Elvis Karate in Roustabout

Elvis kicking some serious ass in 1964's Roustabout

[@musicmatty67]

Love this movie as it had a big impact on me as a young kid growing up in the early seventies!

[@gusdogbrownlab435]

Great stuff...classic Elvis at his best, karate and the Honda CB 77 Super Hawk. My claim to fame...I once met the guy who taught Elvis those moves

[@NickyMetropolis1313]

Hank Slomanski?
Or Mr Parker? Hebler?

[@KatanaJapMan]

LMAO CLASSIC: "that's karate" - "that goes with the SICKLE" ha ha

[@michaelhall596]

always remembered loved this scene great kicking Elvis I thought it was remembered as "that come's with the sickle" so I'll stickle with that!

[@cgreazy932]

Because karate is Japanese, like the motorcycle.

[@FishOnTwoWheels1]

Love when Elvis says.... It goes with the sickle, lol

[@pulmon66]

The guy with the dark and light brown sweater broke Elvis' eyebrow at exactly 0.29 into the clip, Since this scene was not amongst the first shot, and there was no time for a re-shoot, as Elvis was really hurt by the guy's inadvertant blow, this forced the producers to come up with a scene where it would allow for the Elvis character to continue the shoot but this time using a band-aid. So, they thought up of some kind of motorcycle crash scene, which was not in the screenplay.

[@cristian78ortegacatalan78]

Tuvo conocimiento de kempo karate rapido elvis tenia excelentes maestros

[@ElvisPresIey]

Lmfao imagine walking down the street and seeing Elvis kicking a group of guy’s asses

[@razoreyes45k]

I could imagine, especially in California where vain haughty types look down on Southerners.

[@tikitavi7120]

The first guy Elvis hits is Norm Grabowski, he was in a lot of Disney movies in the 60's.

[@HumanoidKoala]

lies

[@feralgrandad4429]

Just the best..... 😁

[@Mike_The_1950s_Historian]

Besides "Roustabout", I think Elvis also used karate in "Blue Hawaii", "Tickle Me", "Girl Happy", and "It Happened At The World's Fair."

[@briank1977]

He used karate whenever he could, even in his on stage antics later on. He loved karate.

[@Mike_The_1950s_Historian]

@@briank1977 yes, and I forgot to mention "Follow That Dream" and "Double Trouble."
He also gave Bill "Superfoot" Wallace a karate studio as a gift.

[@MrSmadMrSmartalec]

@guitarttimman yep, kenpo, he also studied Tae Kwon Do I believe, he was working on a karate movie before he died, shame that wasn't finished

[@briank1977]

And he trained Shotokan first, while stationed in Germany. That was his first exposure to karate.

[@razoreyes45k]

I love Elvis teaching these smart alecs a lesson. I wish this scene was a little longer too.
Larry Wilcox had a number of similar scenes on ChiPs, such as disabling a Bike Gang member who tried to stab him with a switch blade and teaching hoodlums a lesson for sitting on his Mini Cooper after playing a basketball game.

[@KatanaJapMan]

Do you remember the fight scene in "rubber necking" where a guy attacks Elvis with a knife? ha ha

[@welloiledmachinesaz]

Guy he hits first is Norm Grabowski!!

[@realflorida211]

This is hilarious 😆🤣

[@seanfitzpatrick616]

elvis should have played billy jack

[@razoreyes45k]

Nah, Billy Jack was too quiet.

[@MrSmadMrSmartalec]

@sabinoson nice one! I'll have a look and put some more up if the're good. Or maybe take this down and make a compilation. Ooh mercy!

[@sammcbride2149]

With 400 million guns in this country the best thing to do is mind your own business and don't bother anybody.🤣

[@MrSmadMrSmartalec]

@KatanaJapMan yeah! it also contained the line "What do we look like? Fa**ots?"

[@user-xd9ln6wc9h]

These bunch of carnies rigged a fight and stole my wallet!

[@Penandroll]

karate my ass

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

Actually Elvis does know Karate in real life.

[@Penandroll]

no he didnt...what ever the hell that was,, it was not karate.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

What part of in real life don't you understand. This is a movie of course they're gonna muck it up. If Elivis was really gonna use Karate in it, those three would have gotten more than just knocked down .

[@Penandroll]

No they wouldnt have...and by real life...i meant the videos in which he is apparently "teaching" "karate"...you know...those videos in which hes wearing the red and White outfit....with his funky glasses and high as hell.
He was the King and everything...had many talents...but karate wasnt one of then. A drug addict with an obvious eating disorder is far from having what it takes to be a black belt in any martial art. It takes years and dedication to reach that level. He may have known some moves but thats it...thats not just an opinión, its more tan evident

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

First off he wasn't teaching he was demonstrating. And even then he's a showman first and a martial artist second. He probably showed what he thought would entertain the people watching. Lest you forget he incorporated Karate into his dance routine during his early concert routines. As an entertainer, he'd know if he made it look more appealing, it would get more people interested in the Arts themselves. You could say he was advertising Karate.
Second of all, he's not the only drug addict that's adept in martial arts. Robert Downey Jr. ring any bells, even during his blow days he practiced Wing Chun.