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Profile of Billy Blanks
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Billy Blanks |
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1st September 1955 |
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Erie, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Billy Blanks (born September 1, 1955) is a fitness guru, martial artist, actor, and the inventor of Taebo.
Blanks was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, the fourth of fifteen children. As a child he had dyslexia and a hip abnormality; he did not take up martial arts until the age of 14. However, he quickly excelled, winning several state, local and national championships. He is a seven-time world Karate champion, and holds a seventh-degree black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. In the 1980s, Blanks was the captain of the U.S. Olympic Karate team. Blanks is a member of the Karate Hall of Fame. He currently works as an athletic consultant for the television show Battledome.
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