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Moshing (also known as slam dancing or simply slamming) [1] is an extreme style of dancing in which participants push or slam into each other. Taking place in an area called the mosh pit (or simply the pit), it is typically performed to aggressive styles of live music such as punk rock and heavy metal.
Jay T. Will (March 10, 1942 – March 15, 1995) was an American martial artist.He trained under Ed Parker and Al Tracy in American Kenpo and was promoted by the latter to the rank of 8th degree black belt.
Thomas Carroll LaPuppet born in South Carolina in 1938, and died on March 23, 1999. [3] He was raised in Brooklyn graduating from Franklin K. Lane High School.He then went on to attend the State University of New York in Westbury, New York but did not graduate from there due to his belief that "The University of the street" provided a more dynamic education.
Jessica Anna Michalik (7 January 1985 – 31 January 2001) was an Australian girl from Sydney, born to Polish immigrants, [1] who died as a result of asphyxiation five days after being crushed in a mosh pit during the 2001 Big Day Out music festival during a performance by headlining act Limp Bizkit.
Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba, the Japanese actor and martial arts legend who had roles in American films like “Kill Bill” and “The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift,” died on Thursday, his ...
Fumio Demura (出村 文男, Demura Fumio, September 15, 1938 – April 24, 2023) was a Japanese karateka and kobudoka, based in the United States since the mid-1960s. [2] [3] A 9th dan in Shitō-ryū karate, [3] he was Pat Morita's martial arts stunt double in the first, third and fourth Karate Kid films, and was one of the inspirations for the character Mr. Miyagi.
Moses Powell (1941–2005), also known as Master Musa Muhammad, [5] was an American pioneer of martial arts in the United States. [6] [7] He was born in Norfolk Virginia. [1]He held the rank of 10th degree black belt, and was famous for his one finger forward roll. [3]
George Dillman (born November 23, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [2] is a controversial American martial arts instructor, who popularized the use of techniques such as pressure points (also known in Japan as kyūsho jutsu (急所術)) among the United States' martial arts practitioners.