Charlie Chan’s Secret (1936)

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The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Charlie Chan’s Secret (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better

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Che cosa fa il Grado di Cintura Nera media?

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I have spent a lot of time studying different rank systems. The rank system seems to be a modern concept started by Dr. Jigaro Kano, an educator, who wanted a system of grading to separate students. Over the next century, numerous styles adopted the belt rank system but the only commonality was the belt systems meant what the creator decided

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Training Instructors From a Young Age

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Una delle cose che mi ha sempre impressionato per le Gracies è come sono stati in grado di rivelarsi generazione dopo generazione di istruttori di alto livello. Dopo aver letto una serie di articoli sul loro sistema cinghia originale, eccetera, Ho iniziato ad adattare alcuni dei loro metodi con i nostri studenti. Once the student reaches Green Belt, we allow them to start

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Manassa Mauler Knocks Out Giant in 1919

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While doing research, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard was a giant of a man at 6’06” e 235 sterline. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Tuttavia,

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Who Is the Scarlet Claw?

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Alcuni vecchi film di Basil Rathbone nei panni di Sherlock Holmes sono diventati recentemente disponibili su DVD e streaming. The Universal series, is well done for a “B” film series. This film would have warmed the audience up for the main feature like Double Indemnity (1944). In The Scarlet Claw (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,

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