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The Professional Karate Association (PKA) is a martial arts organization headed by John Persinger. It provides certifications and business advice for martial arts school owners. Through the 1970s, the PKA was the major professional kickboxing organization in the United States, featuring such fighters as Bill Wallace, Joe Lewis and Jeff Smith.

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The Professional Karate Association was launched with the initial world championships in 1974 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. This was telecast on ABC's Wide World of Entertainment. The winners were Joe Lewis (heavyweight), Jeff Smith (light heavyweight), Bill "superfoot" Wallace (middleweight), and Isiasis Duenas (lightweight). The PKA went on to have a long term relationship with ESPN that lasted until the mid 1980's. The PKA was by far the most visible santioning body for what became better known as kickboxing in the United States. Many fighers defected to the rival WKA because of the PKA's policy of signing fighers to exclusive contracts. The PKA santioned fights exclusively with what has become known as "full contact rules" which permit kicks only above the waist as opposed to the international rules advocated by the WKA which is similar to kickboxing promotions in Japan and other countries in Asia and Europe.

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 ==External links==
-*[http://professionalkarateassociation.com/ Web site]
+*[http://www.professionalkarateassociation.com/ Web site]
-*[http://www.pkakickboxing.tv/ Web site PKA kickboxing]
-[[Category:Karate organizations]]
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 [[fr:Professional Karate Association]]
 [[ja:プロ空手協会]]
-The Professional Karate Association was launched with the initial world championships in 1974 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.  This was telecast on ABC's Wide World of Entertainment.  The winners were Joe Lewis (heavyweight), Jeff Smith (light heavyweight), Bill "superfoot" Wallace (middleweight), and Isiasis Duenas (lightweight).  The PKA went on to have a long term relationship with ESPN that lasted until the mid 1980's.  The PKA was by far the most visible santioning body for what became better known as kickboxing in the United States.  Many fighers defected to the rival WKA because of the PKA's policy of signing fighers to exclusive contracts.  The PKA santioned fights exclusively with what has become known as "full contact rules" which permit kicks only above the waist as opposed to the international rules advocated by the WKA which is similar to kickboxing promotions in Japan and other countries in Asia and Europe.  The PKA eventually went bankrupt and many of the promoters formed the International Sport Karate Association (ISKA) which is still active to this day.
+The Professional Karate Association was launched with the initial world championships in 1974 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.  This was telecast on ABC's Wide World of Entertainment.  The winners were Joe Lewis (heavyweight), Jeff Smith (light heavyweight), Bill "superfoot" Wallace (middleweight), and Isiasis Duenas (lightweight).  The PKA went on to have a long term relationship with ESPN that lasted until the mid 1980's.  The PKA was by far the most visible santioning body for what became better known as kickboxing in the United States.  Many fighers defected to the rival WKA because of the PKA's policy of signing fighers to exclusive contracts.  The PKA santioned fights exclusively with what has become known as "full contact rules" which permit kicks only above the waist as opposed to the international rules advocated by the WKA which is similar to kickboxing promotions in Japan and other countries in Asia and Europe.