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Now with kung fu grip! : how bodybuilders, soldiers and a hairdresser reinvented martial arts for America /

Title
Now with kung fu grip! : how bodybuilders, soldiers and a hairdresser reinvented martial arts for America / Jared Miracle.
Author
Miracle, Jared,
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

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Description
ix, 188 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"The rise of Asian martial arts in America is a fascinating untold story of modern history. The cast of characters includes circus strongmen, professional cage fighters, an award winning comic book artist, the inventors of judo, aikido and Cornflakes, and Count Juan Raphael Dante, a Chicago hairdresser and used car salesman with the "Deadliest Hands in the World.""--
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The YMCA, Christian muscle and breakfast cereal -- Karate, boxing and other Japanese creations -- U.S. occupation and a new manly art -- In search of the death touch -- Bigger muscles, mutant turtles and cage-fighting philosophers.
ISBN
  • 9781476663500
  • 1476663505
LCCN
2016024110
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library