Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
Ar ddydd Iau, Ionawr 31, 2020, Fe wnaeth y Grandmaster Pat Weseman fy nyrchafu i 4ydd Dan yn Taekwondo yn y Dosbarth Uwch. Pan ddechreuais i ddosbarthiadau gyda'r Grandmaster Weseman a'i gŵr Art, Nid oeddwn yn rhagweld cyrraedd y garreg filltir hon. Yn wreiddiol, dechreuais gymryd dosbarthiadau gyda fy nai Jim yn y gwanwyn 1995. Ar ôl priodi yn 1996, Rhoddais y gorau i gymryd dosbarthiadau i sawl un
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Rhagfyr 12, 1916, Amddiffynnodd Sam Langford y “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, a enillodd gan Sam McVea ym mis Chwefror 1916. Rhwng 1904 a 1919, y bocswyr Affricanaidd-Americanaidd gorau, neu Ganadaiaid du fel Langford, yn sownd yn ymladd ei gilydd am “Lliwiog” Pencampwriaeth. Pe bai ymladdwr gwyn yn eu hymladd, dim ond i ddatblygu eu henw da eu hunain i
James J. Roedd Jeffries yn dominyddu bocsio pwysau trwm America o 1899 i 1904. Ar ôl ennill Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Trwm y Byd oddi ar Bob Fitzsimmons yn 1899, Jeffries gwneud 9 amddiffynfeydd teitl llwyddiannus yn ystod y pum mlynedd nesaf. Ymddeolodd yn ddiguro yn 1905 cyn cael eu denu yn ôl ar gyfer dychwelyd anffodus yn erbyn y gwych Jack Johnson. Ni enillodd Jeffries ei ornestau gyda bocsio uwchraddol
I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but
Evan “Strangler” Roedd Lewis yn gystadleuydd brawychus. Er nad oedd yn ddyn mawr ar 5’09” ac yn pwyso 170 bunnoedd, Lewis’ meistrolaeth o gyflwyniadau ei wneud yn gyfartal neu well o'r rhan fwyaf wrestlers ei gyfnod. Roedd Jack Carkeek yn wrestler gwych ond un gêm gyda Lewis bron achosi iddo ymddeol. Lewis’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
Ar Fawrth 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in
Ar Orffennaf 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Er bod Georges Carpentier