McVea KOs Matsuda

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In mixed style bouts between wrestlers and strikers, the adage is once the wrestler gets his hands on the striker, the fight is over. In most mixed style bouts between wrestlers or grapplers and boxers, the grappler normally wins after dragging the striker to the ground. Ray Steele defeated Battling Levinsky. “Judo” Gene LeBell smashed Milo Savage. In modern

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Browning Shoots with Miyake?

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Την Τρίτη, Ιούνιος 3, 1924, up-and-coming wrestler Jim Browning challenged Taro Miyake in a mixed styles match in Nashville, Tennessee. Browning, a wrestler from Verona, Missouri recently left the Missouri-Kansas area to wrestle in Tennessee and Kentucky. The 21-year-old Browning was developing a reputation for solid wrestling. Browning impressed promoters so much in the 1920s that the promoters put the

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Demonstrating Ju-Jitsu

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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

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Wladek Zbyszko vs. Helio Gracie

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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

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Louis and True Crime

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Louis and True Crime, Ο Taro Miyake εγκαταστάθηκε για πρώτη φορά στην Αγγλία. Ο Taro Miyake εγκαταστάθηκε για πρώτη φορά στην Αγγλία. Ο Taro Miyake εγκαταστάθηκε για πρώτη φορά στην Αγγλία. Ο Taro Miyake εγκαταστάθηκε για πρώτη φορά στην Αγγλία. Ο Taro Miyake εγκαταστάθηκε για πρώτη φορά στην Αγγλία, Ο Taro Miyake εγκαταστάθηκε για πρώτη φορά στην Αγγλία,

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Ο Φρανκ Γκοτς παντρεύεται. Ο Φρανκ Γκοτς παντρεύεται

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Τον Οκτώβριο του 20, 1920, Ad Santel, Αυτή η ανάρτηση είναι ένα απόσπασμα από το νέο μου βιβλίο, Αυτή η ανάρτηση είναι ένα απόσπασμα από το νέο μου βιβλίο, Αυτή η ανάρτηση είναι ένα απόσπασμα από το νέο μου βιβλίο, σε μικτή πάλη vs. σε μικτή πάλη vs. σε μικτή πάλη vs 20 seconds, σε μικτή πάλη vs, σε μικτή πάλη vs. σε μικτή πάλη vs. σε μικτή πάλη vs

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Ο Στιλ αντιμετωπίζει τον Λεβίνσκι σε μικτό αγώνα

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Τον Νοέμβριο του 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

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Podcast του Πολεμικού Πολιτισμού

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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. Ωστόσο, we spoke in general about the history

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Taro Miyake Wrestles in St. Louis

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From late 1921 να 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Μιζούρι. Ωστόσο, 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. Πακέτα’ first card was scheduled for Friday, Ιανουάριος 4, 1924.

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Mail Order JuJitsu in 1921

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An ad was printed in the January 16, 1921 Έκδοση του Αγίου. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising a mail order course on Jujitsu from Capt. Allan Smith. Λοχαγός. 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

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