Chan movies Wheels on Meals (1984) and Dragons Forever (1988).

Early life, family and education

Urquidez was born in Los Angeles County, California, the son of a wrestling mother and a boxing father. His parentage is Spanish and Mexican with some Blackfoot American Indians ancestry. Urquidez and his wife are part of the Blackfoot tribe.

Benny began competing in 1958, at the age of five, in "peewee" boxing and wrestling in Los Angeles. His martial arts instruction started when he was seven years old; his first formal teacher was Bill Ryusaki. Urquidez received his black belt at the age of 14, a highly unusual feat in the 1960s. His siblings also achieved the rank of black belt. His sister Lilly Rodriguez was a pioneer in kickboxing for women., and their lateEddy and Urquidez had no action in the US, and had to look for fights overseas. Even though the Inoki/Eddy bout was successful, it was the fight between Urquidez and Suzuki, which shocked Japan, where Japanese kickboxing had been very popular. Though never tested for or achieved any rank in Japanese karate, Urquidez has decided to bestow upon himself the rank of sensei, a Japanese honorific term which at the most shallowest term, would mean "guide".

The All-Japan Kickboxing Association, for which Suzuki had been rated as No. 2, became interested in the American sport of full-contact karate, decided to promote series of mixed-rules bouts between the American full-contact karate fighters and Japanese kickboxers.  On November 14, 1977, the AJKF held the first of such event which featured