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Karen Sheperd
Karen Sheperd (born November 12, 1961) is an American actor, actress and Martial arts, martial artist with an extensive career in film, theatre and television. In 1979, Sheperd was the first woman to hold the title of #1 Women's Black Belt Forms Champion for the "Karate Illustrated" ratings, a title she retained again in 1980. Sheperd was also the first woman to be rated #1 Women's Black Belt Forms competitor in the "STAR System" ratings in 1980. Career Acting During her reign as the #1 Women's Black Belt forms champion, Sheperd received an offer from Tadashi Yamashita to star in The ''Shinobi Ninja''. She retired from competition to accept this offer, becoming the first American female martial artist to become an action film star. After filming ''Shinobi Ninja'' in Japan in 1981, Sheperd relocated to study acting in Los Angeles, California. A few of the films she subsequently starred in are: *''Cyborg 2'' with Angelina Jolie and Jack Palance *''Righting Wrongs'' (aka 'Abov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greeley, Colorado
Greeley is the home rule municipality city that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Weld County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,795 at the 2020 United States census, an increase of 17.12% since the 2010 United States census. Greeley is the tenth most populous city in Colorado. Greeley is the principal city of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and is a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Greeley is located in northern Colorado and is situated north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. The city is a college town, home to the University of Northern Colorado and Aims Community College. History Union Colony Greeley began as the Union Colony of Colorado, which was founded in 1869 by Nathan C. Meeker, an agricultural reporter for the ''New York Tribune'', as an experimental utopian farming community "based on temperance, religion, agriculture, education and family values," with the backing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STAR System World Kickboxing Ratings
The Standardized Tournaments And Ratings System (STAR) was the premier rating service for international kickboxing, from 1980 through 1989, as syndicated in fifteen martial arts and sports magazines throughout the world. It was recognized as the official ratings source by two out of three major sanctioning bodies for professional kickboxing, World Kickboxing Association (WKA) and Karate International Council of Kickboxing (KICK).“About Us” at http://www.starsystemkickboxing.net/Pages/aboutus.aspx. Retrieved on 2 June 2011. The STAR ratings helped internationalize the sport by encouraging transnational matchmaking, and by enabling free agent champions such as: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, Rob Kaman, Stan "The Man" Longinidis, Dennis Alexio, Maurice Smith, Peter "Sugarfoot" Cunningham, Fred Royers, James Warring, Graciela Casillas and Lucia Rijker. STAR relied on a statistical technique adapted from international tournament chess competition. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Births
Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti enters the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminal Minds
''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Jeff Davis that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). ''Criminal Minds'' became a ratings hit for CBS, regularly featuring as one of the network's most-watched shows and winning the Best TV Crime Drama award at the People’s Choice Awards in 2017. Its success has spawned a media franchise, with several spinoffs, a South Korean adaptation, and a video game. ''Criminal Minds'' originally culminated after its fifteenth season on February 19, 2020; however, it was revived and re-titled ''Criminal Minds: Evolution'' for its sixteenth season, which premiered on Paramount+ in November 2022. In March 2025, ''Criminal Minds'' was renewed for a nineteenth season. Premise The series follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.") This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter is killing committed in the absence of ''malice'',This is "malice" in a technical legal sense, not the more usual English sense denoting an emotional state. See malice (law). such as in the case of voluntary manslaughter brought about by reasonable provocation, or diminished capacity. ''Involuntary'' manslaughter, where it is recognized, is a killing that lacks all but the most attenuated guilty intent, recklessness. Most societies consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legendary Journeys)
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boogie Boy
''Boogie Boy'' is a 1998 film written and directed by Craig Hamann and produced by Braddon Mendelson. It stars Traci Lords, as well as Mark Dacascos, Emily Lloyd, Jaimz Woolvett, Frederic Forrest, Joan Jett, Robert Bauer, and Linnea Quigley. The film features music by Michael Knott. Premise A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears. Cast * Mark Dacascos as Jesse Page * Emily Lloyd as Hester * Jaimz Woolvett as Larry Storey * Traci Lords as Shonda Lee Bragg * Karen Sheperd as Marlene * Linnea Quigley as Gretchen * Jonathan Scarfe as Leland Bowles * John Koyama as Lawrence Wong * Ethan Jensen as Dave * Phil Culotta as Mike * Frederic Forrest as Edsel Dundee * Ben Browder as Freddy * James Lew as Jason * Scott Sowers as "Bulldog" * Robert Bauer as "Breeze" * John Hawkes as "T-Bone" * Joan Jett Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin; September 22, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firestorm (1998 Film)
''Firestorm'' is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by Dean Semler and starring Howie Long, Scott Glenn, William Forsythe, and Suzy Amis. Plot During a forest fire in northern Wyoming, smokejumper Jesse Graves ( Howie Long) and his mentor Wynt Perkins (Scott Glenn) are rescuing trapped civilians when a woman begs them to rescue her daughter from a burning cabin. They locate the girl, but Wynt is injured by a travel trailer sent flying by an explosion. Jesse manages to free Wynt and rescue both him and the girl from a flashover; Wynt's injuries mean that he must retire from active duty, but he balks at the idea of "full" retirement due to his inadequate pension plan. Months later, a group of convicts stage an escape with the help of an arsonist on the outside, who sets a fire in the forest so that the prisoners will be taken there to help firemen, giving the prisoners a chance to escape. Randall Alexander Shaye ( William Forsythe), who had stolen US$37 million four y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission Of Justice
''Mission of Justice'' is a 1992 action/martial arts film starring Brigitte Nielsen and directed by Steve Barnett. Plot After his friend is killed, former cop Kurt Harris (Jeff Wincott) goes undercover and infiltrates the "Peacemakers", a vigilante street gang led by corrupt mayoral candidate Rachel Larkin (Brigitte Nielsen). While there, Harris discovers that the group is involved in illegal schemes to achieve power over the city. Cast *Brigitte Nielsen as Dr. Rachel K. Larkin * Jeff Wincott as Kurt Harris *Luca Bercovici as Roger Stockwell *Mathias Hues as Titus Larkin *Karen Sheperd as Lynn Steele *Billy Sly Williams as Jimmy Parker *Christopher Kriesa as Sergeant Duncan *Cyndi Pass as Erin Miller *Tom Wood as Samuel *James Lew as Akiro *Adrian Ricard as Flora Parker *Tony Burton Anthony Mabron Burton (March 23, 1937 – February 26, 2016) was an American actor and boxer. He was best known for his role as Tony "Duke" Evers in the ''Rocky'' films. Early life Burton w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Dacascos
Mark Alan Dacascos (born February 26, 1964) is an American actor, martial artist and television personality. A 4th-degree black belt in Kajukenbo#Wun Hop Kuen Do, Wun Hop Kuen Do, he is known for his roles in Action film, action films, including as Louis Stevens in Only the Strong (film), ''Only the Strong'' (1993), the title role in ''Crying Freeman (film), Crying Freeman'' (1995), Mani in ''Brotherhood of the Wolf'' (2001), for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, the antagonist Ling in ''Cradle 2 the Grave'' (2003), Sharish in ''Nomad (2005 film), Nomad'' (2005), and as the assassin Zero in ''John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum'' (2019). On television, Dacascos is known for his portrayal of List of Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series) characters#Wo Fat, Wo Fat on ''Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), Hawaii Five-0'' (2010–2020), and for serving as "The Chairman" of Food Network's ''Iron Chef America'' series since January 2005, a role he reprised in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kajukenbo
Kajukenbo ( Japanese: カジュケンボ) is a hybrid martial art from Hawaii. It was developed in the late 1940s and founded in 1947 in the Palama Settlement on Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. Kajukenbo training incorporates a blend of striking, kicking, throwing, takedowns, joint locks and weapon disarmament. Today, Kajukenbo is practiced all over the world in many different branches. In contrast to many traditional martial arts, students are not required to mimic their teacher, but are encouraged to develop their own "expression" of the art after they first master the system. Etymology The name Kajukenbo is a combination of the various arts from which its style is derived. The name of the system has been derived from the beginnings of the names of the styles that had become components of kajukenbo: * KA from Japanese and Korean karate (Tang Soo Do) * JU from Japanese judo and jujutsu Jujutsu ( , or ), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu (both ), is a Japanese mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
