"The Price is Right" host is a karate expert. In his autobiography "Priceless Memories," Barker writes about his long-time friendship with martial artist and actor Chuck Norris, including eight years that he spent training under Norris.
In an interview with Vegeterian Times, Barker explained how karate became his exercise:
"I took karate lessons from Chuck Norris before he became an actor. Chuck was a guest on the show 'Truth or Consequences,' which I hosted. I was so impressed that I asked him if he would give me lessons. He used to come to my home and we’d do karate. We started out here on my lawn, and then I started parking my car on the driveway and made the garage into a karate studio. I took lessons for eight years. Then Chuck got into acting and stopped teaching. I then worked with Pat Johnson."
"I started doing karate when I was around 45, and I did karate until my early 70s, but to do karate, you have to be very stretched out."