iana ▁N og uch i . ▁Mike ▁Ch atur ant ab ut ' s ▁and ▁Larry ▁Lam ' s ▁characters ▁are ▁half - bro thers , ▁but ▁the ▁two ▁are ▁not ▁related ▁in ▁real ▁life . ▁ ▁Will ie ▁' The ▁B am ' ▁Johnson ▁is ▁the ▁real - life ▁father ▁of ▁Marco ▁' L ittle ▁B am ' ▁Johnson . ▁ ▁H ak im ▁' The ▁Machine ' ▁Al ston ▁is ▁the ▁real - life ▁brother ▁of ▁Shah ▁Al ston ▁who ▁also ▁appeared ▁on ▁the ▁show . ▁ ▁The ▁Japanese ▁translation ▁of ▁J uk ido ▁is ▁" The ▁So ft ▁Way ▁of ▁Harm ony ." ▁( S uch ▁is ▁a ▁rather ▁ir onic ▁name ▁for ▁an ▁organization ▁alleg edly ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁Way ▁of ▁the ▁Dragon ▁Star .) ▁A ▁popular ▁rum or ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁Uk id ok an , ▁a ▁combination - system ▁of ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁created ▁by ▁Ben ny ▁Ur qu ide z ▁( who ▁never ▁appeared ▁on ▁this ▁show ), ▁but ▁such ▁has ▁never ▁been ▁confirmed . ▁ ▁Richard ▁Br anden ▁( Y in ▁Yang ▁Man ) ▁died ▁from ▁pan cre atic ▁cancer ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 5 0 . ▁ ▁Mart ial ▁Arts ▁Dis cipl ines / F ight ing ▁St yles ▁ ▁Go ju - R y u ▁The ▁St rik ing ▁E agle ▁ ▁H apk ido ▁The ▁Black ▁W id ow ▁ ▁J udo ▁The ▁Rat ▁