The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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What happens is the first commercially successful art film. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) was released in January 1920 becoming a German and international sensation. It marked the beginning of the German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Expressionist painters drew buildings sloped at odd angles, oddly shaped furniture,

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Joseph Diaz έρχεται στο St. Louis στην 1917

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Ιωσήφ (Josef) Diaz ήταν ο πατριός μου, Ernest C. Ο πατέρας του Diaz. Ernie ή ο μπαμπάς ήταν ο γιος του Ιωσήφ και της Μαρίας το γένος Diaz Moellenberg. Joseph was a first generation immigrant from San Miguel de Allende, Μεξικό. Ιωσήφ γεννήθηκε στις Μαΐου 12, 1893. Σύμφωνα με το πιστοποιητικό θανάτου του, Οι γονείς του ήταν Ulalio (Eulalio) Diaz και η Betty Diaz γένος Ramiro. I have

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Introducing Our New Black Belt

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Τον Απρίλιο του 27, 2013, on what would have been his grandfather and namesake’s 71st birthday, Ενοχλώ “Τριάρι παιγνίδι χαρτών” Zimmerman III became the first black belt in the Zimmerman Self-Defense System under his father Ken Zimmerman Jr. “Τριάρι παιγνίδι χαρτών” began studying martial arts shortly before his fifth birthday. “Τριάρι παιγνίδι χαρτών” has trained in Taekwondo, Τζούντο, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Gojo Shroei Weapons System. His goals

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What Are “B” Films?

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“B” films resulted from Hollywood distribution companies implementing a double bill or two movies screening strategy at theaters they owned. When the Great Depression led movie goers to start forgoing films between 1930 και 1932, Hollywood studios, which still controlled production and distribution, came up with the idea of showing two films back-to-back to give customers more bang for their

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Theodore Roosevelt στο Τζούντο

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Theodore Roosevelt served as the twenty-sixth President of the United States from 1901 να 1909. TR is famous for the “Επίπονη ζωή”. Άσκησε την πυγμαχία και την πάλη μέσα από είκοσι και τριάντα του. What is not as widely known is that he practiced Judo around 1904, when he was in his mid-40s. Roosevelt would eventually earn a brown belt in Judo. Yoshiaki

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Sunset Blvd. (1950)

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Being both a fan and film historian, I was aware of Sunset Blvd.‘s reputation in film circles. Billy Wilder’s 1950 film tells the sad story of a forgotten silent film star Norma Desmond. William Holden is a screen writer, who stumbles upon her crumbling mansion and agrees to help fix her screenplay. Norma believes the screenplay will lead to a

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Why Do Traditionalist Despise MMA?

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Why do traditional martial artists continue to despise the lessons of mixed martial arts? I am amazed that twenty years after Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 1, some traditional martial arts still feel that they have nothing to learn from MMA. One of the Taekwondo tournaments, where I used to referee, has a submission grappling division. When I had a break, Εγώ

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Juve versus Fantomas (1913)

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Γιούβε vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade’s second film adaptation of the popular crime series by Marcell Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre plays the role of Fantomas and his many aliases. Edmund Breon portrays Inspector Juve. George Melchior plays the role of Jerome Fandor, a young journalist, who assists Juve in his investigations of Fantomas. Juve and Fandor are

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The Day American Martial Arts Changed

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Τον Νοέμβριο του 12, 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado, a fourth degree black belt in the little known art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (commonly called Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the United States) cut through an eight man style versus style martial arts tournament. Royce Gracie would turn the martial arts world on its head. After his walk through the

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