Մարտական սպորտի պատմաբան և մարտարվեստի վարպետ
Հինգշաբթի օրը, Հունվար 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman promoted me to 4th Dan in Taekwondo at the Advanced Class. When I started classes with Grandmaster Weseman and her husband Art, I did not foresee reaching this milestone. I originally started taking classes with my nephew Jim in Spring 1995. After getting married in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several
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
Երեքշաբթի, Դեկտեմբեր 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Միջեւ 1904 իսկ 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other for “Colored” Championship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to
James J. Ջեֆրիսը գերիշխում էր ամերիկյան ծանր քաշային բռնցքամարտում 1899 մինչեւ 1904. Բոբ Ֆիցսիմոնսից ծանր քաշային կարգում բռնցքամարտի աշխարհի առաջնությունում հաղթելուց հետո 1899, Ջեֆրիսը պատրաստեց 9 տիտղոսի հաջող պաշտպանություն հաջորդ հինգ տարիների ընթացքում. Նա թոշակի անցավ անպարտելի 1905 նախքան գայթակղվել ետ՝ մեծ Ջեք Ջոնսոնի դեմ չարաբաստիկ վերադարձի համար. Ջեֆրիսը չհաղթեց իր մենամարտերը բարձրակարգ բռնցքամարտով
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” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” and weighed 170 ֆունտ, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. 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, Իսկ “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Մեծ” 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 լավագույն հայտնի է որպես վերջին եւ toughest մրցակից Ջոն L. Sullivan վերջին մերկ հոդակապ աշխարհի առաջնության պայքարում. Չնայած Kilrain անկարողության ծեծել Ջոն L. Sullivan, նա հաջող կարիերա առաջ եւ հետո մենամարտից հետ հզոր Sullivan. Մարտական համար 10 ավելի տարի gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
Մարտի 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
On July 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.” Չնայած orորժ Կարպենտյեն