Category Archives: History
Columbus Karate Academy 1973-74 Advertising Footage
In 1973-74 or there abouts Dave Ruppart, Paul Keller and Papa Joe Hays did a commercial featuring Dave’s spinning back hook kick. It was a lot of fun. I recently found and converted some of the raw footage. No sound with this footage. The idea came from a real life situation in a parking lot when someone carelessly open a car door and almost dented Dave Ruppart’s car. Instead of a fight, Dave did this very kick just crazing the guy’s face. Then stood ready for more. Wisely, the guy appologized and there wasn’t a fight. Dave stood 6’7″ tall and Papa Joe 5’9″ I believe. Good Memories to share! Speical thanks to Paul Curtis who helped with editing.
1973 Heart Fund Martial Arts Exhibition and Tournament
We are working on recovering further footage and sound.
Published on Jun 8, 2015
This two day event brought together some of the best martial arts practitioners to demonstrate their martial arts skills in an effort to raise money for the Heart Fund. Among the participants were:
1. Rick Moore with Gary Berry and the Rick Moore Academy in Columbus, Ohio see: http://www.rickmoorekarate.com
2. AlGene Paulo Caraulia and Karate International from Cleveland, Ohio see:http://www.usadojo.com/biographies/bi…
3. Shuji Maruyama Aikido Demonstration and his team from Philidelphia, PA. See: http://www.kokikai.org/
4. Joon P. Choi of Oriental Martial Arts College in Columbus, Ohio
see: www.omacworld.com/
5. Koie-Kan Exhibition with Brian Frost and Dave Ruppart (referree) see: http://www.koeikanhombu.com/History-F…
6. Dr. Wu’s Chinese Kung Fu and Tai Chi Chuan Institute, Inc. featuring 83 year old C.Y. Wu with Tai Chi Sword. For further information see
Matt Mollica: http://mastermatt.com/
7. The Ohio State University Judo Club with George Funakoshi (not in this video, but presented)
8. Tadashi Yamashita
see: http://www.tadashiyamashita.com/sense…
We are working on recovering some additional footage from this great event including sound recovery.
