Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
På juli 3, 1905, Marvin Hart indtastet kampen for den ledige verden titel som en 3 til 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
Earl Caddock havde en relativt kort, men historie professionel wrestling karriere i slutningen af 1910'erne og begyndelsen af 1920'erne. Får sin professionelle debut i 1915 efter at have vundet tre AAU Nationale titler i amatørbrydning, Caddock kæmpede kun professionelt indtil 1922. Men, han ville blive anerkendt som verdensmester efter at have besejret Joe Stecher i april 1917. Caddock ville miste titlen tilbage
På marts 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. I denne film (affiliate link), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Men, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professionelle kampe i det 19. århundrede nød et dårligt ry uden for
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Farmer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 pounds. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg kæmpede sig ind
Den January 26, 1934, United Artists released Palooka (1934), a feature film based on the popular comic strip. Stuart Erwin plays Joe Palooka but Jimmy Durante steals the show as his manager Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka is the son of former world boxing champion Pete Palooka. When Joe was a baby, his mother Mayme, played by Marjorie Rambeau, tager ham
Vi inkluderede fire eller flere kampsport i vores akademi pensum. Når jeg ser på disse kunstarter, Jeg ser en klar grund til, at jeg studerede hver enkelt. Disse kunst dækker slående, kæmper, gulvkamp og en praktisk selvforsvar våben, stokken. Jeg begyndte at studere Shotokan karate i efteråret 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought
Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Ofte skrevet som Edward, men udtalt som at sammensætte bistand og afdeling, Eduard was as unique as his name. Jeg kæmpede med at skrive meget om ham, fordi de historier, jeg hørte om ham
When it comes to machine politics and organized crime, Kansas City has always outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City was also home to several high-profile gangland shootings. St. Louis’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, April 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell was employed as a mechanic at