Mitchell Bobrow was a champion martial arts

Martial arts

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 fighter trained by Master Ki Whang Kim in the early 1960s and quickly developed as Great Grand Master Kim's first Grand Champion

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 student. Mitchell Bobrow was known for his ruthless unedited continuous attacks using a unique combinations of kicks, punches and sweeps including his Trademark Jump Back Kick that scored on his opponents with either leg. Bobrow was nicknamed by Blackbelt magazine the "Boy Wonder" in 1967. Bobrow fought with competitors Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris

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, Joe Lewis

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, Ron Marchini, Toyotara Miyazaki, Thomas La Puppet, David Moon, Louis Delgado, and Bill Wallace

Bill Wallace (martial arts)

William "Bill" Louis Wallace is an American martial artist who was a Professional Karate Association world full- contact karate champion. He was the Professional Karate Association Middleweight Champion kickboxer for almost six years.- Background :Wallace was born in Portland, Indiana, and...

 just to name a few during the golden era of martial arts in the US. Bobrow was a personal friend of Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

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 as Lee was often seen on the sidelines when Bobrow competed. Blackbelt magazine yearbook rated Bobrow as a top ten fighter in the world throughout the 60s and Karate Illustrated magazine gave Bobrow the honor of #1 in 1969 above Chuck Norris, Joe Lewis and Bill "Superfoot" Wallace. Bobrow was inducted into the Inaugural Taekwondo Hall of Fame

Taekwondo Hall of Fame

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 as Best Fighter of the 60s and honored as the Official Chairman of the event. Bobrow in 2009 was selected as a Technical Advisor

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 for the Taekwondo Hall of Fame. He represented the United States in Tokyo, Japan in the First World Karate Championships World Karate Federation#WKF Karate World Championships held at the Budokan. Grand Champion at the 1969 All American Open Championship at Madison Square Garden

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, American Invitational Tournament of Champions

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, Marine Corp Champion, International Heavyweight Champion. Universal Open Champion. Bobrow was the founder of the first chartered karate club in the United States at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School

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 in 1966. Bobrow is currently the founder–owner of Otomix Martial Arts Gear. Otomix was the official sponsor of the first UFC mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

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 fighting championships. Mitchell Bobrow has appeared in films and television.

Filmography

Actor
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1993 1993 in film The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:...	Coneheads Coneheads (film) Coneheads is a 1993 film based on the Saturday Night Live sketches about the Coneheads. The film was directed by Steve Barron and produced by Lorne Michaels...	Garthok Combatant
1992 1992 in film The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards...	Blackbelt	Rene	Co-Star
1990 1990 in film The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....	Max Monroe	Thief
1989	Wild Jack	Chet