Storico degli sport da combattimento e artista marziale
This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. In questo episodio, I discuss what Evan “Il Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Contenuto principale – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Tuttavia, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis
Il Venerdì, Marzo 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, California. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. Gli uomini sono entrati sul ring a 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 1889
Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” film series. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene
Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 a 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Jack” Blackburn ha sviluppato i talenti del giovane campione e lo ha aiutato
Giovedi ', Gennaio 31, 2020, Il Gran Maestro Pat Weseman mi ha promosso al 4° Dan di Taekwondo nella classe avanzata. Quando ho iniziato le lezioni con il Gran Maestro Weseman e suo marito Art, Non prevedevo di raggiungere questo traguardo. Inizialmente ho iniziato a prendere lezioni con mio nipote Jim in primavera 1995. Dopo essersi sposati 1996, Ho smesso di frequentare le lezioni per diversi
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
Il Martedì, Dicembre 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Championship Boxing”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Fra 1904 e 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
Roland V. West directed fourteen films in his career. Critics consider three of his films to be excellent. West directed the silent thriller The Bat in 1926. West directed his most acclaimed film, Alibi (1929), which resulted in an Oscar nomination for his friend Chester Morris. In 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Whispers,
James J. Jeffries ha dominato la boxe americana dei pesi massimi da 1899 a 1904. Dopo aver vinto il campionato mondiale di boxe dei pesi massimi da Bob Fitzsimmons nel 1899, Jeffries ha fatto 9 difese del titolo di successo durante i prossimi cinque anni. Si ritirò imbattuto nel 1905 prima di essere attirato di nuovo per uno sfortunato ritorno contro il grande Jack Johnson. Jeffries non ha vinto i suoi incontri con una boxe superiore
Ho deciso di iniziare 2020 utilizzando due esempi tratti dal wrestling professionistico per discutere del motivo per cui cambieresti un resoconto storico che hai scritto in passato. Nello scrivere la storia, sei limitato dalle fonti disponibili sull'argomento. Fonti primarie come diari, i documenti ufficiali e le autobiografie sono molto preziosi. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but