Martial Arts World News Magazine - Volume 23 | Issue 3
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Michael Matsuda<br />
The <strong>Martial</strong> <strong>Arts</strong><br />
History Museum<br />
By Linda Bustamante<br />
Michael Matsuda, the founder,<br />
curator and operator of the<br />
<strong>Martial</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> History Museum<br />
Over the past 70 years, there have been some<br />
unique and world-changing milestones in the<br />
martial arts community. In 1945, James Cagney<br />
was the first major star to use martial arts in<br />
the film, Blood on the Sun. As a result, judo<br />
schools sprung up across the nation. In 1964,<br />
the biggest and most prestigious tournament<br />
called Ed Parker’s Long Beach International<br />
Karate Championships was launched, which<br />
transformed martial artists into movie stars. In<br />
1971, from the success of the movie Billy Jack,<br />
Hong Kong ushered in the kung fu movie<br />
boom and the following year, the Kung Fu<br />
television series began and American homes<br />
were introduced to the Shaolin Temple. In 1984,<br />
The Karate Kid opened the doors to a new<br />
generation and in 1999, the world’s first museum<br />
dedicated to the martial arts was founded; the<br />
<strong>Martial</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> History Museum.
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