The Panda Chronicles
The Panda Chronicles is fiction, based on unbelievable fact. Real life undercover narcotics Detective Rico Rose was known as the Panda on the streets. He's a Jewish, Mexican Sherlock Holmes. Just as the fictional character Doctor Watson chronicled the exploits of the famous Detective of Baker Street, Gordon Richiusa (a real person) uses the real life Rico Rose (a stocky, Hispanic, Jewish, Sherlock Holmes) as the basis for this true-life detective thriller. Make no mistake, however. This is a fiction novel. Gordon Richiusa is a fiction writer who knows when to depart from truth for the sake of safety and the ...
American Kinetica – Alpha Group are True Pioneers in the Paxtial Arts
Top Left to right: Ed Parker, Jr., Jeremy Rose, Andrew Pilch, Tom Baker, Jr., John Baker, Cory Martin Bottom Left to right: Santigo Hernandez, Les Edwards, Cynthia Graham, Corwin Chavez, Kevin Wong Las Vegas, NV – The much anticipated American Kinetica – Level 1 Instructor Certification took place over two full days Feb. 19-20 at Cory Martin’s ATA Black Belt Academy. Lead by American Kinetica founder Ed Parker, Jr. and contributor Cynthia Graham, nine instructors were certified to teach American Kinetica - Level 1. More about American Kinetica: The goal of Kinetica is to provide an alternative study of self defense. Based upon simple engineering principles and ...
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Supports Efforts To Stop Bullying
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Supports Holmdel Residents "Super" Efforts To Stop Bullying! He is not your typical executive in a major investment firm: Holdmdel resident Anthony Codispoti is more like Superman. As a First Vice President at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Codisposit dons a suit and tie to meet with clients, lay out investment strategies, build portfolios, and offer a complete asset-management program. The “risks” are confined to assets -- equities, corporate and emerging market bonds, and commodities. After hours, Codispoti loosens his tie to deal with much more perilous situations – children at risk, either physically or emotionally, because of bullying. In an effort to ...
Afghan Youth Taekwondo Team Shows ISAF Kickin’ Good Time
KABUL, Afghanistan – From front to side, tornado to crescent, the kicks flew as the Afghanistan National Taekwondo Federation Junior Team put on a show at the International Security Assistance Force Headquarters gym, Oct. 22. With a crowd of ISAF service members cheering them on, the team of 6 Afghan girls and 11 Afghan boys demonstrated their athletic abilities to kick, break boards and work as a team. “It was a great demonstration of tremendous athletes, tremendous sportsmanship and young people that are doing important things for their country,” said U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Hal Pittman, of Tampa, Fla., who serves as ...
The Effect of Modern Marketing on Martial Arts and Traditional Martial Arts Culture
Abstract This paper examines the effect of modern marketing strategies upon martial arts activity in the United States. The concentration of the inquiry is twofold. How has marketing effected the economic activity of the martial arts business industry? How has marketing effect the martial arts culture? This paper begins with a historical analysis of the evolution of martial arts as a business practice involving the use of marketing to gain customers. Martial arts marketing practices have proven most effective when they are personal due to the geographic location of specific schools or the instructor-client relationship. Internet marketing is a synthesis of personal and mass marketing, providing readily available information in ...
Paulo Tocha – Muay Thai Advisor
Paulo Tocha was born in Africa. He is of Portuguese and Italian descent and he grew up in Mozambique and Johannesburg, South Africa . He moved to Thailand to train in "real" Muay Thai boxing. In the early 80's, Tocha was one of the first Westerners to fight in Thailand, and one of the first and few to be accepted as a foreign fighter for a prestigious, very powerful and respected bangkok muaythai fighting camp called Sor. Thanikul Gym. Sor. Thanikul Gym is recognised for its many champions. From Thailand, Paulo traveled to the People's Republic of China where he was ...
Dojo Medicine Comes to Joe Lewis Research Conference
I was asked to teach Dojo Medicine concepts at the recent Joe Lewis Research Conference in Tampa, Florida. Joe wanted the format to be open in order to facilitate JLFS Instructors, black belts, and attendees to ask – “whatever they felt might relate to the topic of Dojo Medicine”. The questions from the session focused on training and from these inquiries common themes emerged. The discussion points from the conference participants will be the subject of this series of Dojo Medicine. • “When is a student properly warmed up?” • “Any tips on hydration and heat?” • “As an instructor, what do I ...
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The Panda Chronicles is fiction, based on unbelievable fact. Real life undercover narcotics Detective Rico Rose was known as the Panda on the streets. He’s a Jewish, Mexican Sherlock Holmes. Just as the fictional character Doctor Watson chronicled the exploits of the famous Detective of Baker Street, Gordon Richiusa (a real person) uses the real... Read more of this article
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