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  • BaggerBob
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2015
    • 112

    Benny the Jet

    I was watching a few of his vids about speed bags, etc. and started reading about him. Pretty impressive history and an amazing individual.

    About Sensei Benny Urquidez

    Benny The JetBorn into a family of athletes - his mother a professional wrestler and his father a professional boxer - Benny "the Jet" Urquidez became a sports icon almost immediately.

    At the age of five, Sensei Benny was already competing in boxing events at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. But two years later Sensei

    Benny found his life"s work when he began studying martial arts under his brother Arnold: his first and to this date most influential instructor.

    More instructors followed, however, and Sense Benny could soon be found studying under martial arts legends such as Ed Parker, Tak Kubota, Billy Ryuisaki, and Clarence Akuda. His thirst for knowledge was insatiable, and so at age 14 - a full four years earlier than was generally permitted - Sensei

    Benny had already earned the first of what would be nine black belts. At the same time, Sensei Benny was already hard at work formulating a new style of martial arts - termed Free Form martial arts - that would be the genesis for the full contact karate now practiced in events the world over.

    Now, however, as one of the youngest black belts in modern martial arts history, he was also facing men twice his age and size. Undaunted, Sensei Benny quickly became a crowd favorite due to his colorful fighting style, capturing the hearts and imagination of audiences throughout the United States and Europe.

    He was soon sponsored by Elvis Presley and asked to fight as a member of the Los Angeles All Stars, the Chuck Norris United States Karate Team. It was literally the pinnacle of success, with nowhere left to go. Undaunted, however, instead of settling for what would be the end of the road for most, Sensei Benny turned away from professional boxing and instead accepted an offer to compete in Hawaii in the first ever World Series of Martial Arts World Championship. This meant that Sensei Benny - weighing in at only 145 pounds - would now be fighting in a no-holds-barred contest against challengers from all weight classes.

    After fighting seven different opponents over two grueling days, Sensei Benny achieved the impossible: he defeated Challenger Dana Goodson, the 225 pound challenger for the World Championship title.

    There was only one world champion, across all weight classes and in all styles of the martial arts: Benny "the Jet" Urquidez.

    Again, most men would have stopped here, content to rest. But not Sensei Benny. By 1977 he had traveled the world and systematically defeated every world champion from Japan, won the P.K.A. and W.K.A. World Kickboxing Championships, and had become a national hero in the process.

    At last, after winning five World Championships in four separate weight divisions, Sense Benny retired in 1989, undefeated with an unduplicated ring record of 62 winds (57 of which were knockouts), and ZERO LOSSES.

    Once again, though, Sensei Benny could not quit: he came out of retirement in 1993 (at the "old" age of 42) to seal his legendary status. He challenged and defeated the 25-year-old reigning world champion from Japan, victorious now in six world championships in five different weight divisions - a feat never seen before or since.

    Since then, Sense Benny retired from professional competition, remaining undefeated for 27 years - the longest reigning World Champion in the history not just of modern martial arts, but in any sport on the earth.

    However, "retired" does not mean for Sensei Benny what it does for most. Since retirement he has re-developed his original system of Free Form martial arts, combining nine different styles to create Ukidokan karate. Ukidokan means "a way of life" and is also commonly referred to as Internal Training; and it is a unique system designed to help its students control their emotions and responses under pressure. Under his competition-tested and battle -proven technique, Sensei Benny"s students are taught to discard inferior techniques and apply only those that function under any kind of situation or pressure. Not only is this martial art incredibly effective, it also bears the distinction of being the only New Age System of martial arts recognized by the governing bodies of Japan as an official martial art.

    And again, instead of resting on his laurels, Sensei Benny is pushing forward with the newest and greatest phase of his life as a martial artist: that of a full-time teacher. Teaching seminars and classes the world over, Sensei Benny has combined with numerous other internationally recognized masters of the martial arts to provide visitors of bennythejet.com with thousands of hours of training, tips, and the invitation to "Forget what you know and remember what you have learned," an invitation to discard the useless, and become an effective user of what remains.
    Born to Brawl, Benny Urquidez Lived Through a Death Match to Become One of the Greatest Unknown Fighters in America.

    Read the rest here http://bennythejet.com/

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