ATDTDA (1): De Forest and Kimura (29:32-3)

[Charles Albert]

A "kimura" is an arm bar....P watches UFC or Pride figthing.....

"The *Kimura* lock is one of the most important *submission* holds in
Jiu-jitsu.
It is also found in many other grappling systems,"

http://www.grapplearts.com/Kimura-Article.htm



love,
cfa


On 1/30/07, Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  [...] "young De Forest, a regular wizard with the electricity ... along
> with a Japanese visitor, Mr. Kimura" [...] (p. 29, lines 32 - 3).
>
>
> Lee De Forest, (August 26, 1873 – June 30, 1961) was an American inventor
> with over 300 patents to his credit. De Forest invented the Audion, a vacuum
> tube that takes relatively weak electrical signals and amplifies them. De
> Forest is one of the fathers of the "electronic age", as the Audion helped
> to usher in the widespread use of electronics.
>
> He was involved in several patent lawsuits and he spent a fortune from his
> inventions on the legal bills. He had four marriages and several failed
> companies, he was defrauded by business partners, and he was once indicted
> for mail fraud, but was later acquitted.
>
> He was a charter member of the Institute of Radio Engineers, one of the
> two predecessors of the IEEE (the other was the American Institute of
> Electrical Engineers). [...]
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_De_Forest
>
> http://www.leedeforest.org/
>
>
> Dr. Lee deForest's inventions have led more than one scholar to name him
> "the father of American radio." [...]
>
> http://www.radiohof.org/pioneer/leedeforest.html
>
> http://www.antiqueradio.com/gonshor_deforest_8-97.html
>
>
> Shunkichi Kimura
>
> http://www.genealogy.ams.org/html/id.phtml?id=38055
>
> not finding much on Kimura ... anyone?  anyone??
>
>
>
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