Passing the Torch

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This week my oldest son Kenneth turns 19 tuổi. Besides finishing school, Kenneth’s biggest focus is the martial arts. He is particularly passionate about teaching self-defense. Over the years, 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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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. While this story may or may

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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. Hattie’s mother Margaret either died in giving birth to Hattie or passed away

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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Vào ngày 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Massachusetts. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 bảng. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Cổ động viên hai người đàn ông đến

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Embracing Taekwondo

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Khi tôi giành được đai đen 1 Bằng tôi trong Taekwondo trong tháng mười hai 2005 tại Willow Võ thuật, Tôi đã nghiên cứu Judo cho ba tháng. huấn luyện viên của tôi, Master Pat Weseman, là một Belt Bằng Đen 2 trong Judo cũng như một Belt Bằng Đen 6 trong Taekwondo. Với nền tảng này, một số tự bảo vệ của chúng tôi được dựa Judo, vì vậy tôi

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Frank Moellenberg (1891 – 1941)

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Cha dượng của tôi, Ernest C. Diaz, raised me, so I included his family in my genealogical research. Tuy nhiên, Dad’s father, Joseph Diaz, emigrated from Mexico and his mother Marie Moellenberg was a first generation American born to German immigrants. Finding information on his family has not been easy. We know Joseph’s father was Ulalio Diaz and his mother’s birth name was

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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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