Early Years
Joe Corley began studying Tang Soo Do at age sixteen and earned his black belt at nineteen, opened his first martial arts studio at age nineteen. He won the National Karate Grand Championship in 1969, 1971, 1972; the Southeast Grand Championship in 1967, and the Southern US Open in 1971 and 1972. Corley opened Atlanta's first karate studio in 1967 and created Joe Corley's American Karate System in 1972.
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