Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
On February 23, 1946, my great uncle Francis Mosblech married Rosemary Kalt at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The 23-year old Francis had recently returned from service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Aunt Rosemary was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. Ang Marso 3, 1946 edition of
Kasama si Choque, Vol. 2 (Link ng kaakibat ng Amazon), Kinuha ni Roberto Pedreira ang kwento ng Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu sa kung ano ang isinasaalang-alang niya sa tagumpay nito sa Brazil, 1950 – 1960. Bukod kina Carlos at Helio Gracie, maraming iba pang mga akademya, tulad ng Oswaldo Fadda's, ay umunlad din. Si Judo ay sumikat ngunit hindi nalampasan ang katanyagan sa Jiu-Jitsu. Ang mga laban sa Vale Tudo ay nasa taas
Film na ito (affiliate link) ay ang unang pelikula ng Sherlock Holmes na pinagbibidahan ni Basil Rathbone bilang si Holmes. Sidney Lanfield directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) for Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce co-stars as Dr. John Watson. Rathbone and Bruce would play Holmes and Watson in thirteen subsequent films, one more for Twentieth-Century Fox and twelve for Universal Pictures. Ang pelikulang ito ay isang
Talaga, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Ang paligsahan ni Rachman ay magsisimula sa Miyerkules
Martin “Magsasaka” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Gayunman, Burns ay isang mahusay na mambunuo sa kanyang sariling karapatan. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Ang Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. Sa 1893, Natigilan si Burns
Ang Vampire Bat (1933) ay isang genre baluktot film paglalagay ng star Lionel Atwill. Para baga, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, isang maikling pelikula nilalayong maging ang pampagana para sa pangunahing pelikula sa isang double kuwenta. Majestic Pictures produced the film, which was directed by Frank R.
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Nagsimula siya pagbubuno kapag ang pro laro noon ay pa rin ng isang aktwal na kumpetisyon. Nagpatuloy siya upang maging matagumpay pagkatapos ng laro ay pinalitan sa nagtrabaho (prearranged) posporo. Sa katunayan, sumali siya sa isang shoot contest, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 sa pamamagitan ng dobleng pagtawid sa kanyang mga promoter.
At “Strangler” Si Lewis ay isa sa nangungunang dalawang Amerikanong propesyonal na wrestler sa lahat ng panahon. Habang si Lewis ay isang lehitimong submission wrestler, na kayang talunin ang sinuman sa isang paligsahan sa pakikipagbuno, halos eksklusibo siyang nagtrabaho sa mga prearranged exhibition matches. Sa 1929, nakibahagi siya sa isang laban sa propesyonal na manlalaro ng putbol na naging wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Si Sonnenberg ay nasa Providence Steam Roller,
The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone returns as Holmes in the eleventh of fourteen turns as the English sleuth. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “Ang isang” film. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. After they
Alex Åberg natalo maraming mga taong litaw foes sa ang pinakamalaking taon ng kanyang propesyonal Wrestling karera. Sa 1915, Åberg competed sa parehong Spring at Fall bersyon ng New York International Wrestling Tournament. Nakikipag-kumpetensya ng eksklusibo sa kanyang mga ginustong estilo ng Greco-Roman Wrestling, Åberg natalo Dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko at Ed “Strangler” Lewis kasama ang isang bilang ng mga journeyman wrestlers.