Origins of the Martial Arts (1998). He also appeared in the Joe Lewis film Force Five in 1985. On June 15, 2013, Joe Corley was presented the Joe Lewis Eternal Warrior Award by the Joe Lewis Fighting System, an honor bestowed on the martial arts athletes who had distinguished themselves in the ring of point karate and/or kickboxing. On June 16, 2016, Master Corley was promoted to the rank of 10th Degree Black Belt, Grand Master, by the Professional Karate Commission (PKC). The certificate was presented by Grand Master Glenn Keeney, president of the PKC, along with Grand Master Allen Steen, and was also approved by Grand Masters Pat Johnson and J. Pat Burleson. In August 2017 Grand Master Corley was featured on the cover of Who's Who in the Martial Arts Legends Edition along with Grand Masters Bill "Superfoot" Wallace, Jeff Smith, and Bill Clark. It was prominently featured in Lifetime Achievement section. In April 2018, Combat Go, a new 24/7 Martial Arts channel announced a partnership with PKA Kickboxing to provide programming for its new channel. In 2022, Joe Corley restructured PKA into PKA Worldwide and began the 2022 Search for the Greatest Strikers on the Planet with fellow Grand Masters Jeff Smith and Bill Wallace. He served as Master Instructor at Atlanta Extreme Warrior, founded in 2010, which includes Joe Corley Karate in its curriculum. Master Corley stopped teaching full-time in 2019 and focused his full-time professional efforts on expanding the sport of kickboxing. References External links Joe Corley's website Battle of Atlanta Atlextremewarrior.com American male karateka American male kickboxers Kickboxers from Georgia (U.S. state) American tang soo do practitioners Martial arts school founders Living people Sportspeople from Atlanta Year of birth missing (living people)