Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
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. Z větší části, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Však, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
Prosince 8, 1903, Sam Langford fought the reigning lightweight boxing champion in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to fighting Langford, most boxing experts felt Joe Gans could not be beaten in a legitimate bout. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Gans was able to break the color barrier by winning the World Lightweight Boxing Championship. Sam Langford is often considered
We always taught students not to punch to the head during self-defense training. Ještě, 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 šéf detektivů William Desmond vytvořil trochu tajemství v lednu 1903, když se pokusil odplížit a oženit se. Měl to být první manželství 45-rok-starý Desmond je. Šéf Desmond měl vzít Hannah McLaughlin, dcera místního stavitele. The couple was to honeymoon in Southern California before returning to St. Louis
V pondělí, Prosinec 15, 1902, St. Louis policie asistent náčelníka Detektivové James H. Smith odešel z policejního oddělení zaujmout pozici v uhelném průmyslu. Šéf detektivů William Desmond pokoušel se přesvědčit Smith, aby zůstali, ale on se rozhodl odejít ze síly jako jeho čtyřicátých narozenin se blížil. Smith compiled a commendable record as Desmond’s Assistant.
H.G. Wells wrote the story of Things to Come, which was turned into a film in 1936. The film opens during Christmas 1940 in Everytown (obviously London) right before the outbreak of war. The war lasts almost thirty years before “the Airmen” led by John Cabal, a former resident of Everytown, leads the survivors to victory over the remaining war
John Morrissey prohlásil World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting šampionát v kontroverzním zápase s Yankee Sullivan v říjnu 1853. Poté, co porazil o obvinění z vraždy pro jeho účast na vraždě zákona “Butcher” Na, Morrissey se rozhodl obhajovat svůj titul proti John C.. Heenan, “Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey porazil Heenanem v říjnovém 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, Pan. Pohyb (1937) července 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Pan. Moto se převléká za kramáře a
V pondělí, Prosinec 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis vyhrál první ze šesti mistrovství světa v těžké váze od Joe Stechera. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher a Lewis se setkali v zápase trvajícím přes tři hodiny. Lewis udělal mentální chybu