Joe Corley - Later Career

Later Career

With Chris McLoughlin, Corley founded the annual Battle of Atlanta karate event in 1970, and in 1979 he became a partner in the Professional Karate Association (PKA), which was a martial arts organization instrumental in establishing professional kickboxing as a sport in the United States. Corley also became a commentator for American Karate on national television, along with Chuck Norris and Pat Morita, appearing on NBC, CBS, ESPN, Showtime, USA Network, SportsChannel America, Prime Network and Fox Sports South. In February 1990, Corley was featured in a Black Belt Magazine article. Joe Corley was named Man of the Decade by Official Karate magazine and was inducted into the Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame as Man of the Year in 1998. He appeared in the documentary films Modern Warriors (2002) and Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts (1998). He also appeared in the Joe Lewis film Force Five in 1985. In 2011 Corley was seeking financing for the new era of PKA Kickboxing and organizing broadcasts for these events. He serves as Master Instructor at Atlanta Extreme Warrior, founded in 2010.