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Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Ágúst 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty discovered Willis Garner burglarizing the office of Schickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Company at 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. Louis, Missouri. The iron company employed Garner, who threw a hammer at Doherty’s head. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Murder Over New York (1940) is one of the later editions of the Charlie Chan series for Twentieth-Century Fox Productions. Í þessari mynd, Inspector Chan is assisting his old friend from Scotland Yard, Inspector Drake, find a group of saboteurs. The spies intend to sabotage some test air craft in New York. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
Á október 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
Á Desember 3, 1896, þrír menn inn á Home Brewery Office í St. Louis í kringum 2:30 p.m. Gjaldkeri Robert Hofferkamp nálgast mennina. 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. Fyrir the hluti, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Þó, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
Á Desember 8, 1903, Sam Langford börðust ríkja léttur box meistari í heimabæ hans Boston, Massachusetts. Áður berjast Langford, flestir box sérfræðingar fannst Joe Gans gæti ekki verið barinn í lögmætum lota. Fæddur í Baltimore, Maryland, Gans var fær um að brjóta litinn hindrun með því að vinna World Léttur Hnefaleikar Championship. Sam Langford is often considered
We always taught students not to punch to the head during self-defense training. Enn, 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 skrifaði nýlega grein um starfslok að vera nútíma uppfinningu og óhreinum orð. Ég er sammála skoðunum hans með einum hellir. Á mismunandi árstíðum í lífi okkar, það er kominn tími til að láta somethings fara að rýma til fyrir nýjum hlutum. Til að gera nýja hluti vel, við höfum stundum að sleppa gamla. When I was in
St. Louis Chief lögreglumanna William Desmond skapað smá ráðgáta í janúar 1903, þegar hann reyndi að laumast burt og giftast. Það átti að vera fyrsta hjónaband 45 ára gamall Desmond er. Chief Desmond var að giftast Hannah McLaughlin, dóttir staðnum byggir. The couple was to honeymoon in Southern California before returning to St. Louis