Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
En realidad, 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. El torneo de Rachman debía comenzar el miércoles
Martín “Agricultor” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Sin embargo, Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “El Estrangulador” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Burns todavía estaba
En mayo 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Comenzó la lucha libre cuando el juego profesional seguía siendo una competencia real. Él continuó siendo un éxito después de que el partido cambió de trabajados (prearranged) cerillas. De hecho, participó en un concurso de tiro, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 traicionando a sus promotores.
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Sin embargo, twenty-two years earlier, Frank Fone and John D. Shea broke out of the St. Louis Jail the same way. Fone and Shea were local criminals, who frequented the Downtown area. Shea was violent, while Fone was
En noviembre 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Sin embargo, 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.
Alex Aberg derrotó a muchos enemigos notables en el mejor año de su carrera de lucha libre profesional.. In 1915, Aberg compitió en las versiones de primavera y otoño del Torneo Internacional de Lucha Libre de Nueva York.. Competir exclusivamente en su estilo preferido de lucha grecorromana., Aberg derrotó al Dr.. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko y Ed “Strangler” Lewis junto con varios luchadores oficiales..
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
en la noche de Navidad 1902, dos pequeños pueblos, poco tiempo, los asaltantes volaron la caja fuerte de la Unión, Banco de Misuri. Después de amenazar a algunos ciudadanos, se largaron con más $15,000. Los hombres estuvieron relativamente seguros durante unos meses hasta que se llamó a la Agencia de Detectives Pinkerton.. Los Pinkerton tenían una agencia a nivel nacional, que era lo mas parecido al United
Hace poco leí a Choque: La historia no contada del Jiu-Jitsu en Brasil, Volumen 1 por Roberto Pedreira (enlace de afiliado de amazon), que cuenta una historia alternativa de los inicios de BJJ a la que nos han contado en varias entrevistas con miembros de la familia Gracie.. “Choque” se traduce en “chocante” en portugués brasileño. Mientras Pedreira investiga exhaustivamente y cita fuentes primarias, principalmente periódicos brasileños,