Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
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. Suurimmaksi osaksi, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Kuitenkin, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
Joulukuun 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. Vielä, 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 päällikkö Etsivä William Desmond loi hieman mysteeri tammikuussa 1903, kun hän yritti livahtaa pois ja mennä naimisiin. Sen oli tarkoitus olla 45-vuotiaan Desmond ensimmäinen avioliitto. Chief Desmond oli naimisiin Hannah McLaughlin, tytär paikallinen rakentaja. The couple was to honeymoon in Southern California before returning to St. Ludvig
Maanantaina, Joulukuu 15, 1902, St. Louis Poliisi apulaisylilääkäri etsiviä James H. Smith vetäytyi poliisilaitos ottaa kantaa kivihiiliteollisuuden. Päällikkö Etsivä William Desmond yrittänyt vakuuttaa Smith jäädä, mutta hän päätti jäädä eläkkeelle voimassa hänen neljäskymmenes syntymäpäivä lähestyi. 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 vaati Maailman Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship kiistanalainen bout Yankee Sullivan lokakuussa 1853. Kun pelaajan murhasyyte hänen osallistumisesta murhaan Bill “Butcher” To, Morrissey päätti puolustaa titteliään vastaan John C. Heenan, “Benicia Boy”. “Vanha Savu” 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, Mr. Liike (1937) on July 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Mr. Moto naamioituu kauppiaaksi ja
Maanantaina, Joulukuu 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis voitti ensimmäisen kuudesta raskaansarjan MM-kilpailusta Joe Stecheriltä. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher ja Lewis kohtasivat yli kolme tuntia kestäneessä ottelussa. Lewis teki henkisen virheen