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    • James Cagney

    United States
    b. 1899-07-17, New York CityBorn 1899-07-17, New York City
    d. 1986-03-30, Stanford, New YorkDied 1986-03-30, Stanford, New York
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    Also known as

    James Francis Cagney Jr.

    Description

    American actor and dancer, Academy Award winner for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

    Teachers (1)

    • Kenneth Kuniyuki
      sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable
      Probable
      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
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      location_onSeinan Dojo badge (1945)
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      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

    Lineage

    • Kōdōkan JūdōKenneth Kuniyuki ← Iizuka Kunisaburō ← Yokoyama Sakujiro ← Kanō Jigorō · 4 generations

    Ranks (1)

    • sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō
      military_tech1 dan Possiblebalance
      Possible – conflicting evidence recorded
      Conflicting information about rank: book claims black belt, forum says brown belt or honorary dan
      Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.
      Dan-Kyu System
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      3 sources expand_more
      fact_check
      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
      blockdisputes
      “He studied Judo just for the movie [...] up to Brown Belt”
      — Cagney's Black Belt - E-Budo.comlink
      blockdisputes
      “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.”
    — James Cagney - Wikipedialink history
    “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

    https://martial.is/entity/01KJJAWN28MWKKSN4J02MVY1SW
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    Cite and reuse

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    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). James Cagney. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KJJAWN28MWKKSN4J02MVY1SW - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @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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