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Bloodsport: When Martial Arts were Pro Wrestling


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Is it karate, or is it kayfabe? Are they fighters, or are they frauds? The 70s and 80s were filled with martial arts "masters" selling BS from Kung Fu movies to the public. But what happens when we look back upon those days with the magic of internet fact checking? Nick and Chango look back on when martial arts were pro wrestling!

 

Sources:

-Ninja: Hero or fake master? LA Times, 05/01/1989

-Frank William Dux: Cold Case Getting Warmer, published on militaryphony.com

-November, 1980 issue of Black Belt Magazine

 

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