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14. Gravity

This may not have much to do with martial arts, but maybe it does. And Dave Cater told me I can write about anything I want to, so here goes.

Once, many years ago, Sifu Kam Yuen and I were in New York City to attend The Aaron Banks Martial Arts Expo at Madison Square Garden. That was an exciting moment. The Garden is the place where some of the greatest prizefights of all time took place. Read the rest of this entry »

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8. WAY BACK THEN

A Thirtieth Anniversary Trip down Memory Lane

Back in 1971, a script came across my desk, so to speak (I actually had no desk: I barely had a front door) that was going to change my life and a whole lot of other people’s. It was called Kung Fu: The Way of The Tiger, The Sign of The Dragon. Jerry Thorpe, at Warner Brothers sent it to me because he’d seen my triumphant portrayal of The Emperor of The Incas on Broadway in ’65, and had been interested in me ever since. This, he thought, was a perfect role for me. Read the rest of this entry »

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