Carlito's Way: Rise to Power stars Jay Hernandez as Carlito Brigante, and chronicles Brigante's rise as a heroin drug czar in 1960s Harlem, New York. The film also features Mario Van Peebles, Michael Joseph Kelly, Luis Guzmán, Jaclyn DeSantis, Sean Combs, Burt Young, and Domenick Lombardozzi. Critically panned, the film nevertheless received Torres's as an accurate adaptation of the first half of his novel. The story begins in the 1960s with three inmates in a New York prison — Earl (Van Peebles), Rocco (Kelly), and Carlito (Hernandez) — controlling their criminal empire within their cell. Upon their release, they all look to control the drug
Carlito A. Lanada, Sr. Kuntaw back in Mindanao and was passed down within the Muslim royal families. Great-Great Grandmaster was one of the sons of Rajah in the Tausog tribe. He decided to find his fortune in the northern Philippines. After forming his organization of Kung Fu-Karate Organization of the Philippines and formalizing the training of Kuntaw, he went on to train many champions. Kuntaw (meaning "sacred strike'or 'fist way') is the modern version of Kuntao in the Philippines as developed, taught, and propagated by Great Grandmaster Carlito A. Lanada, Sr. Kuntaw is an eclectic art encompassing hard/soft techniques with elements that show the