Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Na 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. Rachman’s tournament was to start Wednesday
Martin “Agricultor” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. However, Burns, foi um grande lutador em seu próprio direito. 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. Em 1893, Burns ainda estava
Em 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. Ele começou a lutar quando o jogo ainda estava pro uma concorrência efectiva. Ele continuou a ser bem sucedido após o jogo mudou para trabalhadas (prearranged) fósforos. Na verdade, ele participou de um concurso de tiro, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 traindo 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. However, 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
Em novembro 13, 1930, Roland V. Oeste lançou o Whispers Bat (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. However, 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 muitos adversários notáveis no melhor ano de sua carreira no wrestling profissional. Em 1915, Aberg competiu nas versões Primavera e Outono do New York International Wrestling Tournament. Competindo exclusivamente em seu estilo preferido de luta greco-romana, Aberg derrotou o Dr.. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko e Ed “Strangler” Lewis junto com vários lutadores jornaleiros.
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
Na noite de Natal 1902, dois cidade pequena, pouco tempo, homens assaltantes explodiram o cofre da União, Banco Missouri. Depois de ameaçar alguns cidadãos, eles fugiram com mais $15,000. Os homens ficaram relativamente seguros por alguns meses, até que a Agência de Detetives Pinkerton foi chamada.. Os Pinkertons tinham uma agência nacional, qual foi a coisa mais próxima que os Estados Unidos
Li recentemente Choque: A história não contada do Jiu-Jitsu no Brasil, Volume 1 by Roberto Pedreira (Link de afiliado da Amazon), que conta uma história alternativa do início do Jiu-Jitsu que já foi contada em diversas entrevistas com membros da Família Gracie. “Choque” traduz para “chocante” em português brasileiro. Enquanto Pedreira pesquisa exaustivamente e cita fontes primárias, principalmente jornais brasileiros,