tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post7889545073032288646..comments2008-03-31T14:18:19.973-05:00John Vesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04434740196022601040noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-58751084612209402142006-12-22T16:05:00.000-05:002006-12-22T16:05:00.000-05:00Thanks Miss Chris.<br /><br />Happy holidays!John Vesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04434740196022601040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-47621051773305657422006-12-22T16:04:00.000-05:002006-12-22T16:04:00.000-05:00As usual, great post. And great comments too! Pretty funny.Miss Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17919962859301719781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-90902983007879949742006-12-21T12:46:00.000-05:002006-12-21T12:46:00.000-05:00Martial Development:<br />Other than the home training courses which I believe are a just a device to make money (as opposed to offering something really constructive), most of the ads I see in <i>Black Belt</i> magazine seem to be fairly legit. Of course there will be a few that are off the wall. I've never checked out <i>Inside Kung Fu</i>.<br /><br />Bear in mind that the ad that you see at the top of my article, and the ones from the link I included, appeared mainly in comic books, not martial-art publications of that time. <br />----------<br />Eddie! Where have you been??<br />----------<br />Mr. James:<br />It seems that everyone from our generation got the biggest kick out of this. It brought back memories for me as well. Thanks for the link.John Vesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04434740196022601040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-44215900616162319442006-12-21T11:38:00.000-05:002006-12-21T11:38:00.000-05:00Hi, John<br /><br />I am still laughing! <br /><br />You can not believe the memories that came flooding back when I viewed the ads.<br /><br />I remeber all of them and even ordered the Charles Atlas body building couse when I was about eleven.<br /><br />I posted the link on my blog and gave you credit for the source, thanks for the laughs!<br /><br />CharlesCharles Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-22704166662488154022006-12-20T19:09:00.000-05:002006-12-20T19:09:00.000-05:00Interesting..<br /><br />a disaster waiting to happenEddie 哥哥http://www.blogger.com/profile/05060225742136401941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-63674472069157489142006-12-20T02:18:00.000-05:002006-12-20T02:18:00.000-05:00Looking at a recent edition of Black Belt or Inside Kung Fu magazine, can you honestly say that anything has changed?Martial Developmenthttp://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-34624357486748587932006-12-20T01:01:00.000-05:002006-12-20T01:01:00.000-05:00Black Belt Mama:<br />Videotape training. Sheesh!<br /><br />"I got my black belt from my VCR."<br /><br />Yeah, ok. <br /><br />Actually, it's funny, I was going to write a piece about the modern video/DVD thing, and then I stumbled onto a site that had all those old ads. I grew up with those ads! I suppose these crazy marketing schemes just change with the times.<br /><br /><i>...he dropped into a split while sparring.</i><br /><br />Sounds like a James Brown move! <br />----------<br />Marc:<br />There are a few of those Villari schools in the NY area. Thanks for that link. Amazing. Apparently the founder is credited with combining (among other things) Shaolin and Kempo. Kempo (chuan fa) is Japanese for "Chinese Boxing", and Shaolin is just one version of Chinese Boxing. Shaolin <i>is</i> Kempo. Advertisers rely, or rather prey, on the uninformed.John Vesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04434740196022601040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-87934169383422946722006-12-19T13:03:00.000-05:002006-12-19T13:03:00.000-05:00Just to clarify.<br /><br />By a concept that works I mean that the person selling it must make money... Not that it works for the person buying it.<br /><br />MarcMrXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12143891013477605254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-65501289044232821472006-12-19T12:58:00.000-05:002006-12-19T12:58:00.000-05:00The concept must work because these types of adds still exist, in a more modern style (<a href="http://www.villari.com/">like this add</a>).<br /><br /><i>"My instructors said they got a good laugh, especially when he dropped into a split while sparring."</i><br /><br />His video must've been a Van Damme movie :-))<br /><br />MarcMrXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12143891013477605254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-22459912310100603652006-12-19T09:20:00.000-05:002006-12-19T09:20:00.000-05:00I think I may have told you before about a guy who showed up at our dojo proclaiming that he was ready for his black belt because he had trained at home through videotapes. My instructors said they got a good laugh, especially when he dropped into a split while sparring.Black Belt Mamahttp://www.blackbeltmama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-67163047071494658012006-12-19T01:18:00.000-05:002006-12-19T01:18:00.000-05:00Rick:<br />Thanks for the link. Here's two more you might like:<br /><br />http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/countdante<br /><br />http://johnkeehan.blogspot.comJohn Vesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04434740196022601040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-80987198141928347552006-12-18T21:07:00.000-05:002006-12-18T21:07:00.000-05:00Here is the answers.com page on Count Dante:<br /><br />http://www.answers.com/topic/count-dante<br /><br />If you go to the page, and check out the links at the bottom. By following the links, you can eventually find some clips of the count.Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-26925678927781219212006-12-18T12:55:00.000-05:002006-12-18T12:55:00.000-05:00Rick:<br />The Count Dante ad is the one that really stuck in my mind through the years. <br />----------<br />Mat:<br />Of that I have no doubt!<br />----------<br />Mireille:<br />Sure it cost $$ to place those hokey ads. I wonder how many of those courses were actually sold.John Vesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04434740196022601040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-55814465802888578842006-12-18T09:08:00.000-05:002006-12-18T09:08:00.000-05:00Someone must have purchased these courses otherwise you wouldn't have seen them so prevelant in the books. Didn't it cost them money to place these ads there in the first place?<br /><br />Like the saying goes "There's a sucker born every minute."supergroup7http://www.blogger.com/profile/01918610819952156537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-60826777848950829792006-12-18T08:54:00.000-05:002006-12-18T08:54:00.000-05:00wow.<br /><br />unbelievable!<br /><br />:)<br /><br />I believe he really must be having a good laugh.[Mat]http://www.blogger.com/profile/06914289317924626891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14230162.post-81609496230492219672006-12-16T21:47:00.000-05:002006-12-16T21:47:00.000-05:00What a blast from the past. I remember my first martial arts books, by Bruce Tegner. Remember Count Dante?Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.com