinawan karate under the direction of Parker Shelton, Nate Patton, and Gordon Doversola. During the early 1970s, Kelly became one of the most decorated world karate champions in the sport.
Jul 2, 2013 · In 1971, he won the middleweight division title at the Long Beach International Karate Championships. Two years later, after receiving one small film role playing a martial arts...
Actor: Enter the Dragon. With his funky Afro hairstyle, super cool attitude and superb karate skills, Jim Kelly was instantly identifiable, and one of the top martial arts film stars of the early 1970s.
Jul 2, 2013 · Jim Kelly was a screen sensation in the seventies, starring in Enter the Dragon, Black Belt Jones and other karate films. He was a role model for young Black and Latino males who admired his style, skills and solidarity with Bruce Lee.
May 15, 2020 · Jim Kelly was a world karate champion and a Hollywood actor who starred in Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee. He also appeared in other blaxploitation films and later became a tennis professional.
Jim Kelly. Actor: Enter the Dragon. With his funky Afro hairstyle, super cool attitude and superb karate skills, Jim Kelly was instantly identifiable, and one of the top martial arts film stars of the early 1970s.
Jul 1, 2013 · Actor and martial arts grandmaster Jim Kelly, best known for playing Williams in the classic Bruce Lee film "Enter the Dragon," died Saturday. Kelly's ex-wife Marilyn Dishman, confirmed his...
