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Re: The Chicago Mob & Count Dante
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Interesting TD, while boxing links to the underworld were famous, in some places/countries it was actually martial arts with the strongest links to oc. Count Dante reminds of some of those old former Yugoslav gangsters and gang bosses from the 1970's and 80s, who mainly solved their beefs with fair fist fights lol Btw, heres some additional info on Count Dante from the same old poster which I previously mentioned... "John Keehan's legacy has also left it's mark on the world of cinema. Martin Kove, who played the character "Kreese" in the film The Karate Kid, apparently took his 'Pain Does Not exist In This Dojo' mantra from his days under the tutorship of the Count in one of his legendary dojos.
The Count's bizarre mixture of talents(which included hairdressing) also made him a major influence on Adam Sandler's Zohan Divir character in his Israeli martial-arts commando turned hairdresser comedy 'Don't Mess With The Zohan'.
Here's a little excerpt from Government informant Cooley's website explaining the Count's amazing range of abilities:-
I have yet to meet anyone with the Count’s amazing combination of talents and flaws. Besides being an expert in the martial arts, he was also a beautician (a supermarket tabloid ran a story about him with the headline, “The World’s Deadliest Fighter Is A… Hairdresser!). In addition to the karate studios, he owned hairdressing schools. Supposedly, he got wrapped up with martial arts while he traveled through Asia for a wig import business.
He did hairstyling for Playboy and somehow that gave him an entrée to the whole world of pornography, and led to a financial interest in a string of adult book stores.
At one moment he could be extremely sophisticated and artistic, and at the next moment crude and ridiculously macho – even more than the Mob guys."
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Re: The Chicago Mob & Count Dante
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In 2013 Amsterdam Mayor Van der Laan addressed the martial artists: “You teach young people respect, but also the fighting techniques to cause a lot of damage to others. I'm going to tell you a number you don't like. We have a top 600 of repeat offenders in Amsterdam. Half of those guys are martial artists or call themselves that.” Nicely said, although my opinion is that its better for all gangs leaders to solve their problems with their fists between themselves, instead of killing each other. It worked around here until the 1990's, or until the "western type' of life came on the scene and everyone started shooting each other, whether it was for some personal beef or for the State itself aka secret agencies.
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Re: The Chicago Mob & Count Dante
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In 2013 Amsterdam Mayor Van der Laan addressed the martial artists: “You teach young people respect, but also the fighting techniques to cause a lot of damage to others. I'm going to tell you a number you don't like. We have a top 600 of repeat offenders in Amsterdam. Half of those guys are martial artists or call themselves that.” Nicely said, although my opinion is that its better for all gangs leaders to solve their problems with their fists between themselves, instead of killing each other. It worked around here until the 1990's, or until the "western type' of life came on the scene and everyone started shooting each other, whether it was for some personal beef or for the State itself. Yes it's crazy nowadays. In the Netherlands there are on average two shooting incidents per day. Almost every day someone ends up in the hospital with gunshot wounds.
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Re: The Chicago Mob & Count Dante
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In 2013 Amsterdam Mayor Van der Laan addressed the martial artists: “You teach young people respect, but also the fighting techniques to cause a lot of damage to others. I'm going to tell you a number you don't like. We have a top 600 of repeat offenders in Amsterdam. Half of those guys are martial artists or call themselves that.” Nicely said, although my opinion is that its better for all gangs leaders to solve their problems with their fists between themselves, instead of killing each other. It worked around here until the 1990's, or until the "western type' of life came on the scene and everyone started shooting each other, whether it was for some personal beef or for the State itself. Yes it's crazy nowadays. In the Netherlands there are on average two shooting incidents per day. Almost every day someone ends up in the hospital with gunshot wounds. Google it...Macedonia 14 year old girl being kidnapped and shot to death by famous businessman and political figure, almost a week ago, and nobody knows why. Sorry to say it but its the end of days my friend.
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