The history of Chicago’s infamous ‘dojo wars’
A few decades ago, a martial arts feud turned deadly as the fight for fame, racial equity and the title of Chicago’s best dojo grew fierce.
The latest installment of WBEZ’s Curious City dives into Chicago’s growing world of karate during the 1960s and ’70s, and the man at the center of the city’s martial arts scene.
Reset learns more from a journalist and a historian covering the story.
GUESTS: Joe DeCeault, Curious City senior producer
Floyd Webb, historian and filmmaker
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons
The history of Chicago’s infamous ‘dojo wars’
A few decades ago, a martial arts feud turned deadly as the fight for fame, racial equity and the title of Chicago’s best dojo grew fierce.
The latest installment of WBEZ’s Curious City dives into Chicago’s growing world of karate during the 1960s and ’70s, and the man at the center of the city’s martial arts scene.
Reset learns more from a journalist and a historian covering the story.
GUESTS: Joe DeCeault, Curious City senior producer
Floyd Webb, historian and filmmaker
More From
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons