Also known as
James Francis Cagney Jr.
Description
American actor and dancer, Academy Award winner for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Teachers (1)
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Kenneth Kuniyuki
sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
Probable
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An MMA article states Cagney trained in judo under Kenneth Kuniyuki at the
Seinan Dojo for the 1945 film Blood on the Sun; single source
“Insisting he would perform his own stunts for the audience James would train
Judo at the Seinan Dojo in Los Angeles under the late Kenneth Kaname Kuniyuki,
9th Dan Judo Shihan.”
— 1945 film fight scene using reality based real
martial arts - MixedMartialArts.comlink
Ranks (1)
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military_tech1 dan
Possiblebalance
Dan-Kyu System
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Conflicting information about rank: book claims black belt, forum says brown
belt or honorary dan
“James Cagney, a certified judo black belt”
— John Corcoran; Emil Farkas. (1983). Martial Arts:
Traditions, History, Peopleinfo
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“He studied Judo just for the movie [...] up to Brown Belt”
— Cagney's Black Belt - E-Budo.comlink
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“His judo dan ranking was honorary”
— Cagney's Black Belt - E-Budo.comlink
Sources
“James Francis Cagney Jr. was an American actor and dancer. On stage and in
film, he was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive
vocal style, and deadpan comic timing.”
“Insisting he would perform his own stunts for the audience James would train
Judo at the Seinan Dojo in Los Angeles under the late Kenneth Kaname Kuniyuki,
9th Dan Judo Shihan.”
— 1945 film fight scene using reality based real
martial arts - MixedMartialArts.comlink
blockdisputes
“He studied Judo just for the movie [...] up to Brown Belt. His judo dan ranking
was honorary.”
— Cagney's Black Belt - E-Budo.comlink
Identifiers
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). James Cagney. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KJJAWN28MWKKSN4J02MVY1SW - CC
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@incollection{martialis_01KJJAWN28MWKKSN4J02MVY1SW, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {James Cagney}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01KJJAWN28MWKKSN4J02MVY1SW}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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