Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. Jag har nyligen kunnat hitta information om familjen Story, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. För år, Jag kunde inte hitta min gammelmormor Dollie Zimmerman nee
On the morning of Saturday, April 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. Broadway. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. Tiden
På December 1, 1938 vid 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 år. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. Jag
Byggnader är bara högar av brädor och tegel utan de berättelser som är fästa vid dem. During November 1912, St. Louis-polisen Arthur Huddleston dödades av den villkorliga mördaren Albert Whitefield. Whitefield hade överraskat sin sambo, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
I dag, Tam and I will be married twenty years. Tyvärr, life in Missouri is 20 år, 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. På Juli 27, 1996, Tam, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. De höll klokt
This week my oldest son Kenneth turns 19 år gammal. 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. Till
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. Emellertid, Jag ogillar de politiska övervägandena
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. Medan den här historien kan eller kan
Nyligen, 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