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The history of American police has been a thorn to many on the black and latino communities. This is not "bitterness" but factual in proof of the recent trial of the police officers who murdered Sean Bell in NYC. While the media continues to show the sound bytes of Rev. Wright's sermon and whether or not Barack Obama sees him as a spiritual advisor the verdict cameback not guilty in another senseless murder. We have to speak out on injustices worldwide and not be silent because it doesn't effect us directly.

Bell died at age 23 in the early morning hours of Nov. 25, 2006, after a squad of undercover police detectives conducted a drug and prostitution sting at Club Kalua in the Jamaica section of Queens. Bell was killed, and two friends were seriously wounded when they were struck in a hail of 50 bullets fired by five NYPD officers, who said they believed that the men tried to retrieve a gun from the car Bell was driving. But all three men were unarmed and no weapon was recovered from the scene.

After Bell got into his car, he refused to stop when one of the plainclothes detectives flashed his badge, and then he ran his Nissan Altima into an unmarked minivan being driven by one of the other officers.

The three cops fired more than 50 bullets at Bell—who, the defense argued, they thought was carrying a gun—and his two friends, both of whom were wounded. None of the men was armed.
Ice Cube—who as a founding member of N.W.A. rapped against police brutality on the seminal "F--k the Police"— called the verdict "just another example that the justice system in America views a black life as worthless."

Forbidden Kingdom -Movie review

Jacki Chan and Jet Li team up to star in this kid friendly kung fu movie that has some very interesting parts. I saw the movie and it made me think about the reason that martial arts has a special place in my heart. Its the warrior code of ethics, these two fighters are trying to help a teenage kid find his personal journey.
Of course the movie has a ton of symbolism about courage, discipline, and perserverance which are important in the modern warrior traditions as well.

The fight scenes were good although many were done with the invisible wire cable that Bruce Lee would have laughed at. The screenplay was funny and filled with words of wisdom.
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"Blade" sentenced to three years in prison

Actor Wesley Snipes has been sentenced by a U.S. judge for the maximuim period the prosecutors were filing for tax invasion. Snipes' lawyers had spent much of the day in court offering dozens of letters from family members, friends — even fellow actors Woody Harrelson and Denzel Washington — attesting to the good character of the "Blade" star and asking for leniency. They argued he should get only probation because his three convictions were all misdemeanors and the actor had no previous criminal record.

But U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges said Snipes exhibited a "history of contempt over a period of time" for U.S. tax laws, and granted prosecutors the three year sentence they requested — one year for each of Snipes' convictions of willfully failing to file a tax return.

"In my mind these are serious crimes, albeit misdemeanors," Hodges said.

Snipes apologized while reading from a written statement for his "costly mistakes," but never mentioned the word taxes.

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Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Bill Clinton at a White House breakfast

McCain voted against MLK Day

McCain is on his "Service to America", but many people don't know the service he speaks includes voting against the federal holiday honoring Dr. King. In August 1983 he fought the holiday, voting to block a piece of bipartisan legislation honoring him that was supported by even conservative Republicans--including Dick Cheney(then congressman)--and signed into law by President Reagan.

McCain went on to resist recognizing a King holiday in his home state of Arizona. When Arizona's state legislature failed to pass a bill recognizing a holiday honoring Dr. King, the governor at the time, Bruce Babbit, created the holiday by executive order. Babbit's successor, Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded the order as his first act in office, doing away with the holiday. John McCain's response? He defended the governor, not Dr. King. (After undoing the holiday, the same governor went on to publicly support referring to Black people as "pickaninnies").

In 1990, seven years after his initial vote, McCain went along with establishing a King holiday. On the campaign trail in 2000, facing questions about his history on this issue, McCain declared he had "evolved."

Looking at the rest of McCain's public record, even recently, it's hard to see much evidence of an "evolution". In fact, McCain has consistently opposed a civil rights agenda:

He voted an amazing FOUR times against the Civil Rights Act of 1990--a bill designed to make it easier for employees to prove job discrimination and imposing harsher penalties on bosses who discriminated.
In 2004 he opposed affirmative action in college admissions--a key component of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that is among King's key legislative victories.
He has voted at least 8 times against raising the minimum wage.
And as recently as last month, he argued against federal intervention to help Americans, disproportionately Black Americans, who have faced foreclosure during the housing crisis.

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Jah Lion the Artist

This talented artist has his hands in many things. A community organizer, teacher, musician and artist who never stops looking for that "masterpiece". He is currently working on a special collection of portraits for the Lead Belly Exhibit and producing tracks with a few blues samples. Based in the Washington DC area we got a chance to see his latest canvas and had to give you a preview. He has painted notable heads of states and judges including graphic designing as well. Stay tuned for a possible exhibit of him doing a live painting while you enjoy music, food and drinks.
Big Up to Jah Lion!
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Zimbabwe election and democracy

Zimbawe is a country that has been through many changes. The beautiful land first belonging to the Shona people and then colonized by British invaders like the diamond miner Cecil Rhodes on to a proud independent movement lead by Robert Mugabe and the ZANU political party. I have visited Zimbabwe and seen with my own eyes the mis-handling of land ownership in this country and during my visit I also witnessed black farmers and military veterans "squatting" on wealthy landowners who were thousands of miles away while the poor had no farm land to grow crops or livestock. In 2000 Robert Mugabe who was the first president of a free Zimbabwe since 1980 ordered the people to take back their land. Ironically a few years later he bulldozed the land where hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans lived and traded. Now in the recent weeks the country is facing a turmoil over who won the recent election. The problem remains that the opposition party has been supported by the same colonialist and western powers that enslaved Zimbabwe for over 50 years making it hard for some to trust their real intentions to power. Now Mugabe is calling for a recount when many election monitors say that he and his ruling party clearly lost. Why not step down and allow a change so that the people can feel that they are truely part of a democratic society?Research for yourself to see the true facts behind this complicated yet talented land in the southern African region. Next we will show you pictures of fabulous Shona stone sculptures that are selling for thousands of dollars across the world by art exhibitors.

Vice Prez authorized torture

The White House was directly implicated for the first time last night in the decision to torture Al Qaeda prisoners. Sources say that Vice President Dick Cheney and a handful of other top politicians met in secret and agreed to the mistreatment of prisoners, according to ABC TV News and the Associated Press. As part of the decision-making process, they were given demonstrations of the techniques used. _Associated Press

Frank Shamrock vs Kung Le for Strikeforce championship

Greetings and peace be upon all. This is Headmaster Abraham Hardy of the Hacomtaewresdo Warrior Arts. The following videos are a overview and highlights of what i consider was one of the most epic mixed martiall arts fights in history, based on the two legends who did battle. I have followed the careers of BOTH these warriors, they being Frank Shamrock versus Kung Le. They fought for the strike force middleweight title, and in the following is basically a video chronology with their personal highlights, pre fight interviews, the fight, and after fight interviews.
Cung Le is a multiple time San Shou champion (Chinese rules kickboxing)as well as being a San Shou coach. In San Shou you can kick and punch like in kickboxing, but you also can use takedowns, throws and suplexes. Being in movies as well as ruling the San Shou world for years, he was in other types of competition (like the Shidokan)and he became a human highlight reel. Cung Le was criticized by many as being only a San Shou fighter and that he would not succeed in mixed martial arts versus tougher competition and he silecced his critics as he always did in the past.
Frank Shamrock is one of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts history. He began his training in submission fighting under his older brother Ken Shamrock in the Lion's Den. From there, Frank went on to fight in the Japanese Pancrase association as well as others, and later the Ultimate Fighting Championship(UFC) attaining the lightweight (later renamed the middleweight) title. He defended his title multiple times and became an unbeatable force, winning soundly in repeated fashion. He split from his older brother Ken, and further refined and enhanced his training and skills, and continued in his winning ways. He has had numerous championships being a 5 time undefeated UFC heavyweight champion, World Extreme Cagefighting champion, the fourth King of Pancrase, and a WKC submission champion.




Kung le Highlight reel


Kung le Interview before championship fight


Frank Shamrock highlight reel



Frank Shamrock at fight conference for the Championship fight


Frank Shamrock vs Kung Le championship fight highlights



Fight Review of Championship Match ( WARNING ; Some adult language )


Cung le Chsmpionship Victory Speech


Frank Shamrock after - Fight Interview vs Kung le

Walk Like a Warrior

A Chinese-born design student in Helsinki has chosen to document the "Warrior" sneaker, a Chinese national gym shoe that came out in the 70's. Shumeng Ye returned to China and documented the folks who wore these shoes, also capturing their lifestyle at the same time. It is ironic how something that was meant to be generic, practical, and uniform, for wear by the "people", can be considered a desirable fashion collector's item in Paris 30 years later. Colette will be selling the photographic project in form of a book, and it will come in a package with a pair of your very own "Warriors".

For more info, head over to www.bookofwarriors.fi

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Murakami Exhibit hits Brooklyn

It seems Japanese artist Takami Murakami has gone coast to coast with his latest exhibit location landing in Brooklyn, NYC. His work has been known all over the world and especially for the most bootlegged pocket book in the world--Louis Vuitton Monogramouflage print. Jay Z has mentioned he saved his fireplace empty for a commissioned portrait and well Kanye West hired him to do the artwork for his Graduation album. Here are pictures from the opening night.
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Maharishi laptop case

Maharishi has made it an art with the use of camo which hardly comes as a surprise with Maharishi founder Hardy Blechman's authoring of the book Disruptive Material: An Encyclopedia of Camouflage.

African Martial Arts History ; The first martial artists and warriors

Greeting from Headmaster Abraham Hardy of Hacomtaerwesdo. In the following is some videos of the rich history of the Kemetic and African martial arts i wanted to share. General information that all should know, but specially those of Kemetic (African)decent, because this it of that lineage. Listen on, be enlightened, and enjoy. Knowledge is power, peace !
- Headmaster Abraham Hardy, The Nubian Warrior

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Introduction Of Headmaster Abraham Hardy of Hacomtaewresdo

Greetings and may peace be unto all. I am Headmaster Abraham Hardy of the Hacomtaewresdo Warrior Arts and the Hacomtaewresdo Combat Arts & Urban Combatives Association. For some basic background on myself, I come from a family of military men, boxers, wrestlers, and martial artists. I have trained in the martial arts since 1993 studying a many number of martial arts disciplines over this time, and when i turned 19, i founded / codified my family's fighting arts. This is comprised of four fighting systems, a system of warrior philosophy, a combat fitness system, and a martial arts association to oversee it all. Martial arts wise, i see them as a vehicle of self development and a weapon of self defense first and formost. Everything is oriented towards street self defense/combat. I heavily emphasize total development in my brand of warrior arts, focusing on function combat, fitness, warrior philosophy and character building, and building of scholarly knowledge through learning warrior history and culture. All these aspects are seperates of one whole, and make the Hacomtaewresdo arts, WARRIOR arts.
I am the youngest African American Headmaster instructor in the History of the World United Martial Arts Federation, and hold recognition for the most "martial system progress" in the organization as well. They recognized my system of warrior philosophy (Universal Belief and Warrior Philosophy System) as a legitimate system of philosophy, as well as given me recognition / certification as a Master of the martial arts. My brand of martial arts and association ( Hacomtaewresdo Comabt Arts & Urban Comabtives Association ) is based on the promoyion and spreading of the African warrior tradition. Africa is where the martial arts and sciences originated and these warriors as well as their decentants in other parts of the world created what we know as martial arts, of which other cultures of the world developed martial arts from. Younger generations do not know these things and much knowlege and great stories go untold due to people simply not knowing. So my association strives to bring this lineage that has been lost to time, back to light and the forefront.
For more about my self and background, go to www.myspace.com/nubianwarriorking and for more about my association and fighting systems, go to www.myspace.com/hcwcauca
May peace be upon all !

Strength and honor, what does not kill you, makes you stronger !
Walk in peace , but be prepared for battle !
- Headmaster Abraham Hardy, The Nubian Warrior

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