| Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris was born on 10th March | | | | and by doing so he won the Professional Middleweight |
| 1940 in Ryan, Oklahoma and is an American martial | | | | Karate champion title, which he held for six years |
| artist, actor, and media personality. Initially he served in | | | | running. He won Karate's Triple Crown in 1969 for the |
| the United States Air Force, before he rose to fame | | | | most tournament wins of the year, as well as the |
| as a martial artist. He has since founded his own | | | | Fighter of the Year award by Black Belt Magazine. |
| school, Chun Kuk Do. | | | | 1977 was Chuck Norris' first starring role in Breaker! |
| Norris has starred in a number of action films, such as | | | | Breaker!, and subsequent films such as Good Guys |
| The Cannon Group in the 1980s, whereby he was the | | | | Wear Black in 1978, The Octagon in 1980, An Eye for |
| leading star, and Way of the Dragon whereby he | | | | an Eye in 1981, and Lone Wolf McQuade proved his |
| appeared alongside Bruce Lee. His next starring role | | | | increasing box office bankability. Norris starred in |
| was in the television series Walker, Texas Ranger | | | | Missing in Action in 1984, which was the first of a |
| from 1993 to 2001. | | | | series of Prisoner of War rescue fantasies that were |
| During his time in the United States Air Force Norris | | | | themed around the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. |
| was sent to South Korea and it was there that he | | | | Norris publicly stated that he was never offered the |
| acquired the name Chuck and began his training in | | | | part of Sensei of the Kobra Kai dojo in The Karate |
| Tang Soo Do. He created the education associations | | | | Kid. |
| United Fighting Arts Federation and "KickStart", a | | | | It has occasionally been stated that Chuck Norris |
| middle school and high school that had a based | | | | made history in 1997 when he was the first Westerner |
| program which intended to give at-risk children a focus | | | | in the history of Tae Kwon Do to be given the rank of |
| point in their lives through martial arts. When Chuck | | | | 8th Degree Black Belt Grand Master. However, there |
| returned to the United States he continued to act as | | | | were at least two other U.S. Black Belts awarded |
| an Air Policeman in California. However, Norris was | | | | TKD 8th Dan several years prior. Chuck Norris was |
| discharged in August 1962 and he opened a chain of | | | | presented with the Golden Lifetime Achievement |
| karate schools. | | | | Award on 1st July 2000 by the World Karate Union |
| Chuck Norris was defeated in his first two | | | | Hall of Fame. |
| tournaments. However, by 1967 he had improved | | | | Norris founded the World Combat League (WCL) in |
| enough and scored victories. Norris then went on to | | | | 2005, which is a full-contact, team-based martial arts |
| suffer his tenth and last loss of his career in early 1968, | | | | competition. Each team is from a different region and it |
| losing an upset decision to Louis Delgado. On 24th | | | | intends to grow to more cities in the United States and |
| November 1968, Norris avenged his defeat to Delgado | | | | have both European and Asian leagues. |