Comic Book Ads for Martial Arts

[ArmorOfGod]

http://www.mrdankelly.com/martialads.html

That is a website of scanned pages from the backs of comic books in the 70's and 80's. The pages have ads for martial arts home study courses.
I think I remember some of them.

AoG

[Xue Sheng]

Yup, I remember some of those

[morph4me]

I remember most of them :(

[chinto01]

A few seem familiar. I should have paid more attention and gotten the home study course instead of trucking it to the dojo.

In the spirit of bushido!

Rob

[MA-Caver]

Oy! Talk about taking me back a few years... I remember a bunch of those... thanks ... for makin me feel old... :D

[NDNgirl4ever]

I have a couple of "Emergency!" comic books from the 70s that have ads similar to those.

[stone_dragone]

Now lets be honest...did anyone here send for one of these sets, even out of curiosity?

I never did, but I am currently looking for John "Count Dante" Keenan's book ("World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets") to add to my collection just for its sheer camp value.

Any leads?

[Gary Crawford]

Thanks for posting that! That brought back some vivid memories!!

[Randy Strausbaugh]

This is embarassing for two reasons:
1. I actually recognized all of those ads.
2. I must admit that I purchased two of them out of morbid curiosity ( the Count Dante and El Shaitan ones).

I also saw the Ketsugo book in a martial arts store about 10 years ago and bought it. Primarily rehashed Bruce Tegner material.

Still, those ads brought back memories of a simpler time. Thanks.

[Grenadier]

Now lets be honest...did anyone here send for one of these sets, even out of curiosity?

/me raises his hand sheepishly...

I was a kid back then, and didn't know any better, and actually ended up sending cash through the mail. The stuff never came, as expected.



I never did, but I am currently looking for John "Count Dante" Keenan's book ("World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets") to add to my collection just for its sheer camp value.

Any leads?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Worlds-Deadliest-Fighting-Secrets-course-by-Count-Dante_W0QQitemZ330076709007QQihZ014QQcategoryZ4734 8QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I believe that's William Aguillar himself, on eBay, selling it. I could be mistaken, though.

It's actually surprising, that Keehan would do what he did. He was a well-established black belt under Robert Trias, but one day, decided to become Count Juan Raphael Dante...

[Drac]

Man did that make me feel old..I remember ALL of them..

[donald]

Is'nt the John Natavanad(sp!)shown in the ad. A black belt of Chuck Norris' system? If I am not mistaken he was also one of the more "big name" fighters back in the 70's?

1stJohn1:9

[Randy Strausbaugh]

Is'nt the John Natavanad(sp!)shown in the ad. A black belt of Chuck Norris' system? If I am not mistaken he was also one of the more "big name" fighters back in the 70's?

1stJohn1:9
Yep. That's the one. Taught out of Las Vegas at the time, if I recall correctly.