My first sensei, Gregory Jaco Transitioned today.
I was trying to call my old sensei, Gregory Jaco the past three weeks, I called his ex-wife and found out he was in the hospital again. He was in a coma last week. This morning I got a call and she told me he passed early this morning. Jaco is a good part of […]
New York and The Trip to Fall River
I got here to New York on Saturday with the intention of meeting with Master Ronald Duncan and possibly Richard “Legend” Lenchus. Lenchus was at the 1962 Mas Oyama tournament at Madison Square Garden. Dante fought there and I was looking for film footage and information. Things did not work out and I cannot see […]
Dante’s Lion connection dies.
Chicago Tribune,February 3, 2007 “If there was an animal act on a Chicago-made TV show from the 1950s through the 1980s, chances are it came from Clarence “Bernie”Hoffmann’s Animal Kingdom pet shop on Milwaukee Avenue.” I got an email from Dan Kelly this morning informing me that the owner of Animal Kingdom died. Animal Kingdom […]
Preparing to Travel
Where do I start? I have been really inconsistent about this blog lately. I am at a point where I am a bit overwhelmed. Lots happening. I got more contacts, new discoveries and lots more controversy. I will be going away weekend, not saying where. Can’t say much about what I am doing yet. Not […]
Back from Vegas and the Amazing Michael Felkoff
Several weeks back I went out to CES to handle some business and also too time out to meet Master Michael Felkoff, formerly of Chicago. Master Felkoff is, along with Nganga Tolo-naa(Ray Cooper) a master of the “Secret Family Style of Yang” Tai Chi. Master Felkoff was a friend of John Keehan’s and accompanied him […]
FBI Files: BOMBING MATTERS: 80 pages on Keehan
I have always had a certain confidence in good bureacrats. After a year I finally got the FBI records I was looking for for John Keehan aka Juan R. Dante. But this is already confusing, or shall I say once again confusing. Something is definitely missing here and the question is do I go back […]
Johnny Coulon: Count Dante’s first teacher and Mining MY Memory
Looking back to my early youth in the 1960s, my first years in Chicago living on South State Street in the Harold Ickes Projects, and a block from the Cermak and State Street “L,” the Howard/Jackson/Englewood line. It was the lifeline of Chicago’s Southside public transportation system. I think of how we used to hop […]
Still Going Strong, full speed ahead in 2007!
It has been over a month since my last post. Lots of end of the year stuff to deal with regarding work, company partnerships, family, health etc., etc. I am going out on another interview first week of January 2007. Luckily it will be part of a work assignment. I am working this week on […]
John Keehan and Ed Parker
I was doing some research tonight and came across a site about Ed Parker, Kenpo Karate Setting History Right 1960-1962.I am really trying to get these origins and exposures right. I think understanding the basis of his martial arts education may give me some insight into how I will structure this part of the film. […]
Victor Moore
I spoke with Victor Moore some months back about his association with John Keehan. He was a contemporary and was at Robert Trias’s school along with Keehan and they worked out together in Arizona. I am hoping that Mr. Moore will be able to give us some insight into the realtionship between Keehan and Trais […]