• Ivan Gene LeBell (October 9, 1932 – August 9, 2022) was an American judoka, stuntman, actor and professional wrestler. He worked on over 1,000 films and...
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    Legendary Gene LeBell Talks Ronda Rousey, MMA Judging and Choking Out Steven Seagal. MMMAFighting.com. March 11, 2012. Steven Seagal denies Gene LeBell made...
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  • title twice as nice for Steven Seagal". Variety. Mancini, Vince. "Judo Gene Lebell confirms choking Steven Seagal until Seagal pooped himself", uproxx.com...
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    training under Gene LeBell, Gokor Chivichyan, and Karo Parisyan (who awarded him his black belt) at the Hayastan MMA Academy. Gene LeBell learned catch...
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  • studied several arts under many notable masters. They included Judo under Gene LeBell, Okinawan Shorin-Ryu under Joe Lewis, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under the...
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    of martial artist and professional wrestler Gene LeBell and professional wrestling promoter Mike LeBell. Eaton appeared as a contestant on the panel...
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    as Gene LeBell. Many of his first students were proficient in judo and other arts, and he learned as much as he taught. After befriending LeBell on the...
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  • has long been debated by the press and fans. The fight was refereed by Gene LeBell. In April 1975, at a reception held in the United States, Muhammad Ali...
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    style developed by multiple grappling black belts Gokor Chivichyan and Gene LeBell that blends elements of judo, sambo, catch wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu...
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  • Machine The Godfather of Grappling (authorised biography of LeBell) by "Judo" Gene Lebell, Bob Calhoun, George Foon, and Noelle Kim. 2005. Page 13 (includes...
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  • not include any of his names. He was awarded a black belt in Judo from Gene LeBell. He started wrestling under the care of promoter Al Tomko in Canada,...
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    different discipline, use what works, and you throw the rest away". Gene LeBell v. Milo Savage, a judoka and a boxer respectively, was thought to be...
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    Through his friendship with his student Gene LeBell, Thesz had an association with Gokor Chivichyan and LeBell's Hayastan MMA Academy. He remained active...
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  • father Tanoai Reed as Gold Tooth Louie Torrellas as Kevin Additionally, Gene LeBell has a non-speaking part of an attendant, while Robert Wall plays O'Hara...
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  • 2008. The Godfather of Grappling (authorized biography of Gene LeBell) by "Judo" Gene Lebell, Bob Calhoun, George Foon, and Noelle Kim. 2005. "Kill the...
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  • Zupanic and comedian Kathy Griffin as the doppelgangers. Two wrestlers—Gene LeBell and Rob Van Dam—were also hired to play a bartender and Zupanic's opponent...
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  • Naoko Kumagai Jarno Laasala Kristin Lane Bucky Lasek Chris Lawrence Gene LeBell Mikey LeBlanc Stevie Lee Brett Leffew Gary Leffew Jed Leffew Judd Leffew Brandon...
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    2022). "Gene LeBell Did It All". The Ringer. Retrieved July 10, 2023. Hillhouse, Dave (October 19, 2006). "Straight shooting with 'Judo' Gene LeBell". Slam...
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  • Stan Longinidis, Maurice Smith, Bart Vale, Hee Il Cho, George Dillman, Gene LeBell, Rob Kaman, Peter Aerts, Ernesto Hoost, Masaaki Satake, were among the...
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  • Venetz as Stickman Ed Call as Lutie McVie Richard Donald as The Butler Gene LeBell as 2nd Bouncer Del Monroe as Otie Doss Richard X. Slattery as Arno Purdy...
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    'Here I am, wasting my life.'" Reeves, Noel Neill, Natividad Vacío, Gene LeBell, and a trio of musicians toured with a public-appearance show from 1957...
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  • Honey role were by Nolan Miller, and her action scenes choreographed by Gene LeBell. The series was developed for television by Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov...
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    future champions, most notably Lou Thesz, Danny Hodge, Dick Hutton and Gene LeBell. Born in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, to German parents, Friedrich was an active...
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  • Kronsberg has a small role as Bruno the biker, while martial artist Gene LeBell also features as another biker. Orangutan Manis costars as the ape, Clyde...
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  • Hollywood stuntman in 1977. Gene LeBell suggested Guerrero work as a stuntman after meeting him at his brother Mike LeBell's wrestling promotion. After...
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  • stuntman, professional wrestler and two-time national judo champion Gene LeBell, who came to work on The Green Hornet after complaints by other stunt...
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    "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. After meeting Piper (circa 2012 or 2013) through Gene LeBell, who helped train both of them, Piper personally gave his approval. Rousey...
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    Kito-ryū Practitioners Kyuzo Mifune, Keiko Fukuda, Masahiko Kimura, Gene LeBell, Anton Geesink, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Neil Adams, Hidehiko Yoshida, Vladimir...
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  • the martial arts. As a teenager, he became a judo champion, meeting Gene LeBell who introduced him to the stunt industry in Hollywood. Bass served in...
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  • McComb as Jo Vince Murdocco as Brian Wagner Vincent Klyn as Thai Thug Gene LeBell as The Referee Don Familton as Brian's Cornerman Matthias Hues as Neil...
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