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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
Siku ya Jumanne, Juni 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
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,
Mnamo Oktoba 20, 1920, Ad Santel, "mshikaji ndoano" aliyejulikana au mwanamieleka mwenye ujuzi, alikutana na Taro Miyake, mkanda mweusi wa Judo na Jujitsu, katika mieleka mchanganyiko dhidi ya. mashindano ya jujitsu. Baada ya kuhusu 20 seconds, Santel ilipata nusu-Nelson kwenye Miyake, alimuinua kutoka kwenye mkeka na kumpiga Miyake chini. Athari hiyo ilimfanya Miyake kukosa maana. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back
Novemba 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. Hata hivyo, we spoke in general about the history
From late 1921 kwa 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Hata hivyo, 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, Januari 4, 1924.
Tangazo lilichapishwa mnamo Januari 16, 1921 toleo la St. Louis Post-Dispatch akitangaza kozi ya kuagiza barua juu ya Jujitsu kutoka Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith alizaliwa huko Scotland lakini alifurahishwa na maandamano ya Jujitsu wa Kijapani (kweli Judo) aliona huko Uingereza. Smith alisafiri kwenda Japani na kampuni na akajifunza Judo kufikia digrii ya 1