Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
In gemengde styl gevegte tussen stoeiers en stakers, die spreekwoord is sodra die stoeier die doelskieter in die hande kry, die stryd is verby. In die meeste gevegte in gemengde styl tussen stoeiers of worstelers en boksers, die grappler wen gewoonlik nadat hy die doelskieter grond toe gesleep het. Ray Steele het Battling Levinsky verslaan. “Judo” Gene LeBell het Milo Savage verpletter. In moderne
Op Dinsdag, Junie 3, 1924, Die opkomende stoeier Jim Browning het Taro Miyake in 'n gemengde style-wedstryd in Nashville uitgedaag, Tennessee. Verbruining, ’n stoeier van Verona, Missouri het onlangs die Missouri-Kansas-gebied verlaat om in Tennessee en Kentucky te stoei. Die 21-jarige Browning was besig om 'n reputasie vir soliede stoei te ontwikkel. Browning het promotors so beïndruk in die 1920's dat die promotors die
Yukio Tani arrived in England at the turn of the 20th Century. Tani spread ju-jitsu by taking part in challenge matches against professional wrestlers. As part of these challenge matches, Tani demonstrated ju-jitsu. Through the success of these challenges and demonstrations, Tani saw many students sign up to train with him. One of Tani’s best English students used the stage
When Wladek Zbyszko travelled from the United States to Brazil for a lucrative tour on Brazil’s well-developed professional wrestling circuit, Zbyszko little suspected that he would wrestle his first contest in almost twenty years. Like their American counterparts, Brazilian professional wrestlers worked with each other to put on exciting exhibitions for the fans. The Brazilian professional wrestlers occasionally wrestled a
Before immigrating to the United States, Taro Miyake first settled in England. Miyake assisted Yukio Tani with establishing Judo and Jujitsu in England. Miyake and Tani challenged professional wrestlers to matches as part of their effort to establish their martial arts. Tani took part in challenge matches prior to the arrival of Miyake. Miyake grappled his first opponent, Tani himself,
Op Oktober 20, 1920, Ad Santel, a noted “hooker” or skilled submission wrestler, met Taro Miyake, a Judo and Jujitsu black belt, in a mixed wrestling vs. jujitsu contest. After about 20 sekondes, Santel secured a half-Nelson on Miyake, lifted him off the mat and slammed Miyake to the floor. The impact knocked Miyake senseless. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back
Op November 19, 1935, professional wrestler Ray Steele met professional boxer Kingfish Levinsky in a mixed wresting versus boxing bout. The Missouri State Athletic Commission created special rules for the match. The commissioners ruled the bout would consist of three-minute rounds like a boxing match. The commissioners allowed Levinsky to punch even if he was on the mat. Steele could
I was recently honored to be a guest on The Martial Culture Podcast. Coach Rene Driefuss and Matt Peters were excellent hosts. I truly enjoyed my time on their podcast. We spoke about one of my books, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling in particular. Egter, we spoke in general about the history
From late 1921 te 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Egter, Contos decided to leave promotion to focus on managing the career of budding star Dan Kolov. Prior to leaving St. Louis, Contos sold the promotion to Tom Packs, his nephew and assistant in the promotion. Packs’ first card was scheduled for Friday, Januarie 4, 1924.
An ad was printed in the January 16, 1921 uitgawe van die St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising a mail order course on Jujitsu from Capt. Allan Smith. Kapt. Smith was originally born in Scotland but was fascinated with demonstrations of Japanese Jujitsu (actually Judo) he saw in England. Smith traveled to Japan with a company and learned Judo reaching 1st degree