Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Sam McVey umorna od nedostatka prilika za crne boraca u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama tijekom ranog dvadesetog stoljeća. McVey odlučio ostaviti za Europu 1907, gdje se borio do 1911. McVey borio u Australiji za više od tri godine prije povratka u SAD-u. Ovaj kratki vrhunac filma iz Francuske u 1911 s “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Kolovoza 31, 1901, Noćni čuvar William Doherty otkrio Willis Garner burglarizing ured Schickle, Harrison i Howard Iron tvrtke na 912 S. Dvanaesta ulica u St. Louis, Missouri. Iron zaposleno Garner, koji je bacio čekić na Doherty glavu. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Ubojstvo Over New Yorku (1940) je jedan od kasnijih izdanja Charlie Chan serija za Twentieth Century Fox-Productions. U tom filmu, Inspektor Chan pomaže njegov stari prijatelj iz Scotland Yarda, Inspektor Drake, pronašli skupinu sabotera. Špijuni namjeravaju sabotirati neki test letjelice u New Yorku. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
Prvog listopada 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 kuće i najteži Afroamerikanci salon u gradu, Jak’ Limuzina. I Duncan i Henderson bile crne brijači, who worked in
U prosincu 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 poslije podne. 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. For the most part, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Međutim, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
U prosincu 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. Još, 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 created a bit of a mystery in January 1903, when he attempted to sneak off and get married. It was to be the 45-year-old Desmond’s first marriage. Chief Desmond was to marry Hannah McLaughlin, the daughter of a local builder. The couple was to honeymoon in Southern California before returning to St. Louis