A Man Of Principle
“I’ve been all over the country and seen a lot of Black Belts, and let me tell you, Elvis was a damn good Black Belt!
He was a Karate expert and he was tough, I know – I trained him.
And was fast as lightning under attack.
The thing I liked about him was he accepted the fact that you were an expert in what you did and was an attentive listener and learner.
I have an International Kenpo Karate Association (IKKA) constitution – a manual, which contains the by-laws and the basic philosophy of my organization.
Elvis knew that thing backward and forward.
He believed in the principles of honor, humility and brotherhood that the ancient Karate masters held sacred and Elvis practiced them.
There are a lot of karateka who could learn a great deal by the examples that Elvis set, both as a man and as a martial artist.”
Ed Kealoha Parker, Sr.
Elvis’ Lifeblood
28th August 1974 Midnight Show: “If I can come on stage at all, I like to, because I know people come from everywhere and they drive and they fly and I don’t want to let ‘em down. This is my lifeblood. I love it up here.”
29th August 1974 Dinner Show: “I don’t like to miss if I can possibly be out here because I know people come from everywhere and I would rather be here because that’s what it’s all about, it’s my lifeblood, and I love it.”
30th August 1974 Midnight Show: “That stuff is junk about me. If I did one-tenth of the stuff that they said I did and I acted the way they said I act. My Karate instructors (Ed Parker and Master Kang Rhee) would not allow me to wear that belt. I would not be who I am. I could not perform on the stage. I could not face my father, my six-year-old daughter, nothing!”
31st August 1974 Dinner Show: “There’s so much that’s written about me ... that’s pure junk! If I were half the way, no, even one-tenth of the way they thought I was – 10%. My Karate masters would not allow me to wear that belt. I could not face my father and my little daughter or my friends. No way! I couldn’t come out here and face you.”
Elvis Aaron Presley
Keith Alverson ©
Along with Desert Storm and College Park, the silly idea forward-ed by biographers that Elvis was depressed and battling "demons" during the first half of 1975 falls within the scope of this soft cover.
An Innocent Man
The above quotation blocks are key to comprehending the outright absurdity that’s inherent in the Desert Storm Myth and College Park Hoax.
I ask you to give serious thought as to how preposterous it is to march along with the crowd who allege Elvis was able to perform twice a night, 90-100 minutes per show (which included demanding martial arts routines that required precise timing, balance and expert skill), with lingering flu symptoms – all while stoned on drugs!
The disconnect is incredible.
British fan Dennis Berry told me in our interview: “I witnessed the performance of a lifetime and realized never in my life would I see a live show to top the one Elvis just gave. No man on this planet could perform the way he did in a drugged state. I can vouch for that 100%! That beautiful voice. How Elvis sounded during Desert Storm. The Karate moves he did were awesome. Nobody else could do it. For somebody who wasn’t there to claim Elvis was high on drugs proves that he is a bloody idiot. The fact of the matter is Elvis was physically and mentally in command at all times, only his emotions got the better of him, and that was just to put the record straight.”
Another fan on board “Supertrip USA ’74” was Ms. Annie Bentley (known to many in Great Britain as Polk Salad Annie) and in our interview for “Desert Storm: The Shattering Of A Myth! College Park: The Revelation Of A Hoax!” she stated: “Elvis was a very beautiful person that loved his fans. He made everybody in the audience feel important [and] had the most gorgeous face any man could ever be born with. I looked at him as a person – both inside and out. He had the most beautiful presence. He was not drugged up. He was not strung out. What they’re saying is lies! Absolute pure lies! Elvis did not look – and I’m not a medical professional – but he certainly didn’t look drugged to me.”
Do you really believe Elvis was so ignorant and careless with his life as to waste the last 5-6 years God gave him “out of it” poppin’ pills?
Of course he wasn’t but unfortunately a lot of fans have been convinced of The Bamboozle.
Seated in the audience on the night of 2nd September 1974 among celebrities and friends were Senior Grand Master Ed Parker, Vernon, Priscilla and little Lisa Marie.
It strikes me as irrational and an ignominious insult to Elvis’ memory were I to believe he’d knowingly bring dishonor to his Kenpo instructor or the Presley family name.
No way in hell did either happen.
Darrin Lee – author and webmaster
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