User:Master chucky currie

Master Chucky Currie began his journey in the martial arts at the age of 6 years old. As a kid Chucky's nick name was Kung Fu! Chucky began training while living in Chicagos chinatown while living with his grand father Charles Beaugard. Mr. Beaugard then known as Charlie introduced Chucky to some of his chinese friends who were Tai Chi Masters. Chucky had a natural talent and progressed rapidly. Young Chucky enjoyed watching batman and The green hornet T.V. Shows, thats where he first saw "Kato" Bruce Lee for the first time. It was then that Chucky began his serious journey of the martial arts. By the time Chucky was 10 years old he was training at a local YMCA when at the time he was being a class clown the instructor took him outside the class room and gave him his first black belt. The Sensi said that Chucky could become a champion if he took his training more seriously. As Chucky grew older, he continued to practice his martial arts with local chinatown teens. They gave him the nick name "Kung Fu". Chucky later joined the Double Dragon Society and continued his quest for martial arts knowledge. At the age of 12 he became a seriuos fan of Kung Fu movies! His favorite stars were Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly and Angela Mao Ying. After watching the movie, the Chinese Connection, Chucky wanted to revenge Bruce Lee's characters life! A few weeks later he learned that the real Bruce Lee had died. While at camp Brukner farr in Michigan Illionois Chucky and his brother Kevin along with members of the boys camp troups did a demo to the song Kung Fu Fighting, the team won first place, each member recieved a silver dollar. That was Chuckys first professional performance! After that a few months later he moved to Berkeley California. He then joined Byong Yu's Tae Kwon Do Center, The Young Adult Project, Yuens Tae Kwon Do and a local Gung Fu School. Chucky cleaned the studio in Berkeley in exchange for lessons. At the time he trained with instructors Master Greg McKinney, Master Luther Secrease, Master Kenny Yuen, Master Julius Baker and Master Tom Wong. Chucky entered his first tournament at the Oakland Community Learning center. Chucky won first place in the Jr. Boys 14-16 division, then 1st place in one step sparring and 1st place in the Kata division. After that Chucky began a long career on the national tournament circuit. At age 16 Chucky recieved his Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, Chucky won his first World Tae Kwon Do championship at UC Berkeley at the age of 16. Master Julius Baker took Chucky to many tournaments after that. Soon Chucky was fighting and performing at tournaments just about every month for the next few years. In 1978 Chucky performed his own kata at the U.S.Top en Nationals in Stocton California using the music of Micheal Jackson's "Shake your Body down to the ground" Chucky won first place1 That's when Chucky made History as being the first martial arts black belt to perform a creative form with music! Soon after that Master Ernie Reyes Sr. approached Chucky and asked him to be a member of the then forming West Coast Demo team. Chucky gave Master Ernie Reyes songs that would help to begin the revolution of creative forms competition. Many people began copying Chucky's new Chuckido creative forms with music. Chucky then won 1st place inat the Long Beach Internationals. After that Chuck Norris named Chucky as the new bruce Lee after watching Chucky win Mens Black Belt Light weight championship at the Long Beach Internationals. The rest is History! For more info check out www.chuckycurrie.com!