Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
Yusuf Ismail v prvej polovici roka zápasil v Spojených štátoch iba šesť mesiacov 1898. Vo svojom prvom významnom zápase, bol vylúčený za hrubý faul. Vo svojom jedinom ďalšom významnom zápase, dal Evanovi “Strangler” Lewis výprask svojho života. No jeho krátke turné po Spojených štátoch z neho urobilo legendu. Ismail vstúpil do
On a Thursday night, November 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 libier. Však, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they
V januári bol vytlačený inzerát 16, 1921 vydanie St. Louis Post-Dispatch inzerujúci kurz zásielkového obchodu o Jujitsu od kpt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith sa pôvodne narodil v Škótsku, ale bol fascinovaný ukážkami japonského Jujitsu (vlastne džudo) videl v Anglicku. Smith cestoval do Japonska so spoločnosťou a naučil sa judo, kde dosiahol 1. stupeň
Frank Gotcha, the farm boy from Humboldt, Iowa, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Kopnutie” in the 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch
While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major
On January 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko bol šikovný
Šéf polície v Omahe H.W. Dunn vytvoril titulky v marci 28, 1915, keď vydal príkaz zakazujúci propagovaný profesionálny wrestlingový zápas medzi Joe Stecherom a Jessom Westergaardom. The April 6, 1915 zápas bol naplánovaný na Omaha Auditorium. Náčelník skutočne vydal príkaz na príkaz policajného dozorcu A.C. Kugel. Kugel vydal vyhlásenie