Elvis was first exposed to karate in 1958 after he was drafted into the Army and stationed in Germany. His first instructor was a German Shotokan stylist named Juergen Seydel who taught elvis at his off-base housing in Nauheim. One nice thing about the military was that you got thirty days paid vacation (Leave) each year.
During his vacation in Paris he would take private lessons with Tetsugio Murakami, one of japan's top Shotokan in Europe. On one occasion he spent nine straight days studying for several hours each day with Murakami. With lots of spare time on his hands elvis would spend hours training with Rex Mansfield, another soldier stationed with elvis in Germany. It was during this time that elvis would also start conditioning his hands for board breaking by banging his knuckles against hard surfaces.
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Elvis trained with other students in a regular training session. Classroom discipline was so strict that elvis was allowed the same freedom of training as the ordinary students without the usual press of adoring fans. Elvis was awarded 7th Degree black belt in 1973 by Master Rhee and on occasion had the opportunity, himself, to test and promote students of lower rank.
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