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    Count Dante - Wikipedia

    • Count Juan Raphael Dante (born John Timothy Keehan; February 2, 1939 – May 25, 1975) was an American martial artist figure during the 1960s and 1970s who claimed he could do extraordinary feats such as Dim Mak. See more

    Early career

    Keehan was born in Beverly, Chicago, on February 2, 1939, to a well-to-do Irish American family. His father, Jack, … See more

    Dan-te

    Keehan grew disillusioned with conventional karate instruction's focus on ceremony, tradition and protocol over what he felt to be "effectiveness" and began developing his own style that he would promote a… See more

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    BornJohn Timothy Keehan · February 2, 1939 · Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    DiedMay 25, 1975 (aged 36)
    ResidenceChicago, Illinois
    StyleKarate
    "The Deadliest Man Alive"

    In 1967, Keehan legally changed his name to Count Juan Raphael Danté, explaining the name change by stating that his parents fled Spain during the Spanish Civil War, changed their names, and obscured their noble herit… See more

    The Dojo Wars

    The various enmities culminated in the Dojo War incident of April 24, 1970, where Dante and some of his students performed a dojo storm on Green Dragon Society's Black Cobra Hall. According to press coverage, upon enteri… See more

    Death

    Count Dante died in his sleep of internal hemorrhaging caused by a bleeding ulcer, on May 25, 1975. See more

    Further reading

    • Spirko, Walter. "Rival karate clubs fight on N.W. Side; one killed." Chicago Sun-Times (April 24, 1970) See more

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  1. The Last Dragon Tribute
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    Count Dante: The Story Behind Bloodsport and The Downfall of a …

  3. Reddit
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    TIL that John "Count Dante" Keehan was a martial artist …

    TIL that John "Count Dante" Keehan was a martial artist and hairdresser from Chicago, Illinois. He was well-known throughout the 1960s and 70s for dojo storming rival gyms, and claimed to possess the Dim-Mak "death touch".

  4. Amazon
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    World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets: Count Dante

    Jul 6, 2014 · The secrets of Count Dante the deadliest man to ever live. With this book you can unlock DIM MAK. Basically you can touch someone and kill them!

  5. acearchive.org
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    Count Dante - AceArchive

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  7. The Last Dragon Tribute
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    Count Dante: The Greatest Story Never Told

    May 26, 2020 · I DO NOT doubt for a second Counte Dante knew BASIC DIM MAK. However, much of Count Dante’s Record was Shoddy at Best BOASTING about FAKE Death Matches in China that allegedly never happened.

  8. The Martialist
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    Examining the Kata Dante

    Oct 1, 2010 · Examining the Kata Dante. Previously, in the martialmentary Who Was Count Dante, we examined the legacy of Count Dante, the man born John Keehan who, between 1964 and 1975, took the martial arts world by storm in …

  9. kenponotes.blogspot.com
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    Kenpo Notes :: Count Dante: "The Deadliest Man Who …

    Many characters in Robert Rankin’s various 23 novels, both antagonists and protagonists, were experts at Dim Mak. These characters learned Dim Mak from Count Dante’s booklet “World’s Deadliest Fighting Secrets” and the infamous …

  10. Gizmodo
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    Could the “Touch of Death” work in real life? - Gizmodo

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    The Deadliest Man Alive: Count Dante, the Mob, and …

    Feb 23, 2022 · A hair stylist with a pet lion, John Keehan, aka Count Dante, broke barriers by training women and people of color, but he was also a dark and troubled man who helped pioneer an anything-goes form of self-defense and …