Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
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. Meistens, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Jedoch, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
On December 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. Noch, 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 Kripochef William Desmond hat ein bisschen ein Rätsel im Januar 1903, when he attempted to sneak off and get married. Es war um die 45-jährige Desmond erste Ehe sein. Vorsitzender Desmond war Hannah McLaughlin heiraten, die Tochter eines lokalen Baumeister. Das Paar war in Südkalifornien Flitterwochen vor der Rückkehr nach St. Louis
Am Montag, Dezember 15, 1902, St. Louis Police Assistant Chief of Detectives James H. Smith zog sich von der Polizeidienststelle, um eine Position in der Kohleindustrie zu nehmen. Kripochef William Desmond versucht, Smith zu überzeugen, zu bleiben, entschied er sich, aus der Kraft in den Ruhestand zu seinem vierzigsten Geburtstag näherte, aber. Smith stellte eine empfehlenswerte Aufzeichnung als Desmonds Assistent.
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 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” Bis Zur, 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, Herr. Bewegung (1937) on July 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Herr. Moto verkleidet sich als Hausierer und
Am Montag, Dezember 13, 1920, Und “Würger” Lewis won the first of six World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships from Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher and Lewis met in a match lasting over three hours. Lewis made a mental error in