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Only The Strong (film)
''Only the Strong'' is a 1993 martial arts film directed by Sheldon Lettich, starring Mark Dacascos. It is considered to be the only Hollywood film that showcases capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art, from beginning to end. Plot Former Green Beret Louis Stevens (Mark Dacascos) returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses his capoeira skills to kick several drug dealers off the school property, Mr. Kerrigan (Geoffrey Lewis), one of Stevens' old teachers, sees the impact that Stevens has on the students. Kerrigan gives him the task of teaching capoeira to a handful of the worst at-risk students at the school, giving Stevens an abandoned fire station as their practice area. While doing so, Stevens earns the ire of the local drug lord, Silverio Aliveres (Paco Christian Prieto), whose younger cousin, Orlando Aliveres (Richard Coca), is one of Stev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoom-Zoom-Zoom
"Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" (also known as "Zum Zum Zum" or "Zoom Zoom") is the title of a capoeira song, made popular by the 1993 movie, ''Only the Strong (film), Only The Strong'', for whose Only_the_Strong_(film)#Soundtrack, soundtrack it was recorded by Jibril Serapis Bey (musician), Jibril Serapis Bey. It is one of three Serapis Bey recordings which appear on the soundtrack to the film. Another recording of "Zum Zum Zum" was made by Spank (musician), Spank for the year 2000 Autoblog.com news item Mazda#Marketing, Mazda car commercials in conjunction with the company's slogan "Zoom-Zoom." The song is not related to "Zoom Zoom Zoom," a 1958 doo-wop single by The Collegians. References Capoeira films Songs used as jingles 1993 songs Mazda {{world-music-song-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Dacascos
Mark Alan Dacascos (born February 26, 1964) is an American actor, martial artist and television personality. He won numerous karate and kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18. He is known for his roles as Wo Fat in ''Hawaii Five-0'', Louis Stevens in ''Only the Strong'', Mani in ''Brotherhood of the Wolf'', Toby Wong in ''Drive'', Ling in ''Cradle 2 the Grave'', the titular role in ''Crying Freeman'' and Zero in '' John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum''. Perhaps best known as "The Chairman" on Food Network's '' Iron Chef America'' series since January 2005, he has continued the role as of 2022 on Netflix's '' Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend''. His other roles include Kung Lao in the web series '' Mortal Kombat: Legacy'', Eric Draven in '' The Crow: Stairway to Heaven'' and Eubulon in '' Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight''. He also competed in the ninth season of ''Dancing with the Stars''. Early life Dacascos was born February 26, 1964, in Oahu, Hawaii. His father, Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chop Shop
A chop shop is a business, often mimicking a body shop, that illicitly disassembles stolen motor vehicles and sells their parts. Chop shops are often linked to car-theft rings as part of a broader organized crime enterprise. In the United States, the federal Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984 and Federal Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992, as well as U.S. Department of Transportation regulations issued under those acts, require automobile manufacturers to label many different auto components (with some exemptions for new automobiles with selected anti-theft devices). A 1999 study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice estimated that parts marking reduced the rate of professional car theft (with "between 33 and 158 fewer cars" being "stolen by professional thieves per 100,000 cars that were marked between 1987 and 1995"), inhibiting chop-shop operations. See also *Carjacking *Motor vehicle theft *Pawn shop References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LRoc
LRoc (born James Elbert Phillips) is an American in-house songwriter and producer at Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings. He has co-written and co-produced singles like Janet Jackson's " Call on Me", Monica's " Everytime Tha Beat Drop", Mariah Carey's " Get Your Number", Murphy Lee's "Wat Dat Hook Gon' Be", Usher's " Yeah!", LL Cool J's "Control Myself "Control Myself" is a song by American rapper LL Cool J from his 12th album, ''Todd Smith'' (2006). The song was written by Jermaine Dupri, James Phillips, Ryan Toby, John Miller, Afrika Bambaataa, Arthur Baker and John Robie. The song was pro ...," and Nelly's " Grillz". He produced Teairra Mari's single " Sponsor" in 2010. External links *Starpoynt Magazine "LRoc-in' To The Top!"*Atlanta Daily World (July 9, 2006) "Atlanta's LROC Creates Beats For Top-Selling CDs, Works On Project To Benefit AIDS Research"*EMI Music Publishing American male songwriters American record producers Living people Year of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Muggs
Lawrence Muggerud (born January 28, 1968), professionally known by his stage name DJ Muggs, is an American DJ, audio engineer and record producer. He is a member of Cypress Hill, a member of the trip hop band Cross My Heart Hope To Die and the leader of hip hop and art collective Soul Assassins. During his career he produced tracks for House of Pain, Funkdoobiest, Daddy Freddy, Pavlos Fyssas, Die Antwoord, Westside Gunn, remixed songs for Janet Jackson, U2, Kaliphz, Simply Red, Depeche Mode, and collaborated with Tricky, GZA, Sick Jacken, Planet Asia, Ill Bill, Meyhem Lauren and Roc Marciano. As part of Cypress Hill, he received three Grammy nominations for "Insane in the Brain", " I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" and " Throw Your Set in the Air". Life and career Of Italian descent, Muggs was born in Queens borough of New York City, and was adopted into a Norwegian family. He moved to Bell Gardens at age fourteen, and got his start DJing for hip hop group The 7A3, who put out one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Music
Fox Music was the music division label of 20th Century Fox. It encompassed music publishing and licensing businesses, dealing primarily with television and film soundtracks. It was located in Century City, California. During CEO Robert Kraft's tenure at Fox, dozens of Fox scores and soundtracks have become platinum or gold records. Highlights include the soundtracks from 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures films such as ''Titanic'', ''Waiting to Exhale'', ''28 Weeks Later'', ''Moulin Rouge!'', '' Garden State'', ''Romeo + Juliet'', ''The Full Monty'', ''Hope Floats'', ''Dr. Dolittle'', ''Bulworth'', ''Anastasia'', ''Walk the Line'', the 1st '' Alvin and the Chipmunks'' film, '' Once'', and '' Juno''. Fox Music has also supervised the music for 20th Century Fox Television hits such as '' Ally McBeal'' and ''The X-Files'', as well shows '' Family Guy'' and ''The Simpsons''. Since 1994, television soundtracks from Fox Music have included the worldwide platinum albums fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capoeira Music
In capoeira, music sets the rhythm, the style of play, and the energy of a game. In its most traditional setting, there are three main styles of song that weave together the structure of the capoeira roda. The roda represents the most strict and traditional format for capoeira and is ideally suited for an introduction and discussion of the music. Though we may consider the music traditional, because it has been passed orally from one to the next until the early - mid 20th century when songs and rhythms began to be notated and recorded, there is no record of to what extent and exactly how the music has evolved over time. Capoeira's Brazilian heritage plays a heavy role in the way capoeira is perceived by its practitioners and understood at a subconscious level. It is a common feature of many Brazilian ethnic groups, for instance, as well as others throughout the world, that music is not so much a form of personal entertainment as it is a medium to bring about group cohesion and dynam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Belt (magazine)
''Black Belt'' is an American magazine covering martial arts and combat sports. The magazine is based in Valencia, California, and is one of the oldest titles dedicated to martial arts in the United States. History and profile The magazine was founded in 1961 by Mitoshi Uyehara. It was published by Uyehara under the company "Black Belt, Inc." based in Los Angeles until 1973. Although the publication went mainstream in 1961, the first magazine was produced and sold for ten cents and was put together on the kitchen floor of Uyehara's home in 1958. By the first year of producing a full publication in 1961, Uyehara was in debt for $30,000. This story has been one that he has shared with his children and grandchild to believe in oneself and fight against the odds. Bruce Lee contributed many articles to the publication during the 1960s. Uyehara, a martial artist in his own right, was a key personage in arranging Lee's material for publication. Uyehara is a 3rd Dan in Aikido but stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amen Santo
Mestre Amen Santo is an Afro-Brazilian mestre (master) of the acrobatic martial art of capoeira. He has acted in roles practicing his art in two Hollywood movies, '' Only The Strong'' and ''Kickboxer 4'', and created much of the former's fight choreography. He was born in Bahia, Brazil. According to himself in the interview to papoeira.com, he became interested in capoeira when he first saw it as a 6-year-old accompanying his mother to the supermarket. "The first time I saw Capoeira I was 6 years old when I went to the supermarket called Mercado de Aguinelo, where there was a roda that Master Waldemar always made, right in front of this supermarket." He emigrated to the United States sometime later and began teaching capoeira in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Kato
Sérgio Luiz Pereira (born July 15, 1960), stagename Sergio Kato, is a Brazilian-American actor, television host, comedian and former martial artist. He found greater fame in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, after a stage play at the Scala Rio music venue. Since then, Kato have been working for a number of advertising campaigns, TV shows and films. Former model and active actor 2019. Aside from the acting career, Kato still modeling not as much. Print-adds, campaigns and TV Commercials for grief clothing. Sergio is brother of former footballer and current football coach Mazarópi. Career Early work He began his acting career at Teatro O Tablado in Rio de Janeiro, where he studied and worked. Still in Rio de Janeiro, he gained notoriety acting, dancing and singing in spectacles of Scala Rio.UOL Mais > Ator Sergio Kato – A Entrevista/ref> Still young, in 1982 he served the Brazilian Air Force, than in 1985 he moved to the United States. After studying English at Calif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoni Corone
Antoni Corone is an American actor and producer. He is perhaps best known for playing " Frank Urbano" in the American drama television series '' Oz'', Only Fools and Horses as Rico Ochetti and also being known for playing the role of "Captain Warren" in ''The Red Road''. Life and career Corone was born in Willoughby and Wickliffe, Ohio. Corone launched his career in the mid-1980s, usually cast as rugged, slightly imposing and domineering types - including club bouncers, security personnel, military men, and officers of the law. In 1986, Corone played in the television film ''Charley Hannah'',. In 1991 he guest-starred in the British television sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'' in the episode ''Miami Twice'' playing the role of mafia don's son Rico Ochetti. The episode originally aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom on December 25, 1991. In 1997, Corone recorded a participation in ''Kenan & Kel'' as the movie star "Buck Savage". Corone's film work includes bit parts in A-li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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