James Cagney

United States
Born 1899-07-17, New York City
Died 1986-03-30, Stanford, New York

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

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

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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.
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