American actor, martial artist and fitness guru (b. 1955)
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Billy Blanks
Blanks in 2017
Born
William Wayne Blanks
(1955-09-01) September 1, 1955 (age 68)
Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality
American
Occupation(s)
Actor, martial artist, fitness personality
Years active
1981–present
Spouses
Gayle H. Godfrey
(m. 1974; div. 2008)
Tomoko Sato
(m. 2009)
Children
5, including Billy Jr.
Style
Taekwondo
Gōjū-ryū karate
Hung Ga
Team
Atlantic World Karate (formerly)[1][2]
Teacher(s)
Park Jong Soo[2]
Wong Ting Fong[2]
Chuck Merriman
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing the United States
World Games
1981 Santa Clara
Kumite open[3]
William Wayne Blanks (born September 1, 1955) is an American actor, martial artist and fitness personality. He was a nationally ranked competitor in semi-contact and point karate during the 1980s,[4][5] winning a bronze medal at the 1981 World Games,[3] before creating the Tae Bo exercise program.[6][7][8][9]
^"Atlantic World Karate Team". Martial Arts Encyclopedia. April 15, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
^ abc"Billy Blanks". Martial Arts Encyclopedia. November 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
^ ab"Result history of The World Games | IWGA". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
^"Steve Nasty Anderson Remembers the Decade He Spent on Top of Sport Karate - Black Belt Magazine". blackbeltmag.com. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
^"NASKA National Ratings 1987". Martial Arts Encyclopedia. July 30, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
^"Blanks' life not letter perfect". CNN. September 26, 2002. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
^Green, Penelope (March 21, 1999). "MIRROR, MIRROR; Punching and Kicking All the Way to the Bank". The New York Times. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
^Doyle, Alicia (November 4, 1994). "A New Exercise Kick". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
^"On Top of the World". Inside Kung Fu. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
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