tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178669532012-01-07T16:41:12.250-06:00Following the mental processes of an obsessed filmmaker producing a documentary film with short funding, a lotta heart and a highly unusual subject he once met when he was 11 years old.floyd webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14670921204957906507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1991100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17866953.post-46416061854051379392011-10-26T00:47:00.001-05:002011-10-26T00:48:12.038-05:00

The new Count Dante iPhone app is  available in the iTunes store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/count-dantes-10-deadly-secrets/id474466210?ls=1&mt=8 For .99 you get 10 self-defense lesson and a histor of Count Dante and his contribution to Mixed Martial Arts. Not bad for for less than a buck in the midst of a recession.

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This advert is from the Chicago Tribune classified section, 1904, 35 years before Count Dante was born in 1939 and 64 years before his World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets was published Asian martial arts were already being touted as a self defense secret weapon. By the time John Timothy Keehan is born in Chicago in 1939, jiu jitsu is almost a common word, used in contemporary speech and denoted

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Been months since my last post. Secret investigations require secrecy. With all the crap I got I decided to tone it down with the blogging. I felt like I was accomplishing little, and I could be better served with silence. Yet there is value in a shared experience. I have had some crazy stuff happen and I have befriended some awesome people. Enough said about that. Some of my work lately has

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It has been 6 months since my last post. I have been continuing to conduct interviews, follow up on leads all in between day to day struggles of work and survival. The Search for Count Dante continues. Sorting out and vetting delusion accounts of his history is a big part of the job. Why did I stop blogging. Vetting the delusion was one reason, especially after 3 years of court. Best of all

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Today I went to Oak Forest, IL to Lee's Academy of Kung Fu. I interviewed Bob Bartkowski. Bob is a WIng Chun practicioner I have know since I started the film. I met him, like I did so many people concerned with Dante, over the internet. Bob has a unique take on the martial arts. He is a true fanatic for all martial arts including boxing. His enthusiasm is contagious. He reminded me of the

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In 1967, I lived in Ft Benning, Georgia where my father was an Airborne Ranger recently returned from Vietnam. I had been a victim of bullies, who demanded I conform to a pack mentality that excluded the love of books when I lived in the projects. I needed a magic bullet, Muhammad Ali boxing skills, something. After months of watching martial arts in old movies from Mr Moto, Spencer Tracy in Bad

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We were all "Karate Kids." Out of the tragic events of World War II came a renewed interest in the Orient. Conquered and maybe even bowed, the influence of Japanese and other Asian cultures would have as much influence upon popular American Culture as rock and roll for the rest of the 20th century. That influence would be martial arts.Judo had been practiced in the US since before Teddy Roosevelt

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We have begin a promotion campaign on the"The Search for Count Dante, as I continue production. My investor in the UK is screening trailers at big Mixed Martial Arts Events like The Ultimate Warrior Challenge, taking place this Saturday, June 5, in Southend-on-Sea, UK. It will be on the big video screen. Jim Quattrocki shot this with me over a year ago.We will begin to do the same at Events here

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Johnny Coulon was not only a championship boxer but he was a showman and somewhat of a "dim mak Master himself. Watch the following clip. SWISS ATHLETES HAVE NOW SUCCEEDED IN LIFTING JOHNNY COULONYour browser does not support iframes.Coulon presented this trick as a challenge all over the country and around the world. I can imagine how impressed with Coulon a 12 year old John Keehan would be.

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The court case is over. My copyright infringement case has been settled at the request of the plaintiff. I was not proven a criminal, I have a right to use the materials I want from the 1968 Book copyrighted by Count Dante for my documentary. My right to Fair Use was looked upon favorably by Judge Mark Wolf. You can see the final documents pertaining to the settlement in a couple of weeks at

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I begin this entry with a bit of sadness, I learned of the death of my good friend Natambu Camera Bomani Shihan who allowed me the honor of working out in his dojo when I lived in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in the mid-1970s. He died in Ghana last summer of a massive heart attack. I had been in touch with him over the past few years after not speaking to him for over 20 years. Bomani taught two

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Well for those of you who keep writing to ask about the blog, here I am again. I slowed down the blog during the court case because of verbal attacks on informants I mentioned here. None of the people who provided me with information deserve to be lied about and ridiculed on Bullshido.net. 2 people in Fall RIver, MA ( that's right, 2 people) disagree with me about not making them a major part of

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(I have to acknowledge the death of conductor/composer George Kub. George was in the office right above mine in the Fine Arts Building. When I was burning the midnight oil he was often there there playing piano until after 1:00 am. It was my working background music for the last two years. He shared an office with the woman I suspect of giving Keehan singing lessons. Maria D'Albert is over 80

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My lawyer, Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project and a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School, used my trailer for The Search for Count Dante in his lecture at the Open Video Conference in New York this past Friday. He presented it as a case history for Fair Use and how it relates to the development of what is called Open Video.This is from their "About:"As internet video

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I want to acknowledge my friend and supported Karl Kraft in England who has been going out of his way to help me find people in the UK who may have bought The World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets. Karl is a graphic designed and games developer. He designed a great little flyer for the film that he has been posting in dojos and fight clubs all over London. He has really been dedicated in doing this

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I have been working on a timeline of Martial Arts in America and came across this one in Emil Farkas's wonderful book. I have added some events that are directly related to John Keehan and Chicago to the timeline. I will continue to add things as I discover them. If any of you see any error or omissions please feel free to email me at fwebb@itutu.comIf you are going to research history you may as

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I got a call from Jimmy Jones last week to inform me that William Hinton, the author of Men of Steel Discipline: The Official Oral History of Black Pioneers in the Martial Arts (1994). A memorial was held today on the Southside, not far from the Church that has Gregory Jaco's memorial.I spoke to Billy several times in the course of my research before he moved to Atlanta. I was shocked once again

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April 23 has come and gone. It was the day of the Dojo War between the Green Dragons and Count Dante. I did not mention it. I got a couple of emails from people remembering Jim Konsevic and wishing me luck on the film. I have talked to Konsevic's cousin about the film recently as well. He is a great person and really gets what the film is about. I am really happy he reached about to me because I

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In 1923, after the success of his film Nanook of the North, director Robert Flaherty was hired by Paramount Pictures to go to Samoa to capture the traditional life of Pacific islanders on film. His film, Moana (1926) is considered the first docufiction in the history of cinema.The word "documentary" was first applied to this film in a review of this movie written by "The Moviegoer", a pen name

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Happy New Year, Y'all! I am back. The Search for Count Dante goes on as does life. We got a new president. I worked the campaign a few days, nothing serious. I am happy he won, now down to business.My research and shooting continues. Since October I have made more discoveries about Dante's past. I have found someone who actually remembers John Keehan from Coulon's Gym in Chicago back in the

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A 3 minute version of the film is being syndicated by Cinelan.com. It was just featured in on Telegraph.co.uk on Wednesday, October 8. It was a feature right along with my man Vladamir Putin's new judo DVD. Thinks ar moving ahead, slowly but surely. I will be bloggiong more in the next few days, I will be out in LA next week getting a few interviews. I will report on that when I return.

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John Keehan/Count Danté, John Danté? Another mystery arises, maybe not. Are Count Dante and John Danté 2 people or 1 person of many personas? He was was known in the hutch, His Bunny Mother girlfriend, Patty Kobe, may have fired one of the women I spoke with. The woman above thinks John Keehan Dante was the one who chose her as a Playboy Bunny when she was 17, in very creepy circumstances. There

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What makes the story of the John Keehan/Count Danté's life so intriguing is the variety of experiences he managed to cram into 35 years of living.When Keehan returned to Chicago after being in the military in the early 60s, he decided to go to beauty school to become a hairdresser. Art Rapkin explained to me that John chose hairdressing for two reasons. It gave him the freedom to work whatever

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I was in Nashville this weekend at the 2008 National Training Camp and United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame to interview Joe Dodaro, Woody Edgell and Tayari Casel. Family issues prevented Sam Lonewolf and Victor Moore from attending.To talk to all three masters at once was really interting to me in that I saw before me a the net total effect of the teaching and influence of John Keehan.

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Here is an opportunity to support the film by buying the offficial Search for Count Dante t-shirt.Just head over to the store . We are amping up the fundraising. We are taking donations for out shooting which will begin again in August. I will let you know where and when as we get closer to the dates.Meanwhile take a gander at this great 2 minute promo for the film edited and shot by the talented

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Is this John Keehan from Floyd Webb on Vimeo.I was wondering about the identity of the man doing thre demonstration at the 1964 2nd World Karate Tournament held at the Chicago Coliseum. Can anyone out there tell me who this is in the video above.I got this footage from a friend an mentor of mine, filmmaker Tom Palazzolo. Tomwas active shooting film in Chicago since the late 1950s. If you

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I have been a bit busy with bread and butter work as well as working on the film. So I have not had the kind of time to blog effectively as I would like. I would like to thank all of those who have sent in donations for the film. It is greatly appreciated. I will keep in touch with all of you via email concerning the progress of the film and send out passworded links to previews now and then.The

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Now this is wierd. First Nacho Libre, and Jack Black biting of the California Count Dante, now Adam Sandler and Zohan biting off the martial arts/hairdresser/military intelligence faked death theme. Seems you can't keep a good legend down.Someone wrote me asking about T-shirts and I had rto say I shut them down while I was in Federal Court. He wrote me back and asked me if I was suing Zohan. What

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FRIDAY the 13th - COUNT DANTE REVEALEDMeet the Filmmaker live and direct from Federal Court in BostonFRIDAY, June 13, 7:00 pm | THE OCCULT BOOKSTORE | 1164 N Milwaukee AveFrom the late 1960’s to the early 1970’s John Keehan aka “Count Dante”was themost famous and controversial figure in the martial arts and was deeplyinvolved with “the invisible sciences” and was student of Micheael

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Today I have been making use of a timeline tool I found online. Semantic Interoperability of Metadata and Information in unLike Environments(SIMILIE) is a project at MIT focused on developing robust, open source tools that empower users to access, manage, visualize and reuse digital assets.Timeline will help me with the film and to give people a look at the process in a scrollable

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This is definitely a new world. I was contacted over the internet by Karl Kraft in the UK. He is a graphic designer with a bit of time on his hands so he offered to help me blag the film to martial arts schools and where ever martial arts is being practiced.Here is an accounting from him of his trip to London.London trip was good, got to pretty much everywhere I had planned for the days (and

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The 9th ANNUAL UNITED STATES MARTIAL ARTS HALL OF FAME will be held on July 31st – August 2nd, 2008 in Nashville, TN "...this year will see a major martial arts reunion of the Black Dragon Fighting Society. The BDFS has been active for decades and is home to some of the worlds greatest martial artists. The 2008 event has been designated as a rendezvous point for all BDFS senior members. Many of

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I have already recieved donations from about 10 people. They know who they are, I will be doing something very special for them in the next couple of weeks. The support is greatly appreciated.I am working on developing a good online strategy for fundraising. I have joined indieGoGo to see how social networking in their style works for what I am doing.There is a bit of hype around the indieGoGo

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John Keehan, aka Count Dante died May 25, 1975 in Chicago reportedly of bleeding ulcers. He had recently testified before an Illinois Grand Jury regarding his knowledge of the 1974 Purolator Robbery.Only 15 years before he had begun a bright career and was one of the key figures in the development of martial arts in the Midwest. He had opened his doors to everyone who wanted to learn and invoked

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It is now time to pull out all the stops and get busy as I can. I am pushing to get this film finished by December. I need to raise money to continue shooting. On Friday, June 13 I will be having my first local fundraiser at an occult bookstore here in the city to talk about the trials and tribulations of making a documentary film about a man dead 33 years this coming Tuesday.I will post all the

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I remember the class went on for several days before the convention started. I never knew who was teaching the class. My friends and I kept in motion the whole day anxious to get out before dark.Here are some stills from film footage taken at the convention. The guy is the beard is clearly NOT John Keehan. When I first saw the film footage of this from another angle I was not sure. I never knew

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I am still reading Bob Calhoun's Beer, Blood and Cornmeal, his personal memoir of 7 years of Incredibly Strange Wrestling. I have been reading it on the bus, I am always laughing when I read it so I get a lot of people asking me about the book. It keeps a smile on my face due to Bob's absolutely unbridled sense of humor allowing absolutely NOTHING to be sacred.My interest in the Rock and Roll

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Photo above: "Manzanar, Calif.--Henry Ushijima, formerly a sound engineer in Hollywood, plays dance records at a dance given by the Girls' Recreation Committee. Henry received permission from the authorities to bring this, his own, public address system to this War Relocation Authority Center. -- Photographer: Stewart, Francis -- Manzanar, California. 5/29/42"At the end of World War II Chicago

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Back in the early 70s I did some minor local competing just for the hell of it. I would go with friends to Chicago Heights, IL to the school of Ray "The Chicago Tiger" Cooper. Cooper is a legendary early competitor on the regional scene who was also one of the early students of John Keehan. Like Keehan, Cooper eventually changed his name to Tolo-naa, reflecting his African origins and traditions.

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We go to back to court, today May 9 in Boston. For those of you who don't know, I am being sued for copyright infringement by William V Aguiar Grand Master, of the Black Dragon Fighting society. This case is concerned with the making of the film and my lack of interest in committing $10,000 dollars for access to an archive that may or may not exist. I claimed Fair Use for the materials on my

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His name is Bob Calhoun and he is also known as Count Dante, west Coast rock and roll star. He is an extraordinary writer who has collaborated with Gene LaBell on his biography and written for numerous online publications.His new book, Beer, Blood, and Cornmeal: Seven Years of Incredibly Strange Wrestling was just released last month and I have been having a great time reading it. Bob spent seven

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I was walking down Madison Street past the site of the old McVickers Theater at 25 West. In the 70s the McVick was where we got to see triple-feature Kung Fu and Blaxploitation films for $1.50 and $2.00. In the 1980s I would have an office in the Chicago Building on State and Madison.I ran into yet another acquaintance from those martial arts days. George, whose name I did not remember, reminded

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The following letter from Reverand Woodrow Edgell is in response to claims made on the Fall River Black Dragon Fighting Society Blog regarding Master Joe Dodaro. Mr. Edgell was a long time student of John Keehan who split with him when he became Count Dante. Edgell is Joe Dodaro's teacher and they were both student of Shaolin Poison Hand Master James Lee(not James Yimm Lee) in Chicago's

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Plans for several more interviews have solidified for this weekend and over the next month.I have a childhood friend and a relative of Dante's to speak with as well as a scholar who has written on martial arts and popular culture.It has been hard to get an interview arranged in Japan with Akira Toriyama, creator, writer and illustrator of the Dragonball Z manga series. He seldom gives

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Personally, I could care less what is said about me by people who oppose my making The Search for Count Dante because I refuse to paying them a blackmail fee for their attempts at copyright abuse. It has been clearly show in open court and stated by a Federal Judge I have the legal protection of Fair Use even if they ever did prove copyright over anything. They have not done so to date. What

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I just stumbled over a report on cage fighter/mixed martial artist Lee "Lightning" Murray and his involvement in a £53 million Securitas robbery. Securitas is similar to our Purolator. Armored cars pick-up, transport and store money for business.Most of those involved got caught. They had inside help and held people hostage. Murray is suspected of being the mastermind. I could not help but think

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The production crew above are, left to right: Vicki Parker, Michael Cowan, Angela Guido, Mariana Perin and Jim Quattrocki. I have known cameraman Jim Quattrocki (far right in the photo above) for about 2 years. He is an old student of Doug Dwyer. Doug actually remembered him from when he was about 11 years old and even had a picture of him in class. He has always been interested in the project

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In the time that our conference in the Judge's Chambers has ended I have done one more interview for the film. I have received several emails regarding a hilarious account of my day in court by a person who was not there and who recounts the interpretation of an individual who is CLEARY out of his depth speaking of "half-truths."I just read the nefarious BDFS Blog and find it more humorous than I

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I go back to Boston tonight for court, Thursday, March 6, at 1:00 pm. While I have clear ground and am wll within my rights for Fair Use I still have to go through the legal process. As I mentioned before, the court has clearly stated that my use of the materials in my trailer are well with the parameters of Fair Use and are transformative in nature of their use.Just so we are on the same page,

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There were no kung-fu films playing the week of April 23, 1970. Costa Gavras's political thriller Z was playing downtown at Chicago and Michigan. I later saw it at the Playboy Theater. A James Bond film, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," was the closest things to martial arts on screen we were going to get and Jon Voight was starring in "Out of It" at the Cicero Outdoor, a drive-in. Shelly

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Today I am prompted to write about the value of good research. Folks in the other camp are making claims that they clearly have not researched. It also clearly indicates how little they really knew about John Keehan.I have had a lot of people doubt whether he was in the military and this is one of the first issues I dealt with and resolved when I started the film.No one I spoke to really knew

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On Sunday I met with and interviewed Peter Mikalajuanas, cousin of James Konsevic. As I said before, this was going to be hard for me. I had little information about Konsevic I did not even know where to start. So I am grateful that Peter contacted me while he was working on family history. Peter was able to obtain the police report for the Dojo War and now crime scene images.He has also given

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There seems to be a lot of tension and expectation of the outcome of my little dilemma with the BDFS Copyright Infringement case. The Judge has spoken. Thee are deadlines for Feb. 29 amd we hav a conference with the judge March 6 with proposals and intentions.Bill Aguiar is the only one with material in his possession and who has control over the material. Ownership is the question. It is all up

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In a nutshell, here is what happened in Court.I am being charged with copyright infringement by Grand Master of the Black Dragon Fighting Society, William V. Aguiar III, over use of images from Count Dante's World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets and film footage from his instructional video set. Aguiar filed a settlement proposal for $500,000.00 against me, $100,000 against the Sheppards and $1

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I arrived in Boston on Thursday. I was planning on arriving in the evening but my lawyers wanted me there for a pretrial run-through and a meeting with the Barron Sheppard and Ashida Kim's layers. I landed at 10:30 and made a beeline directly for Foley Hoags Offices on Seaport Blvd.So here I am, back at Foley Hoag's office where we have a conference room reserved. They have prepared well as you

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Even with court coming up. I am making progress with the film. Even with all the personal comments meant to incite some kind of personalized reaction from me I am making progress with the film. These things will not stop it from being done. I am at a point where the film has literally taken on a life of it's on. Every attempt to crerate a set-back becomes part of the project, a CD extra, a note

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Since receiving the DiFonzo package I have been able to contact individuals pertinent to the Purolator case. This robbery is literally the beginning of the Dante's end. This individual has knowledge from being involved in the case.I know what people claim, I am looking for what I can prove. What do I want to prove, is merely that Dante clearly had a hand in the crime, that this bad decision is

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It does not stop. I got yet another mystery package in the mail from someone. This time it was "re: Luigi DiFonzo," Count Dante's accomplice in the Purolator robbery. There is a question about them having scammed some of the Outfit guys, making it look like they were saving DiFonzo from the Count so he would appear as a dupe. DiFonzo went on to write a book about the robbery called "Bucks." The

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I have to contend with others who challenge my right to make this film. They weave a tale of a character way beyond the comic book image I began to investigate. They seek to reinvent and exaggerate the last years of Dante's life with no proof. I wish them the best of luck in their endeavors.There is only so much truth to be had here. The proof is in the telling and documentation. Sure, I could

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I recently interviewed Michael Bertiaux, author, philosopher and artist with special interest in metaphysics and occultism. Contrary to what some would tell you, Bertiaux had little to do with Aleister Crowley's teachings. Bertiaux was introduced to Voudoun in Haiti when he was head of a Epicopalian Church Museum of Art and Archaeology. He met Dante when he was a secretary for the Theosophical

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The "Old School" Black Dragons are reuniting. There is a lot of irony in this. Doug Dwyer, Rev. Woodrow Edgell and Joe Dodoro have joined the International Black Dragon Fighting Society(IBDFS). Original Black Dragon member Dr. Samuel Joseph Lonewolf, a student of Dante under Trias, has joined the IBDFS also.Edgell, Dodaro and Lonewolf studied poison hand with John Keehan's teacher, James Lee (

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The courtdate for preliminary motions is now February 15. Aguiar submitted his settlement proposal which reads as follows: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTSWILLIAM V AGUIAR III PLAINTIFFVS. CIVIL ACTION # 07-11673-MLWFLOYD WEBB, BARRON ANDWENDY SHEPPERD, ASHIDA KIM IRADFORD DAVISFLOYD WEBBSETTLEMENT PROPOSALAfter much thought and being the sole proprietor of the

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I got back from New York on Monday. It was quite a weekend. About 500 people showed up for St. Clair Bourne's Memorial at River Side Church in Harlem.Like many others, I still find myself dumbfounded by his passing. I saw lots of people I had not seen in years. People came from California and Arizona, all over New York, my son Djibril and I from Chicago.St, Clair's sister Judith had called me to

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Someone is taking responsibility for an act he was never accused of. He is making threats to have my blog taken down for slandering him by accussing him of an act he was never accused of.No, it makes no sense to me either. Either he cannot read well or he just believes all the crap he continues to fabricate.This is old and tired. It has been a year since I went to Fall River against my better

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I have discovered how this advertisement came about. Mark Lolly was a business associate of John Keehan. They were in business together and parted company. John did his world's deadliest man ad, Lolly employed the services of an African-American security guard from Kramer's Health Food Store. His name was Ron. I remember this huge guy from those days, but I don't know if he was a security guard.

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Feb 1 or 15, I am waiting on the word from my lawyers at Foley Hoag.All is quiet for the most part. I interviewed Sensei Ben Nevarez last week and a few others for color and observation of the times. I am working a short film for something special. I will tell when it is complete. I am going over my interview with Sensei Nevarez and I will post a bit soon.Last might I met a writer by the name of

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Court to hear motions was originally set for Jan 11, was then postponed to Feb 1. Now we may be at either Feb 11 or 15, whatever the court's desire. Ashida Kim, who had been filing pro se, is now represented by counsel and looks like he will be taking the offensive now.I, for one, am anxious to get it started and over with and to allow justice to take it's course. I will attend the hearing in

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Happy New Year to all!!!In the course of making this film I have had adventures i never imagined. I knew I was in for a wall of "secrecy and plausible deniability" but I was not prepared for the high level of obfuscation and crap I have encountered along the way. I am talking to people in the witness protection program, former specials ops people from the military, mob-connected individuals and

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What a month of religious holidays. Eid, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hannakuh, St. Nicholas Day, Buddha's Enlightenment all converging at the end of the Gregorian calendar year. After all the mess we got the world in, we all seem to come to a pause around the same time.I am going to take the next few days to look back to how I got my ass into this mess I am in and talk about where the film stands. The

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Well I am back on the blog. Been recovering from some real bad news this past week. A good friend of mine who was also a documentary film GOD for a lot of us passed away last Saturday. His name was St. Clair Bourne. He died of Pulmonary Trombosis, as a result of surgery to remove a tumour from his brain.I and a lot of the independent film community is in mourning over his death. He was a great

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The court case got covered by Time Out Chicago this week.Hank Sartin did a great article that clearly illustrates what I am trying to do with the film. It is kind of prestigious to be the lead story in the film section of a weekly entertainment magazine like Time Out.I first ran into Time Out when I moved to London way back in 1975. I have always enjoyed the format and the depth of activity they

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So here we are, end of the year and I am not done with the film. I had had some new developments since the infamous filing of the Federal Court case against me for copyright and trademark infringement. First of all, the trademark infringements and violations, a part of their attempted take-downs of my website and YouTube trailers, have been dropped from the actual suit.What's going to happen

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I awake at 3:30 am and the first thing I do after standing up is hit this keyboard. It has been a grueling three weeks since I got back here from Pittsburgh. Bread and butter work has dominated my existence. I have done some work for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC), again with Korean Language and subtitling with Tony Jones, President of the School. Not as difficult as it sounds.

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Not that it really matters, but corrections were made and the time errors have been removed.I thank them for succumbing to the urge to let the truth be known.

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Ok, first things first. A letter from the Green Dragon Society to William Aguiar has been presented claiming to have originated in the 1960s. But this is clearly a confusing statement to make. It is evident that the postage stamp on the letter is 1972 and the first class stamp is an 8 cent value.First class Postage was not 8 cents until 1972. In 1966 postage was 5 cents, and in 1968 it was 6

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Some things you cannot make up. Life has a tendency to be more compelling than fiction at times. Add the fact that many people like to hitch themselves to rising, falling and dead stars, that real life is a province best left than dealt with, that most people will endure anything to achieve their 15 minutes of fame promised by Andy Warhol.Some of our lives are so empty, we need a character like

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I have arrived in Pittsburgh for the 20th Annual International Black Belt Hall of fame at the invitation of Dr. Lawrence Day.This East Coast organized event is an invitation only black tie affair with over 700 people attending the ceremony from all over the US, from Ireland, England, Iceland and Australia. Last night there were seminars and workshops for everyone attending.The crowd is primarily

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Writer Dan Kelly recently send me some of his research from last year's Chicago Reader article. In this research was Chicago Yellow Pages copies from 1968-1972. You see above, two listings, one for the Green Dragon Society, 1968 and the other for Count Dante's Imperial Academy of Fighting Arts. I need to find out who this "Prof. Lee" is on the Green Dragon advert.Once again, we see the Green

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I am just riding the wave of controversy that keeps getting attracted to the making of this film. It sucks that I am being sued, it sucks that Fall River Black Dragon Fighting Society (BDFS) was not able to find away to ask to go into mediation and decided to make this a high profile federal court case. But...I knew what I was getting into when I started this project and will ride it out to

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In the middle of all this I suddenly get a piece of mail has made me an honorary member of the Black Dragon Fighting Society(BDFS). Nooooo, this was initiated by Mike Felkoff, no remorse on the part of the Fall River claimant. I got an official certificate signed by Dr Lawrence Day and Stoffel Van Vuuren. Dr. Day is a direct student of John Keehan/Count Dante.Now this is going to rankle some

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Some very odd things have happened this past few weeks besides the lawsuit. Regarding the lawsuit, there have been motions and counter-motions and allies of the opposition are still arguing the case on Bullshido. Everyone is asking me what is going to happen. Hmmmmmm...we will see. :-)I am grateful to my legal team at the Stanford University Fair Use Project for Documentary Film and Foley Hoag

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We are anxious to get tis over and done with:Stanford Law School’s Fair Use Project and Foley Hoag Defend Documentary Filmmaker’s Fair Use and Free Speech Rights; Seek Damages for Wrongful TakedownsSTANFORD, Calif., October 11, 2007—The Fair Use Project of the Center for Internet & Society at Stanford Law School and its co-counsel Foley Hoag LLP filed an answer and counterclaim in Massachusetts

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On a lighter note, I have discovered the fate of John Keehan/Count Dante's pet lion.When last seen, the lion had taken a bite out of the mayor of Quincy, IL at a Lion's Club convention. John and a buddy had taken the lion there. The owner of a Buick dealership bought the lion from John under circumstances I have not yet determined. The Buick dealer was living at home at the time. He arrived,

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I did two more interviews this week for the film. The Green Dragon mystery will remain a mystery but it's history and genesis will be clearly outlined in the film. I have learned who to rely on for some semblance of accurate information. I have people to cross check data with now. I am better off now then I was when I started this project. I have met some great people all across the country.

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This morning I was out about 5:00 am, headed for the gym, trying to fat bust.On the way back I spotted this empty newspaper machine. It was totally empty but for an old muscle advertisement lodged in the display window. I was already thinking about my cutting of the film, my structure of lack of structure. I stopped and looked at this isolated bit of vintage black and white and imagine how this

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I have encountered a great dilemma in telling the story of the dojo war. I have many versions from one side, Keehan's side, and spotty information from the Green Dragon side.The activities of John Keehan, where and who he learned from remain mysterious to some, fictional to others and a few I have talked to just may have the truth. In showing information in unedited form, I attract new

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More info has made it's way to me regarding the Dragon/Dojo Wars. Info is constantly filtering through, some of it credible and believable and some not. I am going to show excerpts of a letter I recieved below. I have changed the names to protect the informant who now lives in a far eastern location, a former resident of Chicago.----- Original Message ----From: Floyd Webb To: Chingzhang Sent:

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I am busy this week with the recreations for the film and writing and recording narrative. Not much more to report than that. If you are curious about the coming lawsuit in Fall River, you will have to wait. They will get the attention they so badly crave in a courtroom at some point.The pressure is on to get completed by end of the year. I found an informant far afield in a remote location. He

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To give my readers a better idea of the challenges I am facing, I post a video that examines the concept of copyright and fair use through some humorous multimedia.This is really funny and informative. I found this on the Fair Use Project FAQ page

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Aguiar v. Webb et alPlaintiff: William V. Aguiar, IIIDefendant: Floyd Webb, Barron Sheppard, Wendy Sheppard and Ashida KimCase Number: 1:2007cv11673Filed: September 7, 2007Court: Massachusetts District CourtOffice: Boston Office [ Court Info ]County: BristolPresiding Judge: Chief Judge Mark L. WolfNature of Suit: Intellectual Property - CopyrightsCause: 17:101 Copyright

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When I do my online research I spend a little time looking at new martial artists. I am especially watching and enjoying the work of Sifu Rudy Curry and BlackTaoist on YouTube. Their perspective on the combat applications of Bagua Zhang are fresh and humourous. These guys operate from a New York street perspective, but their classicism is very evident. I will be interviewing Rudy Curry. He

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Test bested. The site is back up and I am working on my new interviews. I am still getting these harassing emails but hey, walk in the forest bugs are going to annoy you. They are still God's creatures.Now on to more serious stuff. I got interviews to arrange. Hopefully a few surprises will be forthcoming interview wise.My initial assertion of Fair Use has been tested after being thrown off

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All I want to do is make the best film I can make. Complete a work of art based upon and around the life of one John Timothy Keehan, aka Count Juan Raphael Dante. Financing and production is hard enough, research is incredibility difficult for a story spanning this much time. But thern, there are the little annoying side issues to experience also.This is how I have to start my mornings some days

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I met Bill Wallace last night with Preston Baker. He is in town for The Return of the Masters Tournament this weekend. Bakers school is in the basement of a nondescript industrial building on the far Southside of Chicago.Former karate Champion Shihan Baker, is a community activist and a minister. He remains true to his core constituency, instilling discipline and encouragement to young black men

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Writer Ismael Reed has said that every war is a war between churches. Churches are, if anything, institutions of belief. Many of our conflicts are often fueled by our belief systems. Americans pride themselves on their "values" with a missionary zeal.That was what was at work on Feb 22nd, 1943, when the 143 lb American born Jiu Jitsu master Masato Tamura met the 204 lb wrestler Karl Pojello in an

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I have been writing my narrative for the film. Working alone allows you some freedom you don't have with a large crew or staff. No one pressuring me declare a structure before I am ready. I have had the luxury of having a limitless journey of discovery in pursuing this documentary.Before I write, I do an exercise where I just dump out everything I know on one piece of paper in about 3 minutes.

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I have been looking for a film in which an American Boxer fights a japanese martial artist during World War II. Diligence pays off. The film is titled Behind The Rising Sun and stars Robert Ryan as the boxer, Lefty O'Doyle. The Japanese actors in the film are all uncredited, the principal japanese roles in the film are played by American character actors. This is one of the films I saw after

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Rumble on the Lake - Return of the Masters (Chicago, IL) July 20 & 21stPreston Baker will be presenting a Seminar and Tournament at Truman College this coming weekend, I will post more information when I get it. Bill "Superfoot" Wallace will be attending as well as Tayari Casel.Preston was the second person I spoke to about Count Dante after speaking with Ken Knudson. He pointed me to Jimmy

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