Joe Rogan Reacts to Elvis Doing Karate

Probably nobody knew what like a star was a new thing. Right. Right? Like I played this video yesterday Jamie sent me I put it on my Instagram of Elvis doing karate and it's a crazy video and you watch Elvis do this like nonsense karate. Yeah. And he's so obviously pilled out of his mind so obviously high that you're when you're watching it you're thinking we're not playing this on you right. And you don't even play the volume. But so when you're watching this and Elvis is going through all this you realize like this guy was one of the very first real superstars. Yeah. Like there was no road map. How this guy learned how to behave. Yeah. I mean look at him smiling high as a kite. Now check this out. Look at this karate. The guy's just laying on the ground. Stomps on his stomach. Goes knee to belly. That's legit. Look at this claws the eyes and the mouth at the same time. And then they're like okay you're done. He's like no no no hold on a second man. I got some more ideas. Hold on hold on. Puts his hand up. Nope. Watch this. Stay close. Look at that. I got some karate moves. I'm doing all over him. Bunch of karate moves. He does all this crazy karate shit and then it helps him up. Yeah I'll help you up. Go ahead. That's hilarious. I got a bread belt. Better than a black belt. Look at this. The guy throws a punch steps aside. I'm gonna step aside and throw a karate kick. Wow. He does disarming things in that video too that are pretty funny. It's a real long video. It's amazing because all my life I always heard yeah Elvis was a black belt under Ed Parker because Ed Parker when I was a kid was a legitimate karate instructor like everybody knew who Ed Parker was. In Los Angeles? Boy that's a good question. I do not know where he was originally but I know he had I believe he had places all over the country. Well your guy who worked where did he grow up? He grew up out here. Yeah he went to but I think Ed Parker had a chain. Like do you remember when we were living in Boston there was Fred Velaris? Do you remember Fred Velaris karate studios? They had Fred Velaris self-defense studios. They were everywhere. They were everywhere. They were all over the place and what they had basically done is figured out how to teach karate in like a digestible form that like families could go to and it just became this big business. But Ed Parker was thought of as like super legit. Like that was one of the guys. Like there's a few guys you know those American karate people there's American martial arts people there's Danny no Santo there was you know Bob Wall there was Ed Parker like he was a legit guy and I always thought that Elvis was legit. I never seen until that video I'd only seen like a couple of things like him on stage throwing kicks. That was crazy. The punches at the end is the craziest because they're nowhere near the guys head. I like how his hands are taped up too. Gonna tape your hands up man. You gotta make sure this guy's gonna throw a kick. I'm gonna show you. Go ahead throw a kick. There it is. There. Try it again. Like he's got a fucking shirt with a collar on underneath his karate gi. Look at that. Look at that. He fucking he karate chops him and then walks away. Walk away man. Walk away. Elvis Presley what does it say? Gladiators Project 1974. This guy coming at me like this I'm telling you now just grab your arm and that guy he's like a real karate guy. He's like this is bullshit. Look he's clawing at the hands. Oh he's a head. He's got a head. Ah yanking. Oh elbow him there. Man I'm getting him right here. Hit him in the back. He's like making shit up as he goes along. I'm all elbow him right in the face. Oh he's got a gun? Fuck that gun. I'm a karate you. Wow. But to that guy I mean the level of fame that he had achieved was unfathomable. I mean no one had any idea what that was. And then Michael Jackson after him. And it was all fantasy. I mean you know marrying how old was Priscilla 14 or? Yeah she was very young. And just. Oh yeah right in that ear man. I'm gonna chop your ear. I'm gonna get behind him because a lot of people lay behind you when they're attacking you. Get behind him. I'm just elbow in the back. Look out come on. You went to a palm strike to the head. Try to get me with a gun. Good luck. Good luck. I'm on pills. He was on pills for a long time. Oh yeah. He's on pills right now. Yeah he's loving life. Look at that. Look at this. Come on man. He's got a gun. But I don't give a fuck because I got my hand and he's gonna stay put. I'll get my hand right up in his head. Come on peanut butter and banana sandwich. There's no way he didn't accidentally punch those guys in the face constantly. Oh he probably did. They're probably mad at him. Yeah. Yeah.