I Hope She Doesn’t Want Parole

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Сёння, Tam and I will be married twenty years. На жаль, life in Missouri is 20 гадоў, so I hope she doesn’t want to apply for parole. I’m hoping she decides to keep me around for a few more years. On July 27, 1996, Tam, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. They wisely kept

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Passing the Torch

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This week my oldest son Kenneth turns 19 гадоў. Besides finishing school, Kenneth’s biggest focus is the martial arts. He is particularly passionate about teaching self-defense. На працягу многіх гадоў, I have trained 14 nieces and nephews plus all three of my children in the martial arts. Last week, the first member of the third generation started with us. To

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Olympics Effect on Judo and Taekwondo

Цімермана-акадэмія-лагатып

My daughter asked me the other day if I had seen any of the Olympic Judo. She was surprised when I told her I had not. Besides being a black belt in Taekwondo, I’m a brown belt in Judo. Like both my sons, Caity trained in both TKD and Judo as well. Аднак, Мне не падабаюцца палітычныя развагі

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Ad Santel Brings The Pain

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Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Хоць гэтая гісторыя можа і можа

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Caleb Gets a Job

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Recently, my youngest son Caleb obtained his first job at a local fast food restaurant. I was proud of him because Caleb decided he wanted a job, filled out a number of applications and obtained a job close to the house. Caleb found the job to be a good fit because of the location and working environment. It is interesting

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Hattie May Story (1896 – 1917)

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My great grandmother Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story Zimmerman’s youngest sister Hattie May Story was born on August 20, 1896. Hattie was Dollie’s half-sister as she was the daughter of George Washington Story and his second wife Margaret Sweat. Dollie’s mother was George Story’s first wife Malinda Davis. Маці Хэці Маргарэт альбо памерла падчас нараджэння Хэці, альбо памерла

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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Кастрычнік 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Масачусэтс. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 фунты. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Прыехалі прыхільнікі абодвух мужчын

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Embracing Taekwondo

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When I earned my 1st Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo during December 2005 at Willow Martial Arts, I had already studied Judo for three months. My instructor, Master Pat Weseman, is a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Judo as well as a 6th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. With this background, a number of our self-defenses were Judo based, so I

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Frank Moellenberg (1891 – 1941)

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Мой айчым, Эрнэст C. Дыяс, падняў мяне, so I included his family in my genealogical research. Аднак, Dad’s father, Джозэф Дыяс, эміграваў з Мексікі, а яго маці Мары Мёленберг была амерыканкай першага пакалення, якая нарадзілася ў сям'і нямецкіх імігрантаў. Finding information on his family has not been easy. Мы ведаем, што бацька Джозэфа быў Улаліё Дыяс, а імя яго маці пры нараджэнні было

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George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

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My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,

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