Why I Studied the Martial Arts I Have

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We included four or more martial arts in our academy’s curriculum. When I look at these arts, I see a distinct reason that I studied each one. These arts cover striking, grappling, ground fighting and a practical self-defense weapon, the cane. I started studying Shotokan karate in the Fall of 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought

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Eduard Mosblech (1884 – 1956)

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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. Oft skrifað sem Edward en borið fram eins og að setja saman aðstoð og deild, Eduard was as unique as his name. Ég átti erfitt með að skrifa mikið um hann vegna þess að sögurnar sem ég heyrði af honum

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Stjóri Butler og St. Louis Machine

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Þegar það kemur að því að vél stjórnmál og skipulagðri glæpastarfsemi, Kansas City hefur alltaf outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City var einnig heimili nokkurra Áberandi gangland shootings. St. Louis’ síðasta skipulögð glæpastarfsemi leiðtogi var handtekinn fyrir að spila spil. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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William Muldoon, World Greco-Roman Glíma Champion og líkamlega menningu talsmaður, kom til Los Angeles á þriðjudag, Apríl 15, 1884 að takast á við staðbundin Wrestler Fred Bauer. Leikurinn fór fram á staðnum Turnvereine Hall í Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

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