Dr. Rocky Farley

Martial Arts Career Highlights

Inception into Shoto Kan Karate on September 16, 1964.  Instructors were Master Jim Cook and the legendary Master Bob McPherson.

1965 - Outstanding competitor and teenage body builder

1967 - Won Maryland State Karate Championship

1969 - Received Black Belt under Master Jim Cook

1970 - Won Maryland State Karate Championship

1972 - International Karate Champion

1974 - Started United Air Force Full Contact Fighting Team

1980 - Black Belt under Grandmaster Han Young Kim - Blue Dragons T.K.D.

1981 - Hand speed calibrated at over 105 MPH

1994 - Won Maryland Bench Press Contest

                   Inducted into the Worlds Martial Arts Hall of Fame

                   Received the Lifetime Achievement Award

1997 - American Pioneer Award

1999 - Living Legend Award

2001 - Won World Championship in Forms and Weapons - AAA Tournaments

2002 - Received Doctorate Degree in Exercise Physiology

2003 - Kick-Boxing Lifetime Achievement Award in Europe

                   Training-Partner to the legendary World Heavy-Weight Kick-Boxing    Champion Grand Master Joe Lewis

2004 - Sports Martial Arts Living Legends

                  Award Supreme Grand Master from the Orient-High Tech Scientific Martial Arts Street Fighting

                 Martial Artist of the Decade Award

Martial Arts World Wide Ranks

Inducted into 30 Hall of Fames World Wide

CEO to the Professional Fitness League

First Non-Asian to hold 10th Degree rank in American Combat Kempo

                from Grandmaster John Kanzler

9th Degree Black Belt in T.K.D. - Grandmaster Chang Park

Dr. Farley

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