USA public perception of karate, circa 1962 ..... I was 13 and believed that Frank Sinatra actually put his hand through a thick table top with a misguided karate chop. Back in those days, AFAIK, karate wasn't that widespread, popularly available in this country yet ? Movies like this one, the James Bond thrillers, and such stirred adolescent minds to wanting to emulate the violence. At least some of us. At 13 & 14 I began boxing at the PAL but at 15 I discovered girls and booze ..... among other things. Investing in lots and houses occupied the rest of my youth.