Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
När jag först började kampsport med en Shotokan karate klass på vår lokala junior college, instruktören delade ut en artikel för alla att läsa. Artikeln omfattade en studie med statistik. Studien fann att av varje 10,000 kampsporter eleverna endast 100 skulle gå på att tjäna svarta bälten. Most beginning students quit after six months
På maj 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate länk) släpptes i Berlin, Tyskland. Förutom att vara på de flesta listor för toppen 100 filmer genom tiderna, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Filmen är berättelsen om en serie barnamord som uppstår i Berlin. The police are determined to catch
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. Emellertid, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. Chief Desmond said
Also known at The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) is the first Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate länk) starring Arthur Wontner in the title role. The film concerns a young man, who has been cheating at bridge to regain his lost wealth. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed
For the Sunday, Juni 24, 1900 upplagan av St. Louis republiken, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. After 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Chief Desmond lamented the increasing violence he was seeing out