Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
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. For the most part, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Echter, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
Op 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. Nog, 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 of Detectives William Desmond creëerde een beetje een mysterie in januari 1903, when he attempted to sneak off and get married. Het was aan het eerste huwelijk van de 45-jarige Desmond's zijn. Chief Desmond zou trouwen Hannah McLaughlin, de dochter van een lokale aannemer. Het echtpaar was op huwelijksreis in Zuid-Californië alvorens terug te keren naar St. Louis
Op maandag, December 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 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” Poole, Morrissey besloot om zijn titel tegen John C verdedigen. Heenan, “de Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey versloeg Heenan in het oktober 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, De heer. Beweging (1937) on July 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. De heer. Moto vermomt zich als marskramer en
Op maandag, December 13, 1920, En “Worger” Lewis won de eerste van zes World Heavyweight Wrestling Championships van Joe Stecher. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Een jaar voor deze wedstrijd, Stecher en Lewis ontmoetten elkaar in een wedstrijd van meer dan drie uur. Lewis maakte een mentale fout in de wedstrijd