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    A DEEP DIVE WITH ERNIE REYES SR.

    Mar 15, 2022 4 minutes

    Sister Street Fighter: This cult classic from 1974 stars Etsuko Shihomi — a real-life practitioner of karate, kenjutsu and Shorinji kempo who occasionally went by the Americanized name Sue Shihomi. It co-stars Sonny Chiba, who is billed as Shin’ichi Chiba. Chinese Hercules: Made in 1973, this feature from the Hong Kong Kai Fa Film Company stars Michael Wai-Man Chan, Fan Chiang, Yeh Fang and the great Bolo Yeung (Enter the Dragon, Bloodsport).

    It stars Ronald L. Marchini, the real-life martial artist who made a name for himself on the tournament circuit in the late 1960s and early ’70s and who for Ohara Publications (now Black Belt Publishing).

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