Historiador dels esports de combat i artista marcial
As a taekwondo stylist, I spent my first few years of training trying to develop high kicks. I could throw crescent kicks head height pretty easily and even an occasional side kick. En la major part, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Però, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
Al desembre 8, 1903, Sam Langford va lluitar contra l'actual campió de boxa de pes lleuger en la seva ciutat natal de Boston, Massachusetts. Abans de la lluita contra Langford, la majoria dels experts de la boxa Joe Gans sentien no podria ser millor, en un combat legítim. Nascut a Baltimore, Maryland, Gans va ser capaç de trencar la barrera del color en guanyar el Campionat Mundial de Boxa pes lleuger. Sam Langford is often considered
We always taught students not to punch to the head during self-defense training. Encara, we did teach students to punch to head height on pads, when teaching striking. After watching some of mixed martial arts legend Bas Rutten’s fights from Pancrase, it struck me what we were doing wrong. Pancrase banned closed fists to the head. Rutten, an accomplished muay
Michael Hyatt recently wrote an article about retirement being a modern invention and dirty word. I agree with his views with one caveat. At different seasons in our life, it is time to let somethings go to make space for new things. To do new things well, we sometimes have to let go of the old. When I was in
St. Louis cap de detectius William Desmond va crear una mica de misteri al gener 1903, quan va intentar escapar i casar-se. Havia de ser el primer matrimoni dels 45 anys d'edat, Desmond. Cap Desmond anava a casar-se amb Hannah McLaughlin, la filla d'un constructor local. La parella estava de lluna de mel al sud de Califòrnia, abans de tornar a Sant. Louis
Dilluns, Desembre 15, 1902, St. Louis Police Assistant Chief of Detectives James H. Smith retired from the police department to take a position in the coal industry. Chief of Detectives William Desmond attempted to convince Smith to stay but he decided to retire from the force as his fortieth birthday approached. Smith compiled a commendable record as Desmond’s Assistant.
H.g. Wells va escriure la història del que vindrà, que es va convertir en una pel·lícula en 1936. La pel·lícula s'obre durant el Nadal 1940 en Everytown (òbviament Londres) just abans de l'esclat de la guerra. La guerra dura gairebé trenta anys abans “els aviadors” dirigit per Juan Cabal, un ex resident de Everytown, leads the survivors to victory over the remaining war
John Morrissey claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in a controversial bout with Yankee Sullivan in October 1853. After beating a murder charge for his participation in the murder of Bill “The Butcher” A, Morrissey decided to defend his title against John C. Heenan, “the Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey defeated Heenan in the October 1858 bout held in
The first Mr. Moto film starring Peter Lorre as Japanese jujitsu expert Kentaro Moto sees Mr. Moto tracking down a smuggling ring leader. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation released Think Fast, Sr. Moviment (1937) de juliol 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Sr. Moto es disfressa de venedor ambulant i
Dilluns, Desembre 13, 1920, I “Estrangulador” Lewis va guanyar el primer dels sis Campionats Mundials de Lluita Pes Pesat de Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Un any abans d'aquest partit, Stecher i Lewis es van enfrontar en un partit que va durar més de tres hores. Lewis va cometre un error mental