Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
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
Ziemassvētku naktī 1902, two small town, small-time, holdup men blew open the safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. After threatening a few citizens, they made off with over $15,000. The men were relatively safe for a few months until the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in. The Pinkertons had a nationwide agency, which was the closest thing the United
Martā 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, filma (filiāli saite) stands
I recently read Choque: The Untold Story of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil, Tilpums 1 by Roberto Pedreira (Amazon filiāles saite), which tells an alternate story of BJJ’s beginnings than we have been told by in various interviews with members of the Gracie Family. “Šoks” translates to “shocking” in Brazilian Portuguese. While Pedreira exhaustively researches and cites primary sources, mostly Brazilian newspapers,
Fred Beell wrestled professionally from 1900 līdz 1919. After developing a legendary reputation due to some of his victories over Martin “Lauksaimnieks” Burns, Dan McLeod and Frank Gotch, Beell retired as he neared 43 gadiem. His post wrestling career would lead to his unexpected death at 57. Fred Beell overcame long odds to become a competent professional wrestler
Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Patvērums” 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, pasaules čempions cīkstonis un svarcēlājs, kas 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch notika nosaukumu uz pieciem gadiem, un sakāva visus konkurentus. Pēc salīdzinoši agrā vecumā 35, Gotch nolēma doties pensijā. Par viņa pēdējo spēli, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Novembrī 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Tomēr, 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.
Around 10 esmu ceturtdien, Aprīlis 10, 1919, pieci smagi bruņoti vīrieši ielauzās Bādenes bankā. Bandīti stājās pretī M.W. Munzels, kasieris, un pieprasīja piekļuvi velvei. Viņi sapulcināja četrus citus darbiniekus, kad Muncels veda grupu uz glabātuvi. Laupītāji valkāja krāsainas bandanas, lai aizsegtu savus vaibstus. Kamēr divi no pieciem vīriešiem
Piektdien, Maijs 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 to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 protokols. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler