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 Clay started karate in 1986 at the age of 8 under the direction of Sensei Jimmy Blann. After several months, he went to his first local karate tournament and had fun. Then he went to another one and another one. This is where his love of karate and competing was born. After a year of going to local tournaments, he went to a tournament in another state and that turned into going to tournaments in several other neighboring states which then turned into going to national tournaments. For two years, he went to around 35 tournaments a year. He and his parents would travel in their van to and from the tournament. This was the beginning of the team concept that would continue throughout his karate career.
In 1991, he went to his first international tournament in Budapest, Hungary. It was such a fantastic and eye-opening experience for Clay. He became energized and knew he wanted to travel around the world representing his country and competing against the best karate-ka in the world. In 1994, he went to Chicago to train with Sensei Jeff Kohn and Sensei Roger Heredia of Peru. He gained much expertise from this training. While training with Sensei Blann and Kohn, Clay had the opportunity to train with many great senseis from around the world. In 2004, he joined the Shotokan Karate International Federation which is lead by Kancho Kanazawa. In 2006 Clay tested and received his yondan from Kancho.
 After several years of winning medals at different international events, he won his first major international medal in kumite at the Junior World Cup in Perth, Australia in 1994. After this, he went to the Junior World Championships in 1996 in Johannesburg, South Africa and won a bronze in kata. In 2003, he won a silver in the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic. Three months later, he won a bronze in kata at the World Shotokan Karate Association World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2004 and 2005, he won his first and second world championships at the Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association World Championships held in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2006, he won his biggest title, a
world championship in the SKIF in Tokyo, Japan.
Throughout his constant pursuit of excellence in karate, he attended the University of Notre Dame where he graduated with a degree in Sociology. While there, he walked on to the varsity fencing team as a sophomore and was voted captain of the team in his senior year. All three years, the team finished NCAA runner-up national champions, and his winning percentage was .715. Clay then went to Palmer College of Chiropractic and graduated in 2005 with a degree in Chiropractic. After graduation, he then joined his father and mother in their practice in his hometown in Mississippi.
Dr. Clay Morton has melded his karate experience with his chiropractic knowledge to specialize in body mechanics of proper motion to increase speed and power.
Dr. Morton is also a contributor to these quarterly publications:
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