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The Jackson bout also re-established <mask>'s proficiency in dealing with larger opponents and placed him back in line for another shot at Wanderlei Silva in Pride's next event, this time to decide Pride's inaugural 205-pound champion. Usually prone to humorous entrances, it was a somber and focused <mask> that came down the aisle for his rematch with Silva. As with Jackson, <mask> was able to score an early takedown in the bout, where he then worked from Silva's guard. After several minutes searching for a leglock, he finally found one when Silva attempted to escape to his feet. <mask> started to control the fight, avoiding Silva's strikes and threatening him with clinches and takedown attempts. Halfway through the round, the Japanese locked on a tight guillotine choke, but was countered by a wild slam from Wanderlei which ended up breaking his collar bone.The wrestler managed to end the round with submission attempts from the bottom, but not willing to let him go on so hampered, his corner threw in the towel between rounds. <mask> took time off to let his shoulder heal, also briefly training basic Brazilian jiu-jitsu with Sergio Penha at Takada Dojo. He then returned against heavyweight kickboxer Mirko Cro Cop. <mask> was proposed a special ruleset of no strikes on the ground as part of the "K-1 vs Pride theme", but he rejected the offer, not wanting any special rule for him. Ironically, although he managed to take Cro Cop down through hard kicks, <mask> would end losing the match while exchanging strikes on Mirko's guard when an upkick from the kickboxer broke his orbital bone. Finally assenting to place him in competition against fighters of his own weight class, Pride management put him against French jiu-jitsu champion Gilles Arsene in a bout <mask> dominated and then against Rickson Gracie protege Antônio Schembri. With a win over Schembri, it was speculated that <mask> might be then groomed for a championship fight in a new weight division for fighters of his size.<mask> controlled the fight initially, landing plenty of hits and breaking Antônio's nose, but when he was going for one of his trademark Mongolian chops, Schembri stunned him with a series of knee strikes (controversially preceded by an illegal headbutt), winning by TKO. After the defeat to Schembri, <mask> expressed desire to gain weight and move up to the heavyweight division, hoping to fight either Bob Sapp or PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko. However, nothing of this was realized, and instead <mask> faced Wanderlei Silva for the third time at Pride Total Elimination. The bout reminisced their first encounter, as <mask> flashed again a comical entrance and traded strikes with Silva in his own field of specialty. The Japanese utilized a strategy of faking takedowns and attacking with uppercuts, followed by a real takedown attempt which Silva blocked with knees to the head. <mask> escaped and kept trading hits, but despite his best efforts to match his opponent's striking acumen, Wanderlei knocked him out with a jab-cross combination. After the fight, there was talk of <mask> planning to retire, but nothing came from it.Those defeats seemed to mark a turning point in <mask>'s career; though he was unbeaten in his first nine Pride bouts, he thereafter split his next six matches. He had a notable victory over Kevin Randleman, a former UFC Heavyweight Champion, widely remembered due to his ring entrance as Mario, a pun intended to reflect the Japanese media referring to Randleman as Donkey Kong. In the match itself, Randleman was fast in showing his wrestling accolades at taking down <mask>, but the Japanese countered by setting submissions from every available position, until the American made a mistake and was caught in an armbar in the third round. At Pride Shockwave 2003, <mask> would face Antônio Rogério Nogueira, brother to the famous Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. The Brazilian, having promised to knock out the Japanese, opened the match lunging at him with punches, but <mask> answered in kind and opened a cut on Nogueira's eye which almost stopped the bout. The action resumed, both men battled for several minutes, with Rogério gaining the upper hand in striking and <mask> in wrestling, allowing him to get in Nogueira's guard and inflict significant damage again. During the second round, Nogueira managed to  catch <mask> in a triangle choke/armbar combo, but the Japanese escaped the hold and sought his own submission, to no effect.Finally, the third round saw Nogueira taking over with punches and knees, exchanging strikes with <mask> almost until the last minute, and ultimately winning the decision. Pride 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix
After a quick TKO victory over decorated judoka Yoon Dong-Sik in the opening round, <mask> suffered a particularly devastating yet controversial loss against Ricardo Arona in the quarterfinal of the tournament in June 2005. Although <mask> put Arona on his back and seemed to put to work his signature jumping stomps, the heavier and stronger Arona soon overpowered him, landing a series of brutal knees to the head, as well as hard soccer kicks to the face. The Brazilian's toenail accidentally slashed open the skin over <mask>'s left eye, which Ricardo then capitalized on by squeezing the cut and digging his finger into it in order to force the doctor stoppage. The Japanese tried to keep on, but Arona hit another flurry of knees to the head, and ended the fight landing soccer kick after soccer kick, rendering <mask>'s face severely swollen and bloody. Arona won by unanimous decision. Following the loss, Pride president Sakakibara suggested <mask> might move down in weight to compete in their newly formed 183-pound division.However, instead of moving down in weight, <mask> began training at Chute Boxe Academy in Brazil alongside his one-time rival Wanderlei Silva. The move had also a symbolic value, as Chute Boxe was at the time in a rivalry with Arona's Brazilian Top Team. Post Grand Prix
Upon completion of his training, he made his return to the ring to engage in yet another contest at the 205-pound limit, this time against fellow shoot wrestler Ken Shamrock. Three minutes into the bout, <mask> struck through Shamrock's guard with a left hand. Shamrock staggered back and ultimately fell into the ropes, his head hanging out of the ring and his back turned to <mask>. <mask> rushed in to follow up but before any meaningful offense could be launched, the fight was halted by referee Yuji Shimada. Shamrock got up following the KO and protested vigorously.Opinions were mixed regarding the KO's legitimacy, though Ken's adopted brother and rival, Frank, stated to believe the stoppage was justified: "He got clocked. He went down. According to the rules, he was no longer defending himself and that's the end of the fight." Prior to Pride's Shockwave 2005 New Year's Eve event, <mask> strongly petitioned for a match against fellow shoot wrestler and professional wrestling proponent, Kiyoshi Tamura, even going so far as to publicly request a bout with Tamura. However, with Tamura refusing to face him, <mask> recommended another shoot wrestler, Ikuhisa Minowa, who referred to himself as a "real pro wrestler." <mask> did not request the match due to any grudge against Minowa, but rather because he believed that he and Minowa would put on a fight worthy of the Shockwave event. The bout was a competitive one, with <mask> choosing to fight from the bottom and using both men's submission attempts to force scrambles.After long minutes pinned under <mask>, Minowa escaped and took his back, but <mask> applied a Kimura lock which, although Minowa would not tap to it, nonetheless prompted the referee to halt the contest. The victory marked his final bout under the Pride banner; it also marked one of the few times he was matched against an opponent of his own size from the 183-pound division and his first bout against a Japanese fighter. Hero's
On 3 May 2006, <mask> surprisingly appeared with Hero's head Akira Maeda at a Hero's event wearing his street clothes (yellow shirt and blue jeans) and a pro wrestling mask in the style of one of his childhood heroes, Tiger Mask. He did not reveal himself, but it was apparent that it was a masked <mask> and that he signed with K-1 and FEG. A day later, <mask> appeared at a FEG press conference to announce he would fight in Hero's. His defection to Hero's was a culmination of several signs that suggested he was leaving Pride. It was reported that Sakuraba left Takada Dojo (run by Pride's general manager, Nobuhiko Takada), and conspicuously was not entered into Pride's 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix Tournament.Hero's Light Heavyweight Tournament
<mask> was then scheduled to compete in Hero's Light Heavyweight Tournament. His first opponent was the 16–5 Lithuanian Kęstutis Smirnovas. <mask> opened the fight striking aggressively, even flooring Smirnovas with a kick, but as he was coming in to follow up he was caught and knocked down to his knees and hands. <mask> then turned over, sliding beneath the bottom rope, and Smirnovas unleashed repeated blows to his head. As <mask> seemed at this point unable to defend himself, when the referee stepped between the two fighters it seemed likely he was moving to put an end to the contest. However, instead of halting the battle, the referee re-positioned the fighters from underneath the bottom rope into the ring and resumed the bout. Though the restarting of fighters who have found themselves near or outside the ropes is common practice, it was nonetheless controversial.Following the restart, Smirnovas picked up where he'd left off and proceed to pound a turtled <mask>, but the Japanese managed to escape to his feet and land a sharp combination, staggering Smirnovas and bloodying his face. Having turned the tide of the match, <mask> began dominating the Lithuanian on the striking segments until Smirnovas dropped to the ground to escape the assault. <mask> then accomplished an armbar, forcing his opponent to give up. Initially there were some doubts as to whether <mask> would be able to make it into the next round of the Hero's tournament based on the severity of the damage he endured against Smirnovas. However, <mask> reported that a follow-up CAT scan had found no irregularities and was then slated to face one-time Olympic judoka, Yoshihiro Akiyama in the tournament's semi-finals on October 9 in what K-1 hoped would be a high revenue match-up. The winner of that bout was to face the victor between Melvin Manhoef and Shungo Oyama to determine a tournament champion. However, during a hard sparring session for the upcoming bout Sakuraba began vomiting and fainted.After being rushed to the hospital he was diagnosed with vertebrobasilar damage that restricted blood circulation to the head and neck area. The doctors determined the damage was caused from years of untreated head injuries dating back to his college years. K-1 Dynamite!!! In spite of this revelation, rather than being granted a break to recover and possibly undergo surgery <mask> scheduled to return to action on December 31, 2006 against Yoshihiro Akiyama at K-1 Dynamite!!. During the bout, <mask> was hit with several punches and he rushed to get the takedown, but in doing so he slipped from Akiyama's body. As the sequence repeated itself over and over while <mask> took punishment, he opted to drop to his back and attempt a kneebar from there, but his grip on the judoka inexplicably failed again. Having <mask> trapped against the ropes and struggling for his submission, Akiyama was free to attack with ground and pound for the referee stoppage.Words were exchanged between <mask> and referee Yoshinori Umeki prior to the stop, which was brought on by the sounding of a bell at the behest of Akira Maeda, the event coordinator, the referee separating the fighters following the bell rather than initiating the stop himself. Afterwards, the usually soft-spoken <mask> surprised many with complaints that Akiyama's body had been greased. The referee in charge subsequently checked Akiyama's body and gave indication to ringside officials that he had not found anything unusual. In the aftermath of the fight the controversy escalated drastically and new accusations of weighed gloves also surfaced. To deal with the growing controversy, K-1 launched an investigation to look into the accusations against Akiyama. Although Akiyama's gloves were found to be regulation, video-tape revealed Akiyama administering a lotion to his skin. Akiyama—who attested he was simply treating his dry skin—was found to have been "negligent" and disqualified.The fight was subsequently declared a no-contest and Akiyama's purse was withheld. A press conference followed, wherein Akiyama—now heavily maligned by the Japanese sports media—offered a public apology. Although <mask> wore a shirt into the ring against Akiyama which read "K Sakuraba: End of Service", his experience against Akiyama apparently changed his plans regarding retirement and at Heros 8 he submitted the winless Yurij Kiseliov by armbar. Following that win, he would next share the mixed martial arts ring with his fellow shoot wrestler and UWFi alum, Kiyoshi Tamura. Once again donning the guise of his childhood hero, Tiger Mask, as he had to signal his exodus from Pride Fighting Championships to Heros, <mask> this time wore the mask to mark the occasion of his return to Pride at their final DSE

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 promoted show, Kamikaze. Before the assembled crowd at the Saitama Super Arena—Pride's most frequented venue—<mask> and Tamura publicly voiced their willingness to meet in a Pride ring, before shaking hands and embracing. A bout between Tamura and <mask> had been one of Pride's most frequently promised match-ups, one that had never been delivered upon in spite of several efforts to put it together.On 2 June 2007, <mask> rematched Royce Gracie in K-1 Dynamite!! USA. While <mask> knocked Gracie to the canvas in the opening seconds, the bout itself was fought at a relatively slow pace, with <mask> scoring multiple takedowns and Gracie scoring a number of flailing kicks to the legs and face from the bottom, as well as standing knee strikes to <mask>'s injured and bandaged knee. The Japanese wrestler also besieged Gracie on the ground, finishing the bout having taken the back of Gracie and searching for an armbar. Royce won by unanimous decision, which many viewers and MMA sites disputed immediately on the feeling that <mask> won the fight. Sherdog scored it 29–28 in favor of the Japanese fighter. Moreover, Gracie tested positive for steroids after the bout.<mask> versus Funaki
<mask> returned to the ring on 17 September 2007 at K-1 Hero's 10 against former NJPW pro wrestler Katsuyori Shibata. Prior to the bout, Shibata's trainer, Masakatsu Funaki had challenged <mask> on the basis that their styles would make for an entertaining contest. Shibata came out striking aggressively, but was soon taken to the canvas by <mask>'s trademark single leg. Shibata unleashed a torrent of blows off his back, but the more experienced <mask> responded with strikes of his own before transitioning into an armbar and finishing the bout. Following his victory, <mask> praised the fighting spirit of Shibata and accepted Funaki's challenge. Much like <mask>, Funaki was trained in shoot wrestling and emerged into the world of mixed martial arts on the heels of a career in the UWF (the direct predecessor of Sakuraba's UWF International). Both men also held in common a past history of submission wins over world-class opposition and recognition as two of the top Japanese mixed martial artists to date.Appropriately, their bout took place in the main event of K-1's year end Dynamite!! show, which garners more TV viewers each year than any other televised mixed martial arts event in Japan. The two fighters exchanged colourful entrances at the arena, <mask>'s featuring him and baseball player Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi dressed in identical fighting gears and Ultraman masks. Once in the match, <mask> was able to sneak in a double leg takedown after Funaki committed heavily to a missed right cross. Funaki closed guard around <mask> before opening it up to spin for a kneebar, and for a moment Funaki appeared to secure <mask>'s leg, but he was thwarted by a combination of <mask>'s submission acumen and their position against the ring ropes. <mask> then maneuvered to Funaki's back, only for the Pancrase founder to roll back into the guard position. Breaking away momentarily from the grappling contest, <mask> stood up and began to assault Funaki's legs with a series of kicks, which Funaki answered with an upkick of his own, cutting <mask>'s eye.<mask> then returned himself to the ground, where Funaki immediately attempted to sweep him, but <mask> blocked the attempt and secured a Kimura lock or double wristlock, eventually forcing Funaki to submit. After the match, event producer Sadaharu Tanikawa spoke about a possible matchup between <mask> and Rickson Gracie the next year, which the former approved. However, nothing came from it. Dream
In 2008, it was announced that <mask> <mask> would compete in the Middleweight Grand Prix of the new MMA promotion, Dream. On 29 April 2008, <mask> defeated Andrews Nakahara in the main event at Dream 2: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 1st Round. However, he was knocked out (and thus eliminated from the tournament) by Melvin Manhoef in the main event of Dream 4: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 2nd Round. During the match, <mask> suffered an ulnar fracture of the left forearm, which was caused by a kick from Manhoef.Finally it was announced that Kiyoshi Tamura and <mask> <mask> were set to fight at the K-1 Dynamite!! 2008 event on December 31. The fight featured <mask> fighting mostly from his back, attempting armbars, kneebars and triangle chokes from his guard while Tamura defended them and applied ground and pound. At the end of the first round, <mask> appeared to have an armbar locked in, but the bell sounded before he could extend the arm. Tamura held on at the second, controlling much of the action and consistently kicking <mask>'s injured legs; he was taken down in the final minute by <mask>, who immediately launched a barrage of punches, only for the bell to end his attacks again. Ultimately, Tamura was awarded a unanimous decision. After his return to Dream, <mask> defeated boxer turned mixed martial artist Rubin Williams at Dream 11, before facing Croatian Zelg Galesic on Dream 12.<mask> took Galesic to the ground via single leg takedown and he immediately transitioned to a leg lock. Galesic tried to defend himself against the submission by raining punches on <mask>. <mask> absorbed the punches and held on to Galesic's leg until he successfully made the Croatian tap out due to a kneebar. On May 29 he faced Ralek Gracie, at the Saitama Super Arena in Dream 14. It would be the sixth time <mask> faced a Gracie, albeit this time with a deep age difference, given the Japanese (41) and the Brazilian (24)'s respective ages. During the match, the wrestler performed significantly against the young Gracie, but the latter kept dominating, evidencing a training specialized to counter <mask>'s style. There was controversy towards the end of the fight, as <mask> seemed to have secured a kimura, only to the referee to pause the match to pull up Ralek's pants.The pause allowed the Brazilian to come back with an armbar, which <mask> escaped to meet a unanimous decision win for Gracie. On September 25, at Dream 16, <mask> lost to Jason "Mayhem" Miller via arm triangle choke. <mask> fought for the Dream Welterweight Championship against current champion Marius Zaromskis at Dynamite!! 2010 in December 2010. The fight ended in doctor stoppage, <mask>'s ear was partially ripped off. <mask> fought against undefeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu Black Belt Yan Cabral at Dream 17, losing via head arm triangle. This was <mask>'s 6th loss in his last 8 fights.Rizin Fighting Federation
On October 8, 2015, new Japanese mixed martial arts promotion Rizin Fighting Federation announced at a press conference that <mask> would face fellow Japanese fighter and grappler Shinya Aoki on the December 29, 2015. This was <mask>'s first fight after taking four years away from the sport. <mask> lost the fight via TKO at 5:56 in the first round, after being taken down and receiving ground and pound. Submission grappling

Metamoris
On November 22, 2014, <mask> fought Renzo Gracie in a grappling match in Metamoris V. Renzo played defensive closed guard earlier in the match, with the two exchanging guillotine choke attempts, but he eventually flipped <mask> over and pinned him. However, <mask> resisted all of his submission attempts, and with 90 seconds left he scrambled and tried to lock a Kimura, which was unsuccessful. The fight ended in a draw. Rizin
On October 15, 2017, <mask> fought former UFC champion Frank Shamrock at RIZIN fighting world grand Prix 2017 Autumn: Aki Jin event in Fukuoka, Japan for a grappling exhibition march at 84 kg division.The match ended with a draw decision. Quintet
In April 2018, <mask> announced the formation of a submission wrestling promotion named Quintet (grappling). Based on five-man teams, it is fought under a kachi-nuki-shiai tournament format similar to Nanatei Judo. He competed in the inaugural event, but his team was eliminated in the semi-final round. Fighting style
<mask> became known for a unique, unorthodox fighting style which has been described as creative and compared to "throwing all we'd thought we'd learned about martial arts on its head." He employed moves and techniques from professional wrestling, among them spinning sole kicks, jumping stomps, Mongolian chops and baseball slides. He also used cartwheels to pass guard and several kinds of confusing, often comical tricks to gain advantage over his opponent.However, his main strength was his rounded set of abilities developed from shoot-style wrestling, which included a grinding striking learned from muay thai and a brilliant catch wrestling submission expertise. He submitted important grapplers of his time like Royler Gracie, Renzo Gracie and Masakatsu Funaki by using his signature double top wrist lock, a technique he opened both from standing and on the ground. Though he wasn't afraid of giving his back to his opponent in order to secure it, <mask> would also use the technique as a positional weapon, threatening with it to control his adversary. Renzo Gracie praised his ability to play against his opponent's weaknesses, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira commended his technical skill, and Mark Kerr called him the world's best technician of his era. Personal life
<mask> is married and has a son. He is an atheist. He has never cared much about diet and admits to drinking alcohol and being a smoker.Regarding the notable differences in weight between himself and his opponents throughout his career, as well as the banning of IV's for rehydration (and potential PED usage), <mask> has stated through an interpreter that "it doesn't matter if they [the opponent] use a pill or medicine to get bigger or smaller, I just train hard, eat healthy, fight at my weight and try my best to beat them. For me it doesn't matter if they use drugs, but I would not use it. I'm sure it's bad if they use it to win." About his proneness to fight outside his weight class, <mask> declared "the more impossible the fights got, the more willing to accept them I became". Although he once desired to fight him, he later cited Fedor Emelianenko as the only fighter he ever refused to fight. In June 2021, <mask> was a torch bearer for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Championships and accomplishments

Amateur wrestling
 National championship runner-up (high school)
 East Japan freshman championship
 All Japan collegiate wrestling championships (fourth place)

Mixed martial arts
 Pride Fighting Championships
 2000 Pride Openweight Grand Prix semi-finalist
 Longest fight in Pride FC history – Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals (90:00)
 First man to defeat Royce Gracie in MMA history
 First Japanese Athlete to defeat a Gracie since Helio Gracie's 1951 loss to Masahiko Kimura.Tied with Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira for the most submission wins (11) in Pride FC history
 Ultimate Fighting Championship
 UFC Hall of Fame (Pioneer wing, class of 2017)
 UFC Japan Heavyweight Tournament winner
 First Japanese champion in UFC history
 Sherdog
 Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame
 Wrestling Observer Newsletter
 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2004)
 2001 Best Box Office Draw
 2001 Feud of the Year (vs. Wanderlei Silva)
 2000 Best Shootfighter
 2000 Best Shoot Match  (vs. Royce Gracie)
 Tokyo Sports
 Most Valuable Player (2000)
 Outstanding Performance (1999)

Professional wrestling
 Kingdom
 Kingdom One Million Yen Tournament (1997)
Nikkan Sports
Outstanding Performance Award (1999)
Wrestler of the Year (2000)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Ranked No. 238 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017
Pro Wrestling Noah
GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Takashi Sugiura
 Tokyo Sports
 Best Tag Team Award (2020) – with Takashi Sugiura

Mixed martial arts record

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| Loss
| align=center| 26–17–1 (2)
| Shinya Aoki
| TKO (corner stoppage)
| Rizin FF SARABA
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| align=center|1
| align=center|5:56
| Saitama, Japan
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| Loss
| align=center| 26–16–1 (2)
| Yan Cabral
| Submission (arm-triangle choke)
| Dream 17
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 2:42
| Saitama, Saitama, Japan
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| Loss
| align=center| 26–15–1 (2)
| Marius Žaromskis
| TKO (doctor stoppage)
| Dynamite!! 2010
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:16
| Saitama, Saitama, Japan
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| Loss
| align=center| 26–14–1 (2)
| Jason Miller
| Submission (arm-triangle choke)
| Dream 16
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:09
| Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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| Loss
| align=center| 26–13–1 (2)
| Ralek Gracie
| Decision (unanimous)
| Dream 14
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Saitama, Saitama, Japan
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| Win
| align=center| 26–12–1 (2)
| Zelg Galešić
| Submission (kneebar)
| Dream 12
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:40
| Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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| Win
| align=center| 25–12–1 (2)
| Rubin Williams
| Submission (kimura)
| Dream 11
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:53
| Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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| Loss
| align=center| 24–12–1 (2)
| Kiyoshi Tamura
| Decision (unanimous)
| Fields Dynamite!! 2008
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 5:00
| Saitama, Saitama, Japan
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| Loss
| align=center| 24–11–1 (2)
| Melvin Manhoef
| KO (punches)
| Dream 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Second Round
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:30
| Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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| Win
| align=center| 24–10–1 (2)
| Andrews Nakahara
| Submission (neck crank)
| Dream 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 First Round
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 8:20
| Saitama, Saitama, Japan
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| Win
| align=center| 23–10–1 (2)
| Masakatsu Funaki
| Submission (kimura)
| K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!! |
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 6:25
| Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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| Win
| align=center| 22–10–1 (2)
| Katsuyori Shibata
| Submission (armbar)
| Hero's 10
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 6:20
| Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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| Loss
| align=center|  (2)
| Royce Gracie
| Decision (unanimous)
| Dynamite!! USA
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Los Angeles, California United States
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| Win
| align=center| 21–9–1 (2)
| Yurij Kiselov
| Submission (triangle armbar)
| Hero's 8
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:26
| Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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| NC
| align=center| 20–9–1 (2)
| Yoshihiro Akiyama
| NC (overturned)
| K-1 PREMIUM 2006

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<mask><mask> (born <mask>, March 20, 1928 – March 22, 2010) was a Hungarian professor of Economics. He founded the international honor society in Economics, Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE), while he was a student at City College of New York (CCNY) in 1955. The society now has 600 chapters worldwide. <mask> arrived in the U.S. in 1949 at age 21, having survived the Nazi Holocaust as the sole survivor of his family (except for three scattered cousins), without money or knowledge of English. Early life

<mask> was born <mask>—commonly known as "Bandi"—to middle-class parents, Erna Kallós Braun and Sándor Braun in Miskolc, Hungary, on March 20, 1928. According to the Jewish custom, he was named for his uncle <mask>, who died before he was born.<mask>'s grave was one of the very few graves that exist in <mask>'s family. The Holocaust, which took many other lives in his family, did not allow for proper burial of one's kind. The Holocaust
A day before <mask>'s 16th birthday, the German Nazis came to Miskolc. In his , <mask> states, "On June 6, 1944, D-Day with the German defeat rapidly approaching, our ghetto in Miskolc was liquidated." Jewish men lined up in front of a Hungarian bilingual guard (which he called a kapo, derived from the German word for "head," although he was perhaps "a Schwab or Volksdeutsche, that is, an ethnic German that lived in Hungary for a long time"). The Schwab sat at a table and took roll call, categorizing males. Unknown to the men, their age determined whether they'd live or die, with the cut-off being age 18.The Schwab most likely knew that to be 16 years old was more dangerous for him than if he were deported as an 18-year-old in Hungarian forced labor. As a monolingual German Nazi closely scrutinized the interactions, the Schwab quizzed <mask>, next in line – "Age?" <mask> replied his true age: "16." For an unknown reason, the Schwab countered "18." <mask>, baffled, corrected him: "16." This went on a few times until the Schwab said in Hungarian, "Do I have to teach you how to lie?" Thus, <mask>'s first miracle: his life was saved for the first time in his years during and after the Holocaust.<mask> survived six Nazi labor camps - first in Hungary, and then in Austria, where the treatment was more brutal, and where he contracted typhus and tuberculosis, which eventually killed his father. <mask>'s life was saved by a righteous gentile, Frau Rosa Schreiber (née Freismuth), in whose name a scholarship award was established at the University of Windsor, from which <mask> retired in 1994. <mask> was fortunate to encounter Frau Schreiber, who ran a general store on the outskirts of his final labor camp. Schreiber risked her life, sneaking small amounts of food and medicine to <mask> so that he and his father might overcome the typhus and tuberculosis that was endemic in the labor camp. Sadly, these diseases overcame <mask>'s father, who died in his son's arms the day after the Russian soldiers liberated the labor camp. Although the exact date is unknown, <mask>'s family observes this day as the second day of Passover, and this is almost 65 years to the day that <mask> died in the arms of his wife and daughter, March 22, 2010. In 1961, <mask> and his wife Barbara located Frau Schreiber.They reconnected with her in 1995 and through a series of events, ensured her rightful place as a righteous gentile in Yad Vashem. Yad VaShem requires verification by three individuals of a person's righteous behavior. It was not until <mask> visited Rosa in 1995 that he found proof of her having been viewed as a righteous individual by the mayor of the community of Neuhaus, near Jennersdorf, where she saved <mask>'s life and tried to save his father. The document <mask> found stated that Rosa "expressed her disgust and outrage at the terrorist actions of the NSDAP/AO. She greatly helped the Jewish and gentile slave laborers with food and medicine." It is dated February 22, 1946. Marriage to Barbara Delson, December 26, 1955

<mask> met Barbara Delson at City College of New York, which they both attended.Barbara grew up in a small but strong Jewish community in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. <mask>'s first major "test" was after he had been in the U.S. for five years – taking his naturalization. After the exam, Barbara renamed her fiancé. From this time on, he would be <mask> <mask>. His last name was changed to eliminate the German referent, to assimilate, and to retain the accurate pronunciation of his name. Education

<mask> graduated CCNY with a B.A. summa cum laude, with Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year, and first in his class (in a class of 2000 students) in 1957.He went on to graduate with a Ph.D. from Harvard Graduate School in Economics in 1966. <mask>'s dissertation advisors were <mask> Bergson when he was Director of the Harvard Russian Research Center and Gottfried von Haberler, who worked on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). <mask> went on to a long academic career: he became a full professor with tenure in 1971, just before moving to the University of Windsor, Ontario and he retired in 1994. Beginning of Omicron Delta Epsilon
ODE began by <mask> developing an honor society, Omicron Chi Epsilon (OCE) as an undergraduate. He subsequently learned of the existence of another honor society in economics, Omicron Delta Gamma, founded in 1915 by John R. Commons, University of Wisconsin and Frank Taussig, Harvard University, which, while older and formally larger (more chapters) than Omicron Chi Epsilon, was less active than the younger OCE. <mask> was the prime mover to facilitate a merger in 1963 between the two societies, renamed Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE), adding "International" to its non-Greek name. At that point, ODE really took off.Accomplishments

Dr. <mask> was fluent in four languages. He co-authored and co-edited eight books in economics and over 50 articles, and organized a number of international conferences, as well as having founded and served as national president of ODE, the national honor society for Economics. Among his many awards were the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, Earhart Fellowship and Ford Foundation Fellowship. He received an Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Southern California and also at the University of Windsor. <mask>'s special interest was Centrally Planned Economy in Eastern Europe. Holocaust Education

Close to the time that <mask> retired as a Professor at the University of Windsor in 1994, a young man came into his office. He asked, "Dr. <mask>, would you write a letter saying that I never disrupted your class?"<mask> said, "Well, you never disrupted my class – I know that because I don't remember you! But what is this about?" The student revealed that he was a Holocaust denier and unlike the U.S. where "freedom of speech" reigns, denying the Holocaust was met with punishment, and in the case of the university, expulsion. <mask> agreed that he would write the letter for the young man on the condition that he accompany <mask> to the Detroit Holocaust Memorial Center. <mask> never saw the student again, but <mask> realized the imminent need for him to speak publicly about his experiences. Long reticent about his personal history, in the early 1990s he became concerned about the Holocaust denial movement. As he said later in his 1995 speech in Windsor, "As a survivor, I … have to remember and tell others that democracy in the Weimar Republic did not prevent the rise of Hitler.… As a survivor, I also have to remember and tell others that genocide did not stop with the liberation of the camps 50 years ago." In retirement, <mask> devoted many hours to lecturing on the Holocaust at elementary school and colleges through the Detroit Holocaust Memorial Center, The Holocaust Center Boston North and Facing History and Ourselves. References

External links
 , The Holocaust Center Boston North
Obituary in The Boston Globe, April 12, 2010
 Obituary in The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants (pdf)
 Obituary in Harvard (Alumni) Magazine, July–August 2010 (pdf)
 Tribute in The American Economist, journal of Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE), the international honor society in Economics, Fall 2010 (pdf)

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Harvard University faculty
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<mask> (4 July 1929 – 18 May 2018) was a Colombian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1996 to 2006 and President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei from 2000 until his retirement in 2009. He was made a cardinal in 1998. Early life
Born in Medellín, Colombia, <mask> attended the seminaries in Antioquia and Santa Rosa de Osos before studying at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Alfonso Carinci on 26 October 1952. He obtained a doctorate in canon law and specialization in religious sociology, political economics, and ethical economics from the Gregorian. <mask> also studied at the Sociology Faculty of the University of Louvain in Belgium.Upon returning to Colombia, he served as a curate for two rural parishes in Yarumal from 1954 to 1971. He then served as director of Cursillos, of the national pastoral program, and of the Legion of Mary. After becoming an official in the diocesan curia of Santa Rosa de Osos, Castrillón was made director of radiophonic schools. In 1959 he became the diocesan delegate of Catholic Action, and also worked as ecclesiastical assistant to the Catholic Workers Youth. He did catechetical and curial work before serving as general secretary of the Colombian Episcopal Conference. Bishop
On 2 June 1971, <mask> <mask> was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Pereira and Titular Bishop of Villa Regis by Pope Paul VI. He received his episcopal consecration on 18 July from Archbishop Angelo Palmas, with Archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque and Bishop Baltasar Álvarez Restrepo serving as co-consecrators.<mask> <mask> succeeded Alvarez Restrepo as Bishop of Pereira on 1 July 1976. While Bishop of Pereira, <mask> <mask> was reported to have walked the streets at night to help feed abandoned children. While many Latin American bishops refused to accept contributions from suspected drug lords, <mask> <mask> accepted donations for his diocesan charities, arguing that by accepting the funds, they would be diverted from funding crime and instead used to help the poor. He said that when accepting such donations, he had warned the donors personally that their donations "would not save their souls". <mask> <mask> once disguised himself as a milkman to gain access to the home of drug lord Pablo Escobar, and after revealing himself, the bishop persuaded Escobar to confess his sins. <mask> <mask> also served as Secretary General (1983–1987) and President (1987–1991) of the Latin American Episcopal Conference, where he opposed liberation theology, which many of his colleagues supported. <mask> <mask> was made Archbishop of Bucaramanga on 16 December 1991.He remained in that post until 15 June 1996, when he became Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy in the Roman Curia. Cardinal

John Paul II created him Cardinal-Deacon of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano in the consistory of 21 February 1998. Two days later, on 23 February, <mask> <mask> was given the title Prefect of the Congregation for Clergy. On 26 October of that same year he served as papal envoy to the signing of the peace accord between Peru and Ecuador to settle their border dispute. On 14 April 2000, he replaced Angelo Felici as President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, the office that handles the Holy See's relations with traditionalist groups such as the Society of St. Pius X.

Castrillón was appointed Grand Prior of the Constantinian Order of St George by Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria on 27 February 2004. Following the death of John Paul II, Castrillón participated in the 2005 papal conclave and was himself considered papabile, a possible successor to the papacy.Pope Benedict XVI confirmed him as Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei. On 31 October 2006, <mask> resigned as head of the Congregation for the Clergy. On 13 September 2007 Castrillón served as a spokesperson for Pope Benedict's motu proprio, Summorum Pontificum. On 23 February 2007, Castrillón became Protodeacon, the senior Cardinal-Deacon, which he remained until 1 March 2008, when he was elevated to Cardinal-Priest. Retirement
<mask> retired on 8 July 2009. On the same day, Pope Benedict issued the document Ecclesiae Unitatem, which attached the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, making that Congregation's prefect the president of the Commission ex officio. In January 2009, while <mask> still headed the Pontifical Commission, Pope Benedict lifted the excommunications several bishops of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), including Richard Williamson, who was later identified a Holocaust denier.In September Bishop Anders Arborelius of Stockholm alleged that the Holy See had prior knowledge of Williamson's extreme views, and his view was confirmed by the papal nuncio to Sweden Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig who said he had warned the Vatican. Castrillón said that it was a "calumny" to suggest he had been aware of William's views. He said that if anyone in the Vatican should have known about the matter, it was Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops, who had responsibility for overseeing Williamson. Handling of sexual abuse cases
In 2002, <mask> expressed his disapproval of the zero-tolerance policy of the U.S. bishops with respect to cases of sexual abuse. He said the bishops ignored such "fundamental principles of the Church" as forgiveness and conversion. In 2001, Castrillón congratulated French bishop Pierre Pican, Bishop of Bayeux, France, for not notifying the police about a priest who had engaged in sexual abuse of minors. The priest was later sentenced to 18 years in jail.Bishop Pican himself received a suspended three-month jail sentence for not denouncing the priest. In the letter <mask> described the relationship between a bishop and his priests as "not professional but a sacramental relationship which forges very special bonds of spiritual paternity" and continued "The bishop has other means of acting ... but a bishop cannot be required to make the denunciation himself. In all civilised legal systems it is acknowledged that close relations have the possibility of not testifying against a direct relative." When <mask>'s letter to Pican became public in 2010, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said it showed how important it was to centralize handling of Catholic sex abuse cases by clerics under the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith." In 1997, <mask> and the bishops of Ireland were at odds over the proper treatment of priests accused of sexual abuse. Castrillón expressed reservations about proposals discussed by the bishops. While indicating that his Congregation was still studying the question, <mask> wrote that some of the Irish bishops' proposals "appear contrary to canonical discipline", which could lead to actions being overturned if an appeal were made to a higher level.Castrillón mentioned the proposed policy of mandatory reporting to the civil authorities. According to a 2011 RTÉ documentary, <mask> told the Irish bishops in 1999 to be "fathers to your priests, not policemen". The documentary's depiction of resistance the Irish bishops experienced from Castrillón put them in a more favorable light at a time when they, and especially Archbishop Desmond Connell, were the target of savage criticism. Castrillón's Congregation for Clergy and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, then headed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, were also at odds. In 2001, Ratzinger persuaded Pope John Paul II to make it mandatory to report all complaints of clerical sexual abuse to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. References

External links

 Biography at catholic-pages.com
 Biography at catholic-hierarchy.org

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Free University of Colombia faculty
Colombian cardinals
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Protodeacons
Prefects of the Congregation for the Clergy
Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
Colombian Roman Catholics
Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II
20th-century Roman Catholics
21st-century Roman Catholics
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Roman Catholic archbishops of Bucaramanga
Roman Catholic bishops of Pereira

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<mask> (born November 20, 1975) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified platinum in the United States. A third album, 2006's Long Trip Alone, is certified gold. It was followed in mid-2008 by a greatest hits package. His fourth album, Feel That Fire was released in February 2009. A bluegrass album, Up on the Ridge, was released on June 8, 2010; a sixth album, Home, followed in February 2012, as did a seventh one, Riser, in 2014.<mask>'s eighth album, entitled Black, was released in May 2016. His most recent release, a compilation EP titled Make My World Go Black, was released in 2021. <mask>'s studio albums have accounted for 25 singles on the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, of which 17 have reached number one: his debut single "What Was I Thinkin'", "Come a Little Closer", "Settle for a Slowdown", "Every Mile a Memory", "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)", "Feel That Fire", "Sideways", "Am I the Only One", "Home", "5-1-5-0", "I Hold On", "Drunk on a Plane", "Say You Do", "Somewhere on a Beach", "Different for Girls", "Woman, Amen" and "Living". Seven more of his singles have reached the top 5. Early life
<mask> was born on November 20, 1975, in Phoenix, as the son of Leon Fife <mask> (August 16, 1923 – June 1, 2012), a bank vice-president, and Catherine Childs. His father was born in Glasgow, Missouri, to Richard Thomas and Mary Cecile <mask>, and was a First Lieutenant in World War II. His middle name, Dierks (which he now uses as his first name publicly), is also his maternal great-grandmother's surname.He attended Culver Academies in Indiana and graduated from The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey in 1993. Afterward, he spent a year at the University of Vermont (UVM) before transferring to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he graduated in 1997. Music career

2003–05: <mask> <mask> and Modern Day Drifter
<mask> worked at The Nashville Network (now Paramount Network), researching old footage of country performances. In 2003, Capitol Nashville released <mask>'s self-titled debut album. The album's first single, "What Was I Thinkin'," reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts later that year. The next two singles from that album, "My Last Name" and "How Am I Doin'," reached number 17 and number 4, respectively. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.<mask>'s second album, Modern Day Drifter, was released in 2005. It spawned two number one singles with "Come a Little Closer” and "Settle for a Slowdown" and the number three hit "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do." The album was also certified platinum. In 2005, <mask> won the CMA Award for the Horizon Award (now Best New Artist) and was invited to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry. The induction took place on October 1, 2005. <mask> stands as the third youngest member after Carrie Underwood and Josh Turner. 2006–08: Long Trip Alone and Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003–2008

On June 10, 2006, <mask> released his third album, Long Trip Alone.The album produced two number one hits with "Every Mile a Memory" in 2006 and "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" in 2007. The title track reached No. 10 on the country charts, while the fourth single, "Trying to Stop Your Leaving," peaked at number 5. In 2007, <mask> released a live DVD titled Live and Loud at the Fillmore, which was filmed in Denver, Colorado. In a March 2008 interview, <mask> said he would let his fans be the executive producers of his first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003–2008. The album was released on May 6, 2008. An album cut, "Sweet & Wild," reached No.51 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The song was an uncredited duet with fellow country singer Sarah Buxton. 2009–10: Feel That Fire and Up on the Ridge

<mask>'s fourth studio album, Feel That Fire, was released in February 2009. Its title track, co-written by Brett Beavers and The Warren Brothers, became <mask>'s sixth number one hit in February 2009. The album's second single, "Sideways," became his seventh number one hit in summer 2009. The third and final single, "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes," peaked at number 2. <mask> released his fifth studio album, Up on the Ridge, on June 8, 2010.The title track was released to iTunes on April 20, 2010. The song peaked at number 21 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, becoming <mask>'s first single to miss the Top 10 since "My Last Name." The second single from the album, "Draw Me a Map," reached number 33. 2012–13: Home and Country & Cold Cans EP

<mask>'s sixth album, Home, was released on February 7, 2012, led by the single, "Am I the Only One" which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country Singles. The second single off the album is "Home", which was co-written by <mask>, Brett Beavers, and Dan Wilson (musician) also reached No. 1 on March 24, 2012.A third single, "5-1-5-0", was released shortly after "Home" fell from number one on the country chart. <mask> has been quoted by American Songwriter explaining “I wrote too many songs. I wrote 70. I wrote a lot. There’s 64 that are never going to see the light of day. That’s 64 days that I can’t get back.”

On August 21, 2012, <mask> released the Country & Cold Cans EP on iTunes. It includes five songs, including a radio edit of the track "Tip It On Back" from his album Home.<mask> paid for the studio time to record the EP himself. On October 23, <mask> and Miranda Lambert announced the co-headlined 33-show Locked and Reloaded Tour, that began on January 17, 2013. 2014–15: Riser
<mask>'s seventh album, Riser, was released on February 25, 2014. The album's first single, "Bourbon in Kentucky", was released to country radio on June 10, 2013. It peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, becoming <mask>'s lowest charting single to date. The album's second single, "I Hold On", was released on August 26, 2013. It became his first number one on the Country Airplay chart in April 2014 and also his eleventh overall to do so.The third single, "Drunk on a Plane", followed that same month. It reached number one on Country Airplay in August 2014 and was also a strong commercial hit, reaching number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's fourth single, "Say You Do", was released on October 6, 2014. It reached at number one on Country Airplay in May 2015. The title track became the album's fifth single in June 2015. <mask> along with Eric Paslay are featured on Charles Kelley's debut solo single, "The Driver" which was released on September 28, 2015. The song received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.2016–2017: <mask> released his eighth album, Black, on May 27, 2016. The album's first single, "Somewhere on a Beach", was released on January 25, 2016. <mask> co-hosted the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2016, where he was also nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year and Video of the Year. <mask> released a series of four short films for songs from Black, with episode one being the song "I'll Be the Moon" featuring Maren Morris. The following episode serves as the video for "What the Hell Did I Say". The album's second single, "Different for Girls" featuring Elle King, was released to country radio on June 6, 2016. It reached at number one on Country Airplay in October 2016.The album's title track was released to country radio as the third single on November 14, 2016. He was also selected as one of 30 artists to perform on "Forever Country", a mash-up track of Take Me Home, Country Roads, On the Road Again and I Will Always Love You which celebrates 50 years of the CMA Awards. 2018–present: The Mountain and Hot Country Knights
On June 8, 2018, <mask> released The Mountain, his ninth studio album. It was released o via Capitol Records Nashville. The first single from the album was "Women, Amen", which peaked at number one. The second single from the album was "Burning Man", which also peaked at number one (Mediabase only). The third and final single, "Living" also went number one.<mask>'s side project, a '90s country parody band named Hot Country Knights, signed on with <mask>'s label Universal Music Group Nashville as a separate recording act in 2020. The act consists of his road band, all of whom operate under stage names. They released their debut single "Pick Her Up" on January 23, 2020. <mask> wrote the song with Jim Beavers and Brett Beavers, and features guest vocals from Travis Tritt. Dierks released a new single, "Gone", on October 22, 2020. This serves as the lead single from his upcoming tenth studio album, which will also include the single "Beers on Me" featuring Hardy and Breland. He also joined James Barker Band on the single "New Old Trucks" in October 2021.Personal life
<mask> married Cassidy Black on December 17, 2005, in Mexico. They live in Nashville, with their three children and dog George. The couple has two daughters, Evalyn "Evie" <mask>, born on October 4, 2008; Jordan Catherine <mask>, born on December 25, 2010; and a son, <mask>, born on October 9, 2013. Evie makes a vocal appearance on the song "Thinking of You" from <mask>'s 2012 album Home, and Knox appears in the music video for <mask>'s 2019 single, "Living". <mask> holds a private pilot license. He owns a Cirrus SR22T and flies a Cessna Citation CJ4.

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<mask> (1 April 1878 – 9 March 1937) was a German Jewish art dealer, art collector, journalist and publisher persecuted by the Nazis. Early years
<mask> was born into a Jewish merchant family; his father, <mask>, was a grain dealer. <mask> became a partner in his father's company after business internships in London and Paris. Art collector
<mask> appeared in the art world shortly after 1900, with a collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne; French Avant garde early works of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and André Derain; paintings of Wassily Kandinsky, Maurice de Vlaminck, Alexej von Jawlensky, Gabriele Münter, and the Rhein Expressionists Heinrich Campendonk, August Macke, Heinrich Nauen, and . 1912 Sonderbund in Cologne
Flechtheim organised The ‘Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbunds Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler’ that opened in Cologne on 25 May 1912. Known as the Sonderbund, the exhibition brought together all avant-garde groups of artists and art movements in Europe (Expressionism, The Brücke, The Blauer Reiter, Fauvism, Cubism) for the first time. <mask> was the chairman of the steering committee and the lender of many important artworks by Picasso and other artists

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<mask> opened his first gallery in Düsseldorf in 1913, followed by galleries in Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, and Vienna.<mask> served in the German Army during World War I, but not at the front. His art business collapsed during the war but he re-opened in Düsseldorf in 1919. Legendary, glamorous parties in Flechtheim's gallery overflowed with the glitterati of the new Berlin: movie stars, titans of finance, prizefighters and artists of every stripe. He founded the important modernist art journal Der Querschnitt (The Cross Section) which ran from 1921 until 1936. <mask>, Nazis and Aryanization
As soon as the Nazis came into power, in 1933, <mask> was persecuted and his business attacked. In 1933, Nazi Sturmabteilung men broke up an auction of Flechtheim's paintings. In March 1933, an art dealer named Alexander Vömel, a member of the SA or Brown Shirts, confiscated Flechtheim’s Düsseldorf gallery.The Nazis aryanized Flechtheim's gallery, as they would many other Jewish businesses. After the war, former Nazi party member Vömel claimed he didn't even remember who <mask> was. <mask>'s former assistant, Curt Valentin, left the Flechtheim Gallery in 1934 and began working in the Berlin gallery of Karl Buchholz, who was authorized by Hitler and Goering to sell confiscated art to raise cash for the Nazis. The Nazis seized and sold off <mask>'s private collection, as well as the contents of his gallery. Emigration and death
Six months after the Nazis came to power in 1933, <mask>, penniless, fled to Paris, and tried to find work with his former business partner, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler and with the Mayor Gallery in London. However Flechtheim could not initially count on a work permit because of Great Britain'srestrictive immigration laws. According to Flechtheim's biographer Ottfried Dascher, collaboration in Mayor's gallery was only possible if <mask>'s name did not appear at exhibitions or to the press.Flechtheim subsequently organized exhibits in London of the paintings of exiled German artists. On August 8, 1935, <mask> wrote <mask> of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City a letter informing him, “I lost all my money and all my pictures.” By November 1936, <mask>'s former gallery assistant, Curt Valentin, had made a deal with the Nazis that would allow him to emigrate to New York and to sell “degenerate art” to help fund the Nazi war effort. In January 1937, with financing from Buchholz, Valentin left for New York and set up the Karl Buchholz Gallery at 3 West 46th Street which was later accused of serving as a conduit for bringing Nazi looted art, including paintings that had been seized from Flechtheim, into America. In March 1937 in London, <mask> slipped on a patch of ice, was taken to a hospital, punctured his leg on a rusty nail in his hospital bed, developed sepsis leading to amputation of his leg, and died. The Galerie Alfred Flechtheim GmbH disappeared in its entirety on 27 March 1937. Personal life
<mask> married Betty Goldschmidt, a wealthy Dortmund merchant's daughter. On a honeymoon trip to Paris, Flechtheim invested Betty's dowry in cubist art, to the horror of his inlaws.The marriage was childless. <mask> was with her husband in London during his final days. Then she returned to Berlin. In 1941, when she was ordered to report for deportation to Minsk, she ingested a lethal dose of Veronal. The Gestapo seized her art collection. Professor Ossip K<mask>, who in mid-1940s coined the term "Futurology", and later became a director of Otto-Suhr-Institut in West Berlin, was <mask>'s nephew. Recovery of artworks
Flechtheim's heirs are attempting to recover artworks stolen from Flechtheim.These works reside in German museums and the Museum of Modern Art. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's "Das Soldatenbad" (1915) remained in the custody of Flechtheim's niece Rosi Hulisch in Berlin. It was acquired in 1938 by Kurt Feldhäusser, a member of the Nazi party. Upon Feldhäusser's death in 1945, the ownership of his collection passed to his mother, who brought the work to the United States and consigned it to the Weyhe Gallery in New York in 1949. It was then purchased by American philanthropist and collector Morton D. May of Saint Louis in 1952. May amassed one of the largest collections of German Expressionist art in America and donated over one thousand works from his collection to various institutions; Das Soldatenbad was donated to The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1956. In an exchange in 1988, the work became part of the collection of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.In 2018 Das Soldatenbad was restituted to the heirs of <mask> by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation after an extensive examination of the circumstances surrounding the painting's history. In November 2018, it sold at Sotheby's for $21,975,800 (including fees). Oskar Kokoschka’s "Joseph de Montesquiou-Fezensac" (1910) was sold by Alex Vömel to the National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm where it would later be transferred to the Moderna Museet. It remained in the Moderna Museet’s collection until 2018, when it was restituted to Flechtheim’s heirs. In November 2018, it sold at Sotheby's for $20,395,200 (including fees). Gallery

See also

 The Holocaust
 List of claims for restitution for Nazi-looted art
 Aryanization

References

External links
<mask>heim: Art Dealer of the AvantGarde
The Devil and the Art Dealer
Haunting MoMA: The Forgotten Story of ‘Degenerate’ Dealer <mask>heim
Artworks Stolen From <mask> at the MOMA
Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Kunstler zu Coeln 1912

1878 births
1937 deaths
German publishers (people)
German art dealers
Jewish art collectors
German art historians
Writers from Berlin
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom
German military personnel of World War I
People from the Province of Brandenburg
German male non-fiction writers
German magazine founders

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Alfred Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Emil Flechtheim
Alfred
Flechtheim
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Alfred Barr
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<mask> (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels. <mask> was also an active member of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, using her writing skills and notability to draw attention to the cause of women's suffrage in Virginia. Early life
<mask> was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia, the eldest child of <mask>, an American Civil War veteran, and <mask>. Due to frequent illness, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing. When <mask> was 16, her father's work with the Georgia Pacific Railroad caused the family to move to Birmingham, Alabama.Shortly after the move, <mask> began attending the Atlanta Female Institute and College of Music in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended the school for three months; this was the only formal education <mask> would receive. After her mother's death in 1889, <mask> acted as her father's companion and as a surrogate mother for her five younger siblings. <mask>'s family moved to New York 1892. They returned to Birmingham in 1896, and then moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1902. Career

<mask> wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book, Prisoners of Hope (1898), dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel, To Have and to Hold (1900), and later, Sir Mortimer (1904).The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution, and in Lewis Rand (1908) the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century. To Have and to Hold was serialized in The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in book form 1900, by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. <mask>'s next work, titled Audrey, was the fifth bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, and Sir Mortimer, serialized in Harper's Monthly magazine from November 1903 through April 1904, was published in 1904. Her best-selling 1911 novel on the American Civil War, The Long Roll, brought <mask> into open conflict with Stonewall Jackson's widow, <mask> Jackson. Beyond her native America, <mask>'s novels were also very popular in Canada and in England. During her long career <mask> wrote, in addition to 23 novels, numerous short stories, two long narrative poems, and one play.Her book titled Hagar (1913), considered to be one of the first feminist novels as well as somewhat autobiographical, captures the early days of women's rights. <mask>'s deep focus on female suffrage in the United States is documented by her letters and correspondence with women working for the right to vote. But Hagar created a controversy among men and tradition-minded women, who were upset by the book's progressive ideas. Many refused to purchase it and subsequent <mask> novels. During her life, <mask> was close friends with Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell, who once commented: "I hesitate to write about the South after having read <mask>." Film adaptations
Three of <mask>'s books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a 1916 silent film of the same name,  and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into silent films both in 1916 and in 1922.Pioneers of the Old South was adapted as the film  (1923). Women's suffrage advocacy

<mask> was an early an active member of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia (ESL), which was founded in November 1909 by other Richmond-area activists like Lila Meade Valentine, Ellen Glasgow, and Kate Waller Barrett. She chaired the ESL's legislative and lecture committees and served as vice president from 1911 to 1914. On December 12, 1909, the Richmond Times-Dispatch published a pro-suffragist article written by <mask> entitled “The Status of Women.” The ESL would go on to reprint this article, along with another entitled "These Things Can Be Done" in Virginia Suffrage News, a monthly paper created to increase communication among the suffrage leagues across the state of Virginia. <mask>'s writings in support of women's suffrage also appeared in national publications, including the Atlantic Monthly and Woman's Journal and Suffrage News. In 1910, <mask> took elocution lessons to improve her public speaking skills. She would go on to deliver several speeches in support of women's suffrage.In January 1912, she addressed Virginia's General Assembly. In December of that year, she spoke at the governors' conference at its annual meeting in Richmond. She also spoke at the closing event of the woman suffrage parade of 1913 in Washington, D.C.

Death and legacy

In 1936, <mask> died of Bright's disease at her home in Warm Springs, Virginia. She was 65 years old. <mask> was interred in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. Three Hills, her house at Warm Springs, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Her Richmond home on Linden Row was listed in 1971.<mask> was honored by the Library of Virginia as part of its 2005 class of Virginia Women in History. <mask>'s name is featured on the Wall of Honor on the Virginia Women's Monument, located in Capitol Square in Richmond.

masks:
Mary Johnston
Johnston
Mary Johnston
John William Johnston
Elizabeth Dixon Alexander Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Mary Anna
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<mask> (born 1990) is a Canadian singer/songwriter based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Catching the ear of noted Canadian rocker Joel Plaskett while still in school, Kenney released her first album in 2012, which Plaskett produced. <mask> is known for her lyrical prowess and engaging stage presence. Called "Nova Scotia's rising star" by The Scene magazine, she has toured with Plaskett as well as with Ron Sexsmith. In 2013, her song "Sucker" won the prestigious SOCAN Songwriting Prize. Background

<mask> began playing guitar when she was 11. She became interested in music via classic rock; among her favourite artists in her early teens were Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Ozzy Osbourne.When she found herself grounded for two months by her parents at age 16, she began writing songs in earnest and listening to singer/songwriters such as Elliott Smith. Smith in particular inspired Kenney to learn finger-picking. At around the same age, she also began to draw inspiration from the indie rock world, thanks to exposure to the films of Wes Anderson, and the adventurous soundtracks he favors. Career

Kenney first began recording her songs at a small recording studio housed at the Shambhala School, a non-denominational private school in Halifax, when she was 17. Joel Plaskett visited the school one day to talk about playing and recording music, and listened to what she had recorded. Two years later, Plaskett's manager called Kenney with the news that she was invited to attend Gordie Sampson's Songcamp in Cape Breton. Kenney later began working on her first recording with Plaskett, starting in April 2011.Although hampered by severe stage fright when first beginning to perform, <mask> now impresses critics with her at-ease and affable stage presence. Among her notable international performances to date, <mask> played at the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival in October 2012 and at the Great Escape Festival in Brighton in May 2013. Her debut album, entitled <mask>ney, was produced by Plaskett and recorded at his studio in Dartmouth. The album was released in September 2012 by New Scotland Records and Pheromone Recordings. Plaskett co-wrote two of the album's songs with Kenney. The two of them are the only musicians who play on the album. In March 2013, the album received an East Coast Music Association award nomination for Rising Star Recording of the Year.In July 2013, <mask>'s song "Sucker" won the SOCAN Songwriting Prize for the best song by an independent Canadian musician, sponsored by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. Also in 2013, <mask> won three Music Nova Scotia awards: pop recording of the year, female artist of the year, and new artist recording of the year. She received a similar designation, new/emerging artist of the year, at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. The awards for her debut album continued into 2014, when <mask> picked up four ECMA award nominations, winning the award for pop recording of the year. Also in 2014, <mask> was released in England, Ireland, and Germany. In September 2014, Kenney released her second album, In My Dreams, which was again produced by Joel Plaskett and released by New Scotland Records and Pheromone Recordings. The album delivered Kenney an ECMA award for Pop Recording of the Year for the second straight year.<mask> did a cross-country tour supporting the release of In My Dreams, and went to perform on Joel Plaskett's Park Avenue Sobriety Test tour in the Spring of 2015, both opening for Plaskett and accompanying band on guitar and backing vocals for half of every show on the tour. In My Dreams was released in Ireland, the UK, and Germany in September 2015. On September 29, 2017, she released her third album, The Details. In April 2019, Kenney released a follow up single entitled "Ahead of Myself". In 2021 Kenney released Covers, an album of cover versions of songs by artists such as Patsy Cline, Daniel Romano, Stone Temple Pilots, The Kinks, Guided by Voices, Tom Petty and The Magnetic Fields.

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Mo Kenney
Kenney
Kenney
Kenney
Kenney
Mo Ken
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<mask> (October 26, 1904 – March 24, 1982) was a Ukrainian Jewish baritone and music teacher. Early life
Gorin was born Ignatz Greenberg on October 26, 1904, in the small village of Grodek (today Horodok, Lviv Oblast) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, Sholom Greenberg, was a rabbi and a Talmudist who taught religion in Grodek and in the neighboring provinces. <mask> was not close to his father; it was his beloved mother, Yente Moritz Greenberg, who passed on her love of music to her son. <mask>'s father enrolled him in the Talmudist school where <mask> displayed an amazing aptitude for the orthodox Jewish liturgy, which he committed to memory. He mastered Hebrew and eventually spoke eight languages fluently. He also sang in the local synagogue choir.In 1919, when <mask> was 15, the Greenberg family moved to Vienna, Austria. Living conditions in Vienna were not much better than they had been in Grodek. <mask> worked at many different jobs during these years:  in an iron factory, a tailor shop, and delivering milk. The work hours were from 6 am until 8 pm, 6 days a week. In what little free time he had, he visited the public library and sat in on many lectures at the Urania, a tuition-free night school. On Sundays he would often go to a movie theater and he developed a fascination with America. Like many, he loved Westerns, and cowboys and horses would forever fascinate him.Musical career
Either as a result of auditioning for a synagogue choir or because a neighbor, who overheard him singing, had <mask> audition for a local choir director, his singing drew the attention of Viktor Fuchs, one of the most distinguished voice teachers in Vienna. Though the young man's scruffy and emaciated appearance was repellent, Fuchs would say of the audition years later, "I knew this boy had something, for he was so tenacious in his desire to sing." As a result, in 1925, Fuchs offered <mask> free lessons with Robert Traniewsky, one of his assistants. After recovering from a bout with tuberculosis, Gorin studied at the Vienna Music Academy from 1926 to 1929, studying piano, music theory and formal voice training. Gorin's idol during this period was Italian baritone Mattia Battistini. He resolved that he wanted his voice to sound like Battistini's and made a concentrated effort to master the bel canto singing style. Gorin became head cantor at the Leopoldstrasse Synagogue in Vienna and his fame as a cantor became widespread.One of the rabbis who heard him arranged for Gorin to make his operatic debut as Ping in a Swiss performance of Turandot. He subsequently joined a Czech opera touring company and finally the Vienna Volksoper in 1930. His roles included Tonio, Germont, Figaro, Rigoletto, Renato, Wolfram, Escamillo and Valentin. Success in the United States
It was not as an opera singer that Gorin made his first visit to the United States of America, but rather as a cantor in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1930 and 1931. Upon returning to Austria, he became greatly disturbed at the reports of Nazi purges of the German-Jewish population and the growing popularity of Adolf Hitler, and in 1933 he emigrated to the U.S. permanently. <mask> began his career in the U.S. at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, where he was billed as a "Viennese baritone". After that he was engaged for a 10-week stint on NBC's The Standard Hour.It was during these programs that Gorin met the composer Albert Hay Malotte. As a result, Gorin was the first to perform Malotte's famous setting of "The Lord's Prayer". It was to become Gorin's most popular number on radio, on television and in concerts. His recording of it in 1940 became his most popular recorded selection. Gorin then joined the radio program Hollywood Hotel and his success there led to appearances on the Kraft Music Hall, Great Moments in Music, The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, International Harvester, and The RCA Victor Hour. In 1936, he signed his first recording contract with RCA Victor and made his first recordings in 1937. He also did a screen test for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and appeared in a secondary role in "Broadway Melody of 1938" singing "The Toreador Song" from Carmen and parts of "Largo al factotum" from The Barber of Seville.In 1939, Gorin married Mary Smith in May and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in July. From this point forward, <mask>'s career was pretty well determined. Although he did audition for the Metropolitan Opera, the Met did not engage him. Gorin went on to become primarily a concert singer who appeared on programs such as The Voice of Firestone and The Bell Telephone Hour regularly. He also appeared in opera performances at a variety of companies around the country, from Pasadena, California to Baltimore, Maryland. Among his many performances was his annual participation as Brigham Young in the Mormon historical pageant "All Faces West" . Notable future performances included portrayals of Rigoletto on the television program NBC Opera Theatre in 1958 and Giorgio Germont with NBC again in 1960.He appeared with Boris Christoff in 1962 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in Alexander Borodin's Prince Igor, directed by Vladimir Rosing. Rosing also directed <mask> in The Student Prince at the Hollywood Bowl that same year. In 1963 Gorin sang with the New York City Opera, as Rigoletto, and Giorgio Germont in La traviata (opposite Beverly Sills). He made one guest appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in La Traviata in 1964. Retirement and later life
For reasons of declining health, <mask> retired from the concert stage and in 1966, he became a Professor of Music at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He died as a result of cancer at the age of 77 on March 24, 1982 in Tucson. References
 Hall, Clarence W. "<mask>'s Song of America."Readers Digest (January 1956)

1904 births
1982 deaths
20th-century Austrian male opera singers
Jewish opera singers
20th-century American male opera singers
American people of Austrian-Jewish descent
American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
Operatic baritones
American music educators
Voice teachers
Viennese hazzans
Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe)
Austro-Hungarian Jews
Austrian emigrants to the United States
People from Horodok, Lviv Oblast
People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Deaths from cancer in Arizona

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Igor Gorin
Igor
Igor
Igor
Igor
Igor
Igor
Igor
Gorin
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<mask> , better known as Mandlik sir , was the founder of the "Yoga Vidya Dham" and is considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in India. He has written many books on yoga practice and philosophy. On 6 March 2007, Paramhansa Niranjananda Saraswati of Bihar Yoga, initiated him to Rushi Sannayasa (part of higher  tradition) and gave new name Rushi Dharmajyoti. Early years
<mask> was born in 1944 in Nasik in a middle-class family. He completed his education from Nasik and then in Pune. In 1967, he graduated from University of Pune as Bachelor in Electrical engineering from Government College of Engineering, Pune, one of the oldest technical schools in India. During the college days, he won lot of awards on national level in competitive rowing, boating.He also won the prestigious "Senior Championship" in 1966. Industrial career
Mandlik started his career as an Engineer in Voltas Transformers Ltd., a Multinational Company in Pune. After working there for 12 years eventually he started his own business of Manufacturing Electrical Distribution Transformers and Industrial Equipments in Nasik in 1978, expanding to Pune and Aurangabad in next few years. Along with his business, he was practicing yoga. He retired from his business in 1995, adopting Yoga Education as his life mission. Career in Yoga
Mandlik started Yoga Vidya Dham in 1978, utilizing the morning and evening hours for the noble cause of Yoga Education. He has authored more than 45 books and over 200 audio cassettes and cds, 2 software on Yoga Education, applications of Yoga, Yoga as a Therapy, Yoga for Kids, Women etc.His books are mainly in Marathi and
later translated in English, Hindi, Kenned, Gujarathi. He is the Editor of Yoga monthly called "Yoga Sugandha" for last 25 years. He is Vice Chancellor of Yoga Vidya Gurukul (Yoga University). He has treated more than 35000 patients suffering from various chronic diseases like Back ache, spondilitis, asthma, diabetes, heart problems, arthritis, hypertension, blood pressure, digestive disorders, psychosomatic disorders and many more through Yoga therapy centers in Nasik and other cities. he conducts various courses, lectures, workshops on stress management, therapy etc. all over India. He has been the source of inspiration to thousands of yoga seekers, volunteers, teachers all over India and other countries as well.He expanded the network of Yoga Vidya Dham to more than 200 cities in India and 16 cities outside India that includes Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Kazakhasthan  He presented more than 15 research papers in different International Yoga Conferences. He also worked as Member of different committees for below universities. I) Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, Nagpur. II) Yashvantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik. III) North Maharashtra University, Jalagaon
IV) Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik. Yoga Vidya Dham
Yoga Vidya Dham is one of the big yoga institutes in India. It was founded in 1978 and is working as a Non Profit Organization having 150 branches in Maharashtra alone, 8 in Karnataka, 7 in Eastern part of India.This includes all major cities of Maharashtra including Nasik, Pune, Ahmednager, Kolhapur, Pimpri-Chinchwad etc. It is now expanding in other countries like United States, UK, Italy, Hong Kong, Australia, Ireland etc. More than 450,000 people have completed basic Yoga Pravesh course till today. More than 8500 teachers work all over India conducting classes. Yoga Vidya Dham is running 2 centers in Nasik. Yoga Vidya Dham is a University which imparts Yoga training to students and those aspiring to be yoga teachers. Various courses are conducted at different levels, Yoga Bindu, Yoga Sopan, Yoga Sanjivan, Yoga Pravesh, Yoga Parichay, Yoga Praveen, Yoga Pandit, Yoga Teacher, Yoga Adhyapak and Yoga Pradhyapak.Awards

 Yogacharya by Paramacharya (Chancellor) of Bihar Yoga Bharati (First Yoga University in the World) Paramhansa Niranjananda Saraswati in 2003
 Recipient  of “Prime Minister’s Award for outstanding contribution towards promotion and development of YOGA” in 2018
 Won the prestigious "Senior Championship" in 1965 in College of Engineering, Pune. Outstanding Citizen award  by Jaients Club Nashik in 1988
 Lifetime Achievement Award by K.L.Monot Amrutmahotsava Samiti. Pune in 1992
 Saraswati Award by Kailas Math Nasik in 1993
 Ideal Yoga Teacher by Rotary Club Nashik in 1996
 Yashvant Award by Shri Sadguru Trust Nashik in 2002
 Nashik Gourava by C _ News Nashik in 2003
 Yoga Ratna Award by Patanjali Yoga Kendra, Sangali in 2005
 Naturopathy Awaed by International Naturopathy Organization New Delhi in 2005
 Anubandhi award Shiva Parvati Trust Nashik in 2005
 Nashik Bhushan.by Rotary Club Nashik in 2005
 Loka Kalyan Award by Nashik Municipal Corporation in 2006
 Sanman Pater by Ghantali Mitra Mandal, Thane in 2006
 Rushi DharmaJyoti By Paramahans Niranjananand Saraswati  in 2006
 Sanman Patra Nashik Dist. Yoga Association in 2006
 Yoga Gourava Award by L.Y.Patil Trust Hupari, Kolhapur in 2007
 Dadhichi Award by Education Society Ambarnath in 2007
 Awards on national level in competitive rowing, boating
 Prime Minister's National Yoga Award in 2018

Personal life
He is married to Pournima <mask> who is also a practicing yoga teacher. He has a son named Gandhar Mandlik

Work related to Yoga
 Yoga Vidya Dham organisation in 1972
 Yoga Chintan (A periodical magazine on Yoga.) Yoga Gurukul (University of Yoga) in Nasik, India. Yoga Chaitanya Seva Pratishthan - A trust to help propagation of Yoga in remote part of India.Yoga Chaitanya Sadhana Charitable Trust in 2009
 Yoga Mahavidyalaya, Nashik in 2013 (KKS University, Nagapur)

Major Achievements
 Expanded the network of Yoga Vidya Dham to more than 100 cities in India. Successfully treated more than 13000 patients suffering from various diseases in our Therapy centre. Presented more than 15 research papers in different International Yoga Conferences. Beneficiaries more than 2,51,700 in last 20 years. Gallery

Books written

In English
 Yoga Bindu
 Yoga Pravesh
 Yoga Parichay
 Yoga Sopan Easy Way to Good Health / Yogic Solution for Back Pain
 Ashtang Yoga (Yoga the Science)

In Marathi
 योग प्रवेश
 योग परिचय
 योग बिंदू
 योग सोपान
 निसर्गाची साद
 आरोग्यासाठी आहार
 सूर्यनमस्कार
 गुडघेदुखी
 विध्यार्थ्यांच्या सर्वांगीण विकासाची साधना
 अष्टांग योग, यमनियम
 मुक्तचिंतन भाग १ व २
 योगोपचार

CD's
 मुलांसाठी योगनिद्रा
 तणावमुक्तीसाठी योगनिद्रा
 विकारमुक्तीसाठी योगनिद्रा

References

1944 births
Indian yoga teachers
Living people

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Vishwas Mandlik
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<mask> (born 1955) is a British art critic, writer, broadcaster, and artist. He is married to Emma Biggs, with whom he collaborates on art works. Education
Born in London in 1955, Collings studied at Byam Shaw School of Art, and Goldsmith's College, both in London. Life and career
He began his career working at Artscribe first in the production department in 1979 and later taking over as editor, filling that role from 1983-7, bringing international relevance to the magazine. In 1987 he received a Turner Prize commendation for his work on Artscribe. <mask> later moved into television working as a producer and presenter on the BBC The Late Show from 1989-95. In the early 1990s he brought Martin Kippenberger into the BBC studios to create an installation, and he interviewed Georg Herold while this Cologne-based conceptual artist painted a large canvas with beluga caviar.He gave Jeff Koons his first sympathetic exposure on British TV, and Damien Hirst was also introduced for the first time to the UK TV audience by Collings. He wrote and presented documentary films for the BBC on individual artists, such as Donald Judd, Georgia O'Keeffe and Willem de Kooning, as well as broader historical subjects such as Hitler's "Degenerate art" exhibition, art looted in the Second World War by Germany and Russia, Situationism, Spain's post-Franco art world and the rise of the Cologne art scene. After leaving the BBC, <mask> wrote 'Blimey! From Bohemia to Britpop: The London Artworld from Francis Bacon to Damien Hirst,' which humorously chronicled the rise of the Young British Art (YBA) movement. Published in 1997 by 21, a new company founded by David Bowie, among a group of others, 'Blimey! 'was described by Artforum magazine as “…one of the best-selling contemporary-art books ever." (Kate Bush on the YBA Sensation, Artforum, 2004) The article went on to say that <mask> "invented the perfect voice to complement YBA: He makes an impact without (crucially) ever appearing to try too hard."The following year, <mask> wrote and presented the Channel 4 TV series This is Modern Art, which won him a Bafta (2000) among other awards. <mask> wrote and presented a Channel 4 series in 2003 about the "painterly" stream of Old Master painting, called Matt's Old Masters. A book by the same title accompanied the series. Further Channel 4 series by Collings included Impressionism: Revenge of the Nice (2004) and The Me Generations: Self Portraits, (2005). Between 1997 and 2005, <mask> presented the Channel 4 TV programme on the Turner Prize. In 2007 he wrote and presented the Channel 4 TV series This is Civilisation. In 2009 he appeared on the BBC2 programme "School of Saatchi" a reality TV show for newly trained UK artists.In October 2010, he wrote and presented a BBC2 series called Renaissance Revolution, in which he discussed three Renaissance paintings: Raphael's Madonna del Prato; Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights; and Piero della Francesca's The Baptism of Christ. In 2014 he wrote and presented a 90-minute documentary for BBC4 on abstract art: The Rules of Abstraction considered early modernist beginnings by Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Hilma af Klint, and others, as well as contemporary continuities, ranging from Fiona Rae to El Anatsui. In the same year, Collings appeared in Frederick Wiseman's documentary, National Gallery composing and rehearsing a piece-to-camera on Turner's The Fighting Temeraire, for the documentary Turner's Thames, (2012), which Collings wrote and presented for BBC4. Since 2015, he has been the regular art critic for the Evening Standard, replacing Brian Sewell, who died that year. Suspension from Labour Party
In 2019 <mask> was picked as Parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party for the South West Norfolk constituency, but was suspended by the party a day later. With Emma Biggs
In October 2007, with his wife, Emma Biggs, <mask> has curated many art exhibitions. These include an exhibition of Picasso's late works at the HN Gallery in London.The paintings were from the 1960s series of  Painter and Model and Déjeuner sur l’herbe reworkings. According to the catalogue essay, written by Collings, the exhibition aimed to draw attention to Picasso's achievement as a manipulator of form rather than the popular myth of Picasso as a showman or lover or sensationalist genius. Together Biggs and Collings create paintings based on intricate patterns. They have exhibited their work in London and abroad. Books
 Blimey! - From Bohemia to Britpop: London Art World from Francis Bacon to Damien Hirst, 21 Publishing, 1997
 It Hurts - New York Art from Warhol to Now, 21 Publishing, 2000
 This is Modern Art, Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000
 Art Crazy Nation, 21 Publishing, 2001
 Sarah Lucas, Tate Publishing, 2002
 Matt's Old Masters: Titian, Rubens, Velázquez, Hogarth, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003
 Criticism (with <mask>), Rachmaninoff's, 2004
 Ron Arad interviewed by <mask>, Phaidon, 2004
 This is Civilisation, 21 Publishing, 2008

Video and television
 Omnibus: Willem de Kooning (BBC TV documentary) Narrator 1995
 This Is Modern Art (Channel 4 TV series documentary) 1998
 Hello Culture - (Channel 4 TV series documentary) 2001
 2003 Matt's Old Masters (Channel 4 TV series documentary) Hogarth, Velázquez, Rubens, Titian
 Impressionism: Revenge of the Nice (Channel 4 TV series documentary) 2004
 Self Portraits (Channel 4 TV series documentary) 2005
 This Is Civilisation (BBC TV series documentary) 2007
 What is Beauty? (BBC TV documentary) 2009
 Renaissance Revolution: Raphael, Piero, Bosch (BBC TV series documentary) 2010
 Beautiful Equations (BBC4 TV one-hour documentary) 2010
 Turner's Thames (BBC2 1-hour documentary)
 The Rules of Abstraction with Matthew Collings (BBC4 TV documentary) 2014

References

External links
 Contains images and updated information on Collings and Biggs' work

1955 births
Living people
Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
Alumni of the Byam Shaw School of Art
British art critics
British male journalists
English contemporary artists

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