Muhammad ALi challenged by "world's deadliest man"

[delisa]

Remember all those comic book ads featuring Count Dante?

He supposedly challenged Ali to a fight around 1966.

Does anyone recall that??

[HomicideHenry]

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Deadliest ... id=1651432

It mentions it, but evidentially Ali's camp dismissed Dante's challenges

[HomicideHenry]

Evidentially he not only challenged Ali, but both the world 'wrestling' and world judo champions as well.

[HomicideHenry]

http://www.countdante.com/countdante.html

Count Dante held the first 'World Karate Championship' in 1962. This was the first open international Karate championship ever held. Count Dante' held this same championship for seven years (up to and including 1968). In 1967 Count Dante' held the first Professional World Karate Championship' which offered the winner $1O,000 in the contact Karate or Kick Boxing division. Black Belt magazine, in their August 1967 issue, criticized the event, polling the leadership of Karate in the United States, along with the heads of every major Karate organization to confirm their contempt of this innovative competition. All persons and organizations contacted criticized the championship without exception. It seems that Count Dante was always ten years ahead of his time because today the same type of contests are being held throughout the United States. The 1967 Champion-ship was won by Victor Ryther, sixth degree Black belt and a student of Count Dante. In 1968 Count Dante held the first professional 'World Fighting Arts Championship'. This was not an exhibition similar to the ones held now. Participants were not selected and the fighters were not matched up beforehand as they are today. In the 1968 championship there was a 10,000 cash prize offered the winner. The championship was open to all fighters from all fighting systems, styles or arts. Anyone could enter, such as professional boxers, wrestlers, judoka, karateists, kung fu experts, Thai boxers, street fighters, etc. In this contest there were no rounds, no protective gear or gloves were allowed and the winner was decided by knockout.

Count Dante personally went to Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay) house on the south side of Chicago and challenged the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the world. Count Dante' also challenged the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and the World Heavyweight Judo Champion. Count Dante personally entered the contest and defeated all the comers. The December 1970 issue of Mr. America magazine praised Count Dante for his attempts to update the science of self-defense. In the same article, featured in the August 1971 issue of Official Karate magazine, Count Dante proved the inferiority of the traditional martial arts as they were being practiced at that time. In this book, "The Worlds Deadliest Fighting Secrets", the Count elaborated on the shortcomings of all the present day defense systems. In both this book and his "Karate is for Sissies" article, Count Dante stressed the weakness of the martial arts systems as concerns their use and practicality on the street, and stressed that the self-defense arts should become FIGHTING ARTS. This book and article completely changed the structure, attitude, and application of the martial arts, and since that time most top martial arts leaders and publications have stressed the STREET APPLICATION of their arts and articles much as if they had conceived the idea themselves.

No credit was given to Count Dante by the martial arts media or the martial arts leaders due to his violent past and because he demonstrated to them their own weaknesses. Count Dante formed his own Fighting system called " Dan-Te (Deadly Hands) System Fighting". This fighting formed by the late Bruce Lee called Jeet-Kune-Do. Count Dante formed his system several years before Bruce Lee formed his. Both Count Dante and Bruce Lee realized the weaknesses and ineffectiveness of the old systems of defense.

In 1973 Count Dante was requested to come to Hollywood, California by Counselor Films to do a screen test for the starring role in a Kung-Fu movie. The test proved futile due to the fact that the camera could not pick up his brutal, lightning - fast hand techniques. The motion picture studio's insurance coverage was canceled due to the injuries of stunt men and martial artists on the set because Count Dante did not pull his punches and kicks.

[Collins2000]

Lap Goch - The ancient Welsh martial art

Even in the pugilistic community, little is known of Lap Goch (pronounced 'Lap Gosh') - the ancient Welsh art of self-defence - and that's the way the Lap Goch masters prefer to keep it.

Once upon a time the Lap Gochi would patrol the streets of the Welsh highlands like gayly-dressed Samurai - their colourful costumes belieing the terrible carnage that could be unleashed with a simple flick of their brochfael (the preferred weapon of the Lap Goch masters that resembles an innocuous oversized handkerchief).

Even then, practitioners who shared the deadly techniques with outsiders were forced to pull their own heads off in front of the entire village as a form of punishment. Nowadays the secrets of Rhyddfedd and Freckleddll are passed on only to those select few who are invited into the remote villages where the remaining Lap Goch masters meet to mentor a new generation of Welsh warriors.

Even so, the fundamental principles of Lap Goch are well known. There are two:

1. That the best form of defence is attack
2. That the most important element in a successful attack is surprise

The Lap Goch practitioner is therefore taught to suprise his opponent by attacking him before he is himself attacked. Indeed, he will attack his opponent, not only before he is actually attacked, but before his opponent has even considered attacking him. Indeed, to be safe, he will launch attacks on a variety of people who have never even so much as thought about attacking him because they have never had any reason to.

Critics of the ancient art have suggested that this makes Lap Goch a simple form of thugery, as it generally involves assaulting complete strangers in the street, long before they might form any notion of attacking the Lap Goch exponent.

The criticism is valid, so far as it goes, but it illustrates too how the Lap Goch master always stays one move ahead in the game. He attacks not only his enemies, but also those who may one day become his enemies. And indeed, amongst the Lap Goch masters, their premonitions are rarely found to be at fault. Over time, almost all of those whom they attack do become their enemies!

[Collins2000]

The Lap Goch masters ready to perform The Dance of the Dragon kata

[Collins2000]

And how come Frazier now makes out he was upset and offended when Ali pulled out that rubber gorilla?

[Collins2000]

[Goodnight, Irene]

And how come Frazier now makes out he was upset and offended when Ali pulled out that rubber gorilla?

That's a momentary image at a press conference. Are you seriously judging Frazier's thoughts & feelings on the gorilla tirade upon a still picture, in a public setting, or are you being sarcastic?

[Collins2000]

And how come Frazier now makes out he was upset and offended when Ali pulled out that rubber gorilla?

That's a momentary image at a press conference. Are you seriously judging Frazier's thoughts & feelings on the gorilla tirade upon a still picture, in a public setting, or are you being sarcastic?

He looks pretty happy to me. even though the rubber gorilla is out.

He seems to be getting into the spirit of SELLING THE FIGHT.

As I recall, it wasn't the rubber gorilla that got Frazier 'angry'.

Was he really angry or was he SELLING THE FIGHT?

I know now Joe says Ali went too far but at the time, as I recall, it was seen as part of SELLING THE FIGHT.

Of course I may be wrong so feel free to add your memories of that time.

[Robinson]

Count Dante...ah yes.

One of the early of the super wanker martial artist types.

wasn't their going to be a doco on that guy?

[Robinson]

The most average of club fighter...no wait....the 15 yo kid who
learned boxing for a handful of lessons would have KOd that fag
Dante.

I hate these types of martial artists so much. It is one of my pet
hate passions. Worse are the ignorant people that honestly and
100% believe/

[Collins2000]

The Lap Goch masters ready to perform The Dance of the Dragon kata

did you know morris dancing is the only dancing legally allowed in a pub if it doesnt have a licence.

And that is how it should be.

[Collins2000]

look at the one at the front on the left, is that george bush?

Holy crap it is!

And the one on the right is the former Iranian leader Mohammad Khatami!

David Icke was right!

[Robinson]

collins the reptillian volcano lord.

[BoxBuzz]

Revealing the secrets of Lap Goch is irresponsible and punishable by live burial. Some things are not for general consumption. Collins the irresponsible puppet of Bazza is once again showing his foolish and moronic nature by leveraging the safety of our shared communities against his own shallow addiction to public attention.