Karate spread rapidly in the West through popular culture. In 1950s popular fiction, karate was at times described to readers in near-mythical terms, and it was credible to show Western experts of unarmed combat as unaware of Eastern martial arts of this kind.[42] By the 1970s, martial arts films had formed a mainstream genre that propelled karate and other Asian martial arts into mass popularity.[43]
- The Karate Kid (1984) is a film relating the fictional story of an American adolescent's introduction into karate.[44]
- Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos(1986), animated children's show, with Chuck Norris himself appearing to reveal the episode and the moral contained in the episode.
| Practitioner | Fighting style |
|---|---|
| Sonny Chiba | Gōjū-ryū and Kyokushin |
| Sean Connery | Kyokushin |
| Fumio Demura | Shitō-ryū |
| Dolph Lundgren | Kyokushin |
| Jean-Claude Van Damme | Shotokan |
| Michael Jai White | Kyokushin, Shotokan, and Gōjū-ryū |
| Richard Norton | Gōjū-ryū |
| Cynthia Luster | Gōjū-ryū |
| Wesley Snipes | Shotokan |
| Glen Murphy | Kyokushin |
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