Ralph Castro, Siji Al Farro, Great Grandmaster Ming Long...
There are a lot of people out there that know about me.
And they will tell you - that there are many things that
Bruce Lee picked up - he actually picked him up from ME!
The way he placed his hands. The springing off of the back feet.
Bruce filmed my progress as a fighter.
From a White Belt all the way to a Black Belt,
he started filming me.
And he picked up a lot of things,
a lot of movements which I performed,
He portrayed in his movies.
See, there were Boxers and other people that he studied.
He came up to me one day when I was fighting -
other people were there - ask Chuck Norris, he knows about it.
Bruce came up to me and he said -
"What is your name?" And I told him my name.
And he said - "You have extremely fast hands and feet!"
"You will go a long way in the Martial Arts!"
I thanked him for that. As he walked away I said -
"What is your name? (Because he knew my name)
He said - "Bruce! Bruce Lee."
Born in 1939, Steve Muhammad learned Tai Chi in his youth.
He attended Kansas State University,
where he learned Goju Ryu Karate.
Steve Muhammad competed in the Tournament Circuit
BEFORE civil rights were exercised for all Americans in the 1960s.
Despite this limitation, he would be a
dominating force in the world of Karate Tournaments.
He won many State and National Titles.
Earning one of his 10 Black Belts from Dan Inosanto.
After his tour as an Elite Paratrooper in Vietnam,
He worked with the L.A. County Sheriff for 20 years.
Steve defeated Chuck Norris in his early career
and holds wins over Ed Parker.
In addition to co-founding the Black Karate Federation,
Steve also developed the 'Five Speed Theory'
and the '12 Basic Modes of Kenpo'.
[STEVE MUHAMMAD] The idea in a fight is...
you want them to be able to see your movements while advancing...
So you want to do ALL the movements...
You want to be able to do ALL movements against them...
Be able to set. Then hit!
Move...
Get close...
Too far...
Standing...
Too far away...
Stay...
There you go!
Step back... There you go! Move...
Stay!
Too far away for that.
BAM! Look at that!
There you go... Stay there...
Whoa! Too far...
There you go! Move first!
That's why you want to Move first!
Then you catch him as your foot goes back!
[ED PARKER] It gives me a great pleasure to introduce
Mr. Carlos Bunda and Mr. Steve Sanders.
Mr. Sanders, How many years have you been competing?
For three years.
What are some titles that you have won?
I have won International Lightweight.
The San Francisco State Tournament - Lightweight.
I won in Yuma, Arizona as a Brown Belt.
And numerous times in the White Belt.
I am mostly a counter man.
I can move forward, but I like to counter a lot.
I like to watch the guy that is doing most of the attacking.
So I will know what to do.