Harcsporttörténész és harcművész
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. A legtöbb, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Viszont, 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. Még, 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 Chief Detektív William Desmond létre egy kis rejtély januárban 1903, amikor megpróbált elsurranni és megházasodni. Úgy volt, hogy a 45 éves Desmond első házasságából. Chief Desmond volt, hogy feleségül Hannah McLaughlin, a lánya egy helyi építész. A pár nászútra Dél-Kaliforniában, mielőtt visszatért a St. Louis
Hétfőn, December 15, 1902, St. Louis Police Assistant Chief Detektív James H. Smith visszavonult a rendőrség állást a szénipari. Chief of nyomozók William Desmond próbálta meggyőzni Smith maradni, de úgy döntött, hogy visszavonul a hatályos a negyvenedik születésnapját megközelítette. Smith összeállította a dicséretes rekordot Desmond 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 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 “A Butcher” Hogy, Morrissey úgy döntött, hogy megvédje a címét ellen, John C. Heenan, “A Benicia Boy”. “Régi Füst” Morrissey legyőzte Heenan az október 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. Moto (1937) Július 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Mr. Moto disguises himself as a peddler and
Hétfőn, December 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis megnyerte a hat nehézsúlyú birkózó-világbajnokság közül az elsőt Joe Stechertől. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. A year before this match, Stecher és Lewis több mint három órán át tartó mérkőzésen találkozott egymással. Lewis mentális hibát követett el