No, he just studied martial art.
No he did not.
Chuck Norris's very own martial art, chun-kuk-do.
Chuck Norris learned Tang Soo Do while stationed in Korea with the US Air Force.
Carlos Ray Norris aka Chuck Norris did not invent Karate. He does not even train in Karate. Chuck Norris trains and holds a masters rank in Tang Soo Do, a Korean form of martial art that has some roots to Shotokan Karate through General Choi, who was the founder of Tae Kwon Do. Chuck Norris mixed Tang Soo Do with Brazilian Jui Jutsu to create Chun Kuk Do, his own martial art. Karate is an Okinawa Martial Art and was popularized in Japan in the early 1920's by Gichin Funakoshi who is credited as the Father of Modern Karate Do. Chuck Norris never invented Karate, nor did he invent a new system of Karate. Contrary to urban legends, Chuck Norris did not invent karate. He learned Tang So Do, a Korean style of karate, while stationed in that country with the US Air Force.
Mr. Norris has his own WA category because of the overwhelming interest in this American martial artist, actor and humanitarian. He has even created his own style of martial art. The outrageous humor of the fictional "Chuck Norris Facts" has re-catapulted him to the fore-front of the world stage, so he wrote his OWN book, The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book.
Tang Soo Do was another variety of Korean karate. Many stylists have 'changed' to Taekwondo, including Chuck Norris.
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It means the individual has achieved that level of competancy for the Korean Martial Art, Tang Soo Do. That is the style the Chuck Norris got his black belt in!
Chuck Norris is actually a practitioner of Tang Soo Do (tangsudo) a Korean martial art not as well known as Tae Kwon Do. His subsequent education includes a variety of martial arts that he has formed into a hybred form know as Chun Kuk Do ("Universal Way"). In all my research about Chuck Norris I cannot find any credentials referring to a formal education in Karate. And whoever put this in the Fairy section is really asking for trouble.
The Japanese spent thousands of years studying the awsomeness of Chuck Norris, But even after thousands of years they couldn't come close to making a martial art that could stand up against Chuck so they did the best they could and made karate.
A newer type of martial art called Keysi (pronounced like Casey)