A Note From Master Woodrow Edgell
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 […]
Recent research developments.
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, […]
Defamation has it’s own repercussions
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 […]
Vault Robbing Martial Artists
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 […]
Jim Quattrocki and company enter my story in The International Documentary Challenge
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 […]
Between Flights headed back to Chicago.
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 […]
Back to Boston: Federal Court Part 2 and Akomfrah gets an OBE
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 […]
The Story Everyone Wants to Know
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 […]
The Value of Good Research
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 […]
Two New Interviews…Dojo War info
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 […]