Things Come Full Circle

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A few weeks ago, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, 一年かけてフィットネスに通いました

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描画するためにハックとズビスコバトル

ジョージ・ハッケンシュミットのポーズ

At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, 挑戦者たちをマッチングさせることで、デンプンの一部を奪うことに決めた

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アイルランドの幸運の中フランキーダロ (1939)

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フランキーダロとMantanモアランドはこの国際賃借人で初めて一緒にペアになった, 株式会社 (モノグラムの写真) フィルム, アイルランドの運 (1939). フィルム中 (affiliate link), フランキーダロ演劇 “Buzzy” オブライエン, ホテルのベルボーイ, Mantanモアランドはジェファーソンである間, ホテルのポーター. “Buzzy’s” 父親は警察官が職務中に殺された. “Buzzy” wants to be

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Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan

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On February 7, 1882, ジョン·L. Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan for a title, which was certainly the American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship but probably not the World Title it was billed as. で 1880, Paddy Ryan won the title in his first and only prize fight before facing the ferocious power puncher Sullivan. The men met in Mississippi City, ミシシッピ州周辺

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Gotch Tries Boxing

フランク・ゴッチ・ボクシング

An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, だからこそ両方のプロモーターが

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ジャック·ジョンソンと世紀の戦い

ジャック・ジョンソン

After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, 引退した元ヘビー級チャンピオン, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “ホープ” 候補. 全盛期, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

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On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. ルイ. 最初に, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. ルイ警察署. When the bank association turned over the

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Marie H. 「ベイブ」ヨハンペーター・キンカー

エルマーとベイブ-キムカーハウス-5000-ブロック-エマーソン

Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. ルイ, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “叔父ジュール” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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1月には 7, 1903, ST. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. <スパンbbox_x = "14" fweight = "3"赤= "255"緑= "255"青= "255"アルファ= "=" 244 "bbox_y =" 627 "bbox_w =" 56 "bbox_h =" 20 "FSIZE, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, セント. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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