tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25632615211166266612011-06-07T23:30:07.599-07:00Sam Price Goju Style Karatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087851995719380744noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563261521116626661.post-58420676767975332052009-03-22T14:46:00.000-07:002009-03-22T14:47:52.366-07:00<ul><li><span style="color:#333333;">First to introduce contact forms, contact with weapons, soft style and hard style self defense, prearranged sparring team katas, obstacle coarse, and musical katas at tournaments.</span></li><li><span style="color:#333333;">First one to implement a new point system to award fighters for their effort in executing more difficult techniques in their sparring.</span></li><li><span style="color:#333333;">Requires his judges to be able to perform their basic forms and truly understand judging before they step into the ring as a judge.</span></li><li><span style="color:#333333;">Mr. Price was second only to Roger Carpenter to have a standard belt test that was based upon mental and physical abilities in which one earned their belt rather than just giving it to them.</span></li><li><span style="color:#333333;">Instructed Judges to wear a standard color uniform instead of street clothes hence the blue uniform that you see today.</span></li><li><span style="color:#333333;">Invented the the "U-Tug" Machine which is used in all of his tournaments.</span></li></ul><p>In May 2008 Sam Price was inducted into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame for his contribution to the martial arts industry. He received a doctorate in the martial arts and received the "Living Legend" and "Lifetime Achievement Award".</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316128065972330626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_brxU4BYCN14/ScauT1jD4II/AAAAAAAAAD8/UjvYT5_Voyk/s200/Dr.+Sam+Price+being+inducted+at+USA+Martial+Arts+Hall+of+Fame+5-10-08+%231.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316128600667866674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_brxU4BYCN14/Scauy9caRjI/AAAAAAAAAEE/VT9ryNNK8Fk/s200/Dr.+Sam+Price+being+inducted+at+USA+Martial+Arts+Hall+of+Fame+5-10-08+%233.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316128606299093426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_brxU4BYCN14/ScauzSa_-bI/AAAAAAAAAEM/kRw5wmh_Ehs/s200/Dr.+Sam+Price+being+inducted+at+USA+Martial+Arts+Hall+of+Fame+5-10-08+%234.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316128614749893170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_brxU4BYCN14/Scauzx508jI/AAAAAAAAAEc/ndIXCdTx8vE/s200/Marc+with+Grandmaster+Sam+Price+and+Sam%27s+Phd+Degree.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316128627447551026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_brxU4BYCN14/Scau0hNL1DI/AAAAAAAAAEk/Om3gicZTuwo/s200/Marc,+Sam,Sarah+and+Jessica+Price+inducted+at+USA+Martial+Arts+Hall+of+Fame+5-10-08.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316128611175290594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_brxU4BYCN14/Scauzklk1uI/AAAAAAAAAEU/GEgMhKJECTA/s200/Jessica+%26+Sam+Price,+Marc,+Bernard+Samuels+%26+wife+at+USA+Martial+Arts+Hall+of+Fame+5-10-08.JPG" border="0" /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2563261521116626661-5842067676797533205?l=samscorner1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Price Goju Style Karatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087851995719380744noreply@blogger.com0