GM Elmalem is a great Martial Artist with endless records winning in fighting, boxing

and self defense. He is 7 Time World Champion, 8 Time Guinness World Record Holder,10th Dan Black Belt with PWMAF, 9th Dan/BAYSA/KVF and 8th Dan Black Belt with WTF. Maurice holds a PHD in martial arts from National Dragon Council University Virginia USA. For 53 years he studied martial arts under renowned Grand Masters Dr. Richard Chun, Joe Hayes, Tiger Kim, Gideon Kadari and Great Grand Master Aaron Banks awarding him twice 10th Dan Black Belt and 10th Dan Black Belt from WOFC by GM Frank Sanchez. A consummate martial artist whose fighting and breaking skills have been documented in Guinness Book of World Records, witnessed by millions around the world on television, Channel 5, ABC Wide World of Sports, David Letterman, Fox 5, Discovery, MSG Network, Chanel Plus, Italian and Spanish TV, Spike TV, Telemundo TV, ESPN, Ohio TV, Joe Franklyn, Channel 9, Channel 12, Johnny Carson, live shows at Madison Square Gardens, Nassau Coliseum, Studio 54, Apollo Theatre, Gleason Gym and Carnegie Hall, participated in 2 Olympics and 3 Maccabi Games-Israel. Known as a brilliant Architecture Designer and Real Estate Developer with over 500 projects under his belt using modern architecture. He has 48 years experience through his work for Tishman Bros Construction Company, Helmsley & Spear Real Estate Developers, Royal Art Gallery, Bloomingdales, Citibank, Paragon Honda, Ford, State Farm, Costco and Maurice Contractors & Designers Inc.

In 1993 he received the Presidential Sports Awards from President Bill Clinton, featured in over 350 magazines and newspapers, participated in over 750 Championships worldwide, accumulated over 700 trophies and over 70 gold medals in fighting, breaking and self defense. He holds 8 World Records in breaking and perfecting his art of breaking and transforming its potential to fighting has made him a master fighter. He has been inducted into over 250 Hall of Fames world wide, 20 Times into Action Martial Arts Magazine, known as the Architect of Martial Arts, Houdini, Renaissance Man, World Champion Greatest Martial Arts Daredevil for his endless talents not only in martial arts but his vision and architectural construction business.

In September 2000 after his performance in Oriental World of Self Defense at Madison

Square Garden, NYC, movie star, Chuck Norris presented him the world champion belt. Two of his Guinness World Records were established in 2001 when he shattered 50 sheets, amounting to 8½ inches of glass with a karate chop at Fox Studios in Hollywood, California and was televised on Fox Channels worldwide, that led to movie productions and bio on his life on Guinness Prime Time. In April 2002 he established a new world record at Budo Martial Arts Magazine Studio in Madrid, Spain, breaking 105 sheets of glass 13” high and in May 2003, he established a new world record at

Placio de Vistalegre in Madrid, Spain, breaking 105 sheets of glass measuring 13⅝” high. In 2005 he established another world record by breaking 56 sheets of glass with round house kick barefooted at Madison Square Garden, NYC. In 2006 Maurice won his Best of the Best Champion Belt at the Arnold Sports Festival, Ohio hosted by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Maurice is listed several times in Who’s Who in the East for outstanding contribution to

Architectural Design in 1999 and voted among the Top 400 General Contractors in the U.S.A. by Engineering Report Magazine. His Motto, Work hard, go for the best, win and nothing less. In 2015 GM Maurice was inducted into the Sports Karate Museum in Houston, Texas GM Gary Lee recognized him as one of the most dynamic performers in the world to do public demos. In addition in 2015 Maurice was inducted to The Martial Arts History Museum in California as one of the most respected leaders in the martial arts community. In 2017 Washington DC, Maurice was inducted into Who’s Who in the Martial Arts The Legends Edition. He was a distinguished guest of the Government of Korea, Cayman Islands, Israel, France, Spain, Canada, Italy and USA. In 2018 he received the Bruce Lee Hall of Honors distinguish award in Ohio. In 2020 he received 10th Dan Black Belt from Sports Karate Museum, Sugar Land, TX. He is an author, producer of over 40 DVDs, 3 movies, entrepreneur and editor of Budo Martial Arts Magazine.

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