Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Sam McVey unavený nedostatku příležitostí pro černé bojovníky ve Spojených státech během počátku dvacátého století. McVey rozhodl odejít do Evropy 1907, kde bojoval až do 1911. McVey bojoval v Austrálii na další tři roky, než se vrátí do Spojených států. Tento krátký highlight film z Francie v roce 1911 s “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Srpna 31, 1901, Noční hlídač William Doherty objevil Willis Garner burglarizing úřad Schickle, Harrison a Howard železářská na 912 S. Dvanáctá Street v St. Louis, Missouri. Železo Společnost zaměstnávala Garner, kdo hodil kladivo na Dohertyho hlavu. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Vražda přes New York (1940) je jedním z pozdějších vydáních série Charlie Chan na Twentieth-Century Fox Productions. V tomto filmu, Inspektor Chan je pomoci svého starého přítele ze Scotland Yardu, Inspektor Drake, najít skupinu sabotérů. Špioni v úmyslu sabotovat nějaké testy vzduchu řemesla v New Yorku. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
Října 6, 1890, local barbers Luther Duncan and Bob Henderson stepped out on to N. 11th Street to settle a quarrel. This area of St. Louis was known as “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop houses and the toughest African-Americans saloon in the city, Starkes’ Saloon. Both Duncan and Henderson were black barbers, who worked in
Prosince 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 p.m. Cashier Robert Hofferkamp approached the men. The men produced revolvers and told Hofferkamp and his assistant to throw up their hands. The men took $10,000 from the office in what would be a multi-million dollar heist today. The robbers tied up and
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 větší části, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Však, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
Prosince 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. Ještě, 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 šéf detektivů William Desmond vytvořil trochu tajemství v lednu 1903, když se pokusil odplížit a oženit se. Měl to být první manželství 45-rok-starý Desmond je. Šéf Desmond měl vzít Hannah McLaughlin, dcera místního stavitele. The couple was to honeymoon in Southern California before returning to St. Louis