Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
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 väčšej časti, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Však, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
Decembra 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. Ešte, 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. Súhlasím s jeho názormi s jednou námietkou. V rôznych ročných obdobiach v našom živote, Je čas nechať niečo cez ísť, aby sa priestor pre nové veci. Ak chcete nové veci dobre, niekedy máme pustiť staré. When I was in
St. Louis šéf detektívov William Desmond vytvoril trochu tajomstvo v januári 1903, keď sa pokúsil vykradnúť a oženiť sa. Mal to byť prvý manželstvo 45-rok-starý Desmond je. Šéf Desmond mal vziať Hannah McLaughlin, dcéra miestneho staviteľa. Pár bol na medové týždne v južnej Kalifornii pred návratom do St. Louis
V pondelok, 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” Na, 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, Pán. Moto (1937) on July 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Pán. Moto sa prezlečie za podomového obchodníka a
V pondelok, December 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis vyhral prvé zo šiestich majstrovstiev sveta v zápasení v ťažkej váhe od Joea 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 sa stretli v zápase trvajúcom viac ako tri hodiny. Lewis urobil mentálnu chybu