Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
At one point before I bought my own house, I thought home repairs were one of my skills. I helped my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Grandpa Ellis taught me how to replace electrical outlets, washers on sinks and build lots of things with wood. I put together lots of prefabricated
Op Kersnag 1902, twee klein dorpie, kleintyd, ophou manne het die kluis van die Unie oopgeblaas, Missouri Bank. Nadat hy 'n paar burgers gedreig het, hulle het weggetrek met oor $15,000. Die mans was vir 'n paar maande relatief veilig totdat die Pinkerton-speuragentskap ingeroep is. Die Pinkertons het 'n landwye agentskap gehad, wat die naaste aan die United was
Op Maart 16, 1945, Universal Pictures released The House of Fear (1945), the eighth of twelve Sherlock Holmes films produced by the studio. Basil Rathbone returned as Holmes for the tenth time. Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes twice for Twentieth Century – Fox before Universal started producing the series. Despite its late entry into the series, the film (Koste skakel) staan
Ek het onlangs Choque gelees: Die onvertelde verhaal van Jiu-Jitsu in Brasilië, Volume 1 deur Roberto Pedreira (Amazon geaffilieerde skakel), wat 'n alternatiewe verhaal van BJJ se begin vertel as wat ons in verskeie onderhoude met lede van die Gracie-familie vertel is. “Skok” vertaal na “skokkend” in Brasiliaanse Portugees. Terwyl Pedreira primêre bronne uitvoerig navors en aanhaal, meestal Brasiliaanse koerante,
Fred Beell het professioneel gestoei van 1900 te 1919. Nadat hy 'n legendariese reputasie ontwikkel het weens sommige van sy oorwinnings oor Martin “Boer” Burns, Dan McLeod en Frank Gotch, Beell het afgetree toe hy nader gekom het 43 jaar oud. Sy post stoei loopbaan sou lei tot sy onverwagte dood by 57. Fred Beell het lang kanse oorkom om 'n bekwame professionele stoeier te word
Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis from my mother. She spent lots of time with her grandmother who lived in St. Louis. Grandpa Ellis moved to Illinois a couple of times during the 1940s and 1950s. Mom would come back to St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, die wêreldkampioen stoeier en gewigopteller in 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch gehou om die titel vir vyf jaar en al die nuwelinge verslaan. Op die jong ouderdom van 35, Gotch besluit om af te tree. Vir sy laaste wedstryd, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Op November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Die Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Egter, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Rondom 10 is Donderdag, April 10, 1919, vyf swaar gewapende mans het by die Baden Bank ingebars. Die bandiete het M.W. Munzel, die kassier, en het toegang tot die kluis geëis. Hulle het die vier ander werknemers bymekaargemaak toe Muntzel die groep na die kluis gelei het. Die rowers het gekleurde bandanas gedra om hul gelaatstrekke te verbloem. Terwyl twee van die vyf mans
Op Vrydag, Mei 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway na die Weste”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minute. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler