Ron Marchini

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Ronald Lee Marchini (aka Ron Marchini) is an American martial artist who is a champion at Renbukai. He also starred in several action and war movies that he sometimes directed.

He wrote books on karate and rembukai with Leo Fong: The ultimate martial art : Renbukai and Power training in Kung-Fu and karaté.

In May 1964, at Tak Kubota's All-Stars Tournament in Los Angeles, California, Chuck Norris earned his first martial arts tournament championship by defeating Ron Marchini by a half a point. Norris described his victory over Marchini as "a high point in my life." ^[1]

Norris offers a vivid account of that encounter with Marchini in his book Against All Odds: My Story:

"I made it to the finals and was feeling quite confident until I learned that the man contending for the championship was Ron Marchini. An American who fought in the Japanese style, Ron stood about five foot nine inches tall, had a closely cropped batch of blonde hair, and was known as a strong, tough competitor.

"...His timing and control were superb. I could feel his knuckle prints on my solar plexus." ^[2]

[edit] External links

• Ron Marchini at the Internet Movie Database
• Ron Marchini at Allmovie