MASTER MAURICE ELMALEM
Tae Kwon Do
Maurice Pro Martial Arts
Maurice Contractor & Designers
MAURICE ELMALEM is a Seven Time World Champion, 6th Dan Black
belt with W.T.F. and 9th Dan Black belt with PWMAF. He holds Five
World records and is a Seven Time U.S. Cup Gold Medallist and
Four such as Dr. Richard Chum, World Champion Joe Hays, Tiger
Kima and Gidon Cadari. Maurice's fighting and breaking skills
and documented and have been witnessed by millions on television,
live shows at Madison Square Garden, Nassau Coliseum, Studio 54,
Apollo Theatre and the Gleason Arena. Maurice has become a consummate
martial artist. He credits discipline, hard work and dedication
to his being the best. Winning with honor has made Elmalem a hero
to both adults and children alike. Maurice is the "World
Champion Greatest Martial Arts Daredevil" and has been featured
in over 200 magazines and newspapers, has participated in over
600 Championships worldwide, and has accumulated over 550 trophies
and 47 gold medals in fighting and breaking.
Maurice has been inducted into many
Halls of Fame. He holds Five World
Records in breaking, splitting in half
four 1" boards with speed head
break, shattering 90 sheets of glass
with an elbow strike, and 50 sheets
of glass with a knife hand strike,
breaking five 1" board with flying
side kick over six chairs. Most boards
broken simultaneously while in mid
air with both feet "double flying
side kick," breaking five boards
with each leg while in mid air, won
Maurice his 6th World Championship
Title. His records are documented in
the Guinness Book of World Records
and have been broadcast live. Many
who see Master Maurice look up to him
and try to emulate him. They understand
the discipline, hard work and commitment
to excellence and to a dream required
to master such feats. Maurice has perfected
his art of breaking and transforming
his potential to fighting and has become
a master fighter. He is known as the "Greatest
Martial Arts Daredevil." Guinness
World Records Organization awarded
him the title of "A Renaissance
Man." He was nicknamed, "The
Houdini of Martial Arts" in September
2000. After his performance in "Oriental
World of Self-Defense" at Madison
Square Garden, movie star Chuck Norris
presented him with the world champion
belt, which was engraved "World
Extreme Daredevil Champion" and
said to him "You are a Great Champion."
The two most recent Guinness World Records held by Maurice Elmalem
were established 2001. He shattered 50 sheets of glass, amounting
to 8 1/2 inches of glass, with a karate chop at Fox Studios in
Hollywood, California. It was televised on Fox Channels worldwide.
In April 2002, Maurice established a new world record at Budo
Martial Arts Magazine Studio in Madrid, Spain, breaking a hundred
sheets of glass reaching to 13 inches high and in May 2003, Maurice
established World Record at Placio de Vistalegre in Madrid, Spain,
breaking a hundred and five sheets of glass measuring 15 5/8 inches
high with one single elbow strike downward. With his outstanding
grades in school and high IQ he achieved and experienced everything
in life. He went on to become a musician and artist with 148 paintings.
He is a sculptor, marathon runner, gymnast, acrobat, photographer,
craftsman and real estate developer. He studied at Columbia University
and New York University.
Maurice is listed several times in "Who's Who" in the
East for outstanding contributions to Architectural Design, and
he was voted among the Top 400 General Contractors in the U.S.A.
by Engineering Report Magazine. His Motto is, "Work hard
and go for the best, win and nothing less."
