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- From: bud@ms.uky.edu (William K Glunt)
- Subject: Re: Evil Black Belts (was : Fighting against animals?)
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- Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:42:24 GMT
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- Stephen_Y._Chan@transarc.com writes:
-
- >kwp@ukc.ac.uk (K.W.Pang) writes:
- >> In an old MA magazine, there was an article about a Martial Artist called Dante,
- >> who practised the art just for the offensive. He was generally black listed by
- >> all the MA world.
- >>
-
- > Is this the "Count Dante" that caused trouble in Chicago
- >several years back?
-
- >> Although there was alot of truths in what he said, his methods were considered
- >> dangerous and unacceptable.
-
- > As I understand it, he was essentially a street fighter posing
- >as a formal MA teacher. He liked to trash other people's schools, and
-
- At one time, Dante, whose real name was John Keehan, was one of the
- most respected karate teachers in the U.S.A....got to be about sixth
- dan from Robert Trias, and was a big figure in the USKA.
-
- >earned lots of enemies that way - didn't he eventually he came to an
-
- He sort of went crazy at some point and declared himself a master of
- 'Dan Te', which he claimed meant 'Deadly hands', was booted out of
- the USKA, and went down hill from there.
-
- >unfortunate (but well deserved) ending?
-
-
- Nah, died in bed at home...result of stomach disease if I recall
- correctly...of course some of his students claim that it was Dim Mak...
-
- > Stephen
-
-
- Bud
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