The Greatest Promoter Ever in the World of Martial Arts

Aaron Banks 1928 – 2013

“The Creator of the Greatest Martial Arts 

Show of All Time”

Aaron Banks is a martial artist born in 1928 in Bronx, New York. He would die in the year 2013.

He has brought Chinese Kung Fu, Korean Moo Duk Kwan, Japanese and Okinawan Goju-Ryu karate, judo and boxing under the same roof in his New York Karate Academy.

Banks was also an actor who turned martial artist rather then the martial artist turned actor. He studied Goju Ryu Karate under Peter Urban and had top students like Jimmy Santiago and Mary Arvelo in his NYC dojo.

During his life, he has promoted 352 karate tournaments, conducted more than 1,000 demonstrations, and organized 250+ martial arts shows. His karate influence can be seen through his karate school which he operated for 30 years and the 200,000+ students he has taught.

Aaron Banks also brought Martial Arts to the public with his "Secret Oriental World of Self-Defense" shows that played in Madison Square Garden for over 20 years via ABC-Wide World of Sports, NBC Sports world, CBS sports, and HBO sports, where millions of viewers watched.