AMAI Archive 010

Interview with Shidoshi Frank Dux. Topics Include: How he got started in the martial arts at 12 ½ years old. Discussion of the movie Bloodsport and what it is like to see part of your life on the screen. The concept of loyalty and putting yourself on the line for the credibility of another person. The message of Bloodsport is committing yourself to someone for whom you have respect. How the movie compares to the real-life kumite. Discussed choreography and stunt work for movies. Talked about his schools, run by his students around the world. Talk about work with disabled children and rehabilitation. Seminar Footage. Discussion of finding the coin blindfolded. Some brief history of the ninja: there were once over 1200 sects, etc., two major factions Eigo and Koga (50 Koga families), and his lineage from Tanaka leading to Dux-ryu. Grandmaster Crandall is the founder of the American Martial Arts Institute and was the host of the Martial Arts Today Show which aired on NBC in the United States and Canada in the 1980s and 90s. Learn more at .