AMAI Archive 002

Interview of Sensei Fumio Demura. Topics covered include: How he became involved in the martial arts. How he Met Donn Draeger and Dan Ivans. How he came to live and teach in the United States. His first dojo. How Chuck Norris contacted Warner Brothers and put him in contact to become the stunt double for Pat Morita in The Karate Kid. Discussion about the difference in filming stunts for movies versus television. Advice for younger martial artists. Footage of Sensei Demura doing a kata with practial application at power and speed. Footage from teaching at a seminar. Grandmaster Crandall is the founder of the American Martial Arts Institute and was the host of the Martial Arts Today Show which aired on NBC in the United States and Canada in the 1980s and 90s. Learn more at www.amai-eaglestyle.com.