Bruce Lee appeared at the 1967 Long Beach International Karate Championships and performed various demonstrations, including the famous unstoppable punch against USKA world Karate champion Vic Moore. Lee told Moore that he was going to throw a straight punch to the face, and all he had to do was to try to block it. Lee took several steps back and asked if Moore was ready, when Moore nodded in affirmation, Lee glided towards him until he was within striking range. He then threw a straight punch directly at Moore's face, and stopped before impact. In eight attempts, Moore failed to block any of the punches.
Victor Moore is a 10th Degree Black belt, a four time World Champion, was a personal student of Robert A. Trias and others, one of the first ten Trias International Society members, and fought all of the champions of the 1960's, most several times, and won his fair share of the matches.World championships: 1. 1966 Defeating the all Hawaiian champion in Richmond Virginia. 2. 1968 Defeating Joe Lewis[16] at the World's Fair Karate Championships. 3. 1969 Defeating Mike Stone[13] in Pasadena California for the light heavyweight championship at the world teams championship. 4. 1970 Defeated the legendary Bill Superfoot Wallace in for the USKA first professional world championship.Moore placed in every tournament he competed in from 1965 to 1975 when he retired from competition.Bruce Lee and Victor Moore demonstrated together at the 1967 Long Beach International Tournament (Ed Parker). Robert A. Trias selected Moore for the demo. Bruce Lee told Moore that he was going to throw a straight punch to the face, and all he had to do was to try and block it. Lee took several steps back and asked if Moore was ready, when Moore nodded in affirmation, Lee glided towards him until he was within striking range. He then threw a straight punch directly at Moore's face, and stopped before impact. In eight attempts, Moore failed to block any of the punches.
