Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
En realidade, 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. O torneo de Rachman debía comezar o mércores
Martin “Agricultores” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Porén, Queimaduras foi un gran loitador no seu propio dereito. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “O Estrangulador” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. En 1893, Burns estaba quieto
En maio 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. Empezou a loitar cando o xogo aínda estaba pro dunha competencia efectiva. El continuou a ser exitosa despois do partido cambiou a traballadas (prearranged) fósforo. Centrais, participou nun concurso de rodaxe, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 cruzando os seus promotores.
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Porén, 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 novembro 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. Porén, 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 derrotou a moitos inimigos notables no mellor ano da súa carreira de loita libre profesional. En 1915, Aberg competiu tanto nas versións de primavera como de outono do Torneo Internacional de Loita de Nova York. Competindo exclusivamente no seu estilo preferido de loita grecorromana, Aberg derrotou ao Dr. Benjamin Rolo, Wladek Zbyszko e Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis xunto con varios loitadores de viaxeiros.
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. Vovô Ellis ensinoume como substituír tomas eléctricas, arruelas en pías e construír moitas cousas con madeira. I put together lots of prefabricated
Na noite de Nadal 1902, dous cidade pequena, pequeno-time, homes atracos abriron a caixa forte da Unión, Banco de Missouri. Despois de ameazar a uns cantos cidadáns, saíron con over $15,000. Os homes estiveron relativamente seguros durante uns meses ata que se chamou á Axencia de Detectives Pinkerton. Os Pinkerton tiñan unha axencia a nivel nacional, que era o máis parecido ao United
Hai pouco lin a Choque: A historia non contada do Jiu-Jitsu no Brasil, Volume 1 por Roberto Pedreira (Ligazón de afiliado de Amazon), que conta unha historia alternativa dos comezos de BJJ á que nos contaron en varias entrevistas con membros da familia Gracie.. “Choque” tradúcese en “chocante” en portugués brasileiro. Mentres que Pedreira investiga e cita exhaustivamente fontes primarias, principalmente xornais brasileiros,