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Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
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
Ar Dé Máirt, Meitheamh 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
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
Ro immigcadh do na Stit Aontaithe, Shocraigh Taro Miyake i Sasana ar dtús. Chabhraigh Miyake le Yukio Tani Judo agus Jujitsu a bhunú i Sasana. Miyake and Tani challenged professional wrestlers to matches as part of their effort to establish their martial arts. Ghlac Tani páirt i gcluichí dúshláin roimh theacht Miyake. Chuaigh Miyake i ngleic lena chéad chéile comhraic, Tani féin,
Ar Deireadh Fómhair 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 soicind, 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
Ar Samhain 19, 1935, bhuail an wrestler proifisiúnta Ray Steele leis an dornálaí proifisiúnta Kingfish Levinsky i gcluiche ceannais measctha in aghaidh dornálaíochta. Chruthaigh Coimisiún Lúthchleasa Stáit Missouri rialacha speisialta don chluiche. Rialaigh na coimisinéirí go mbeadh babhtaí trí nóiméad mar chluiche dornálaíochta i gceist leis an bout. Thug na coimisinéirí cead do Levinsky polladh fiú dá mbeadh sé ar an mata. D'fhéadfadh Steele
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. Hack: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling in particular. Mar sin féin, we spoke in general about the history
From late 1921 to 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Mar sin féin, 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, Eanáir 4, 1924.
An ad was printed in the January 16, 1921 eagrán den Naomh. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising a mail order course on Jujitsu from Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. 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