Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
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” Džims Džonsons rāda
Augustā 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) ir viens no vēlāk izdevumos Charlie Chan sērijas Twentieth-Century Fox Productions. Šajā filmā, Inspektors Chan ir palīdzēt savu veco draugu no Skotlendjards, Inspektors 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
Oktobrī 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
Decembrī 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. Par lielāko daļu, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Tomēr, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
Decembrī 8, 1903, Sam Langford cīnījās valdošo viegls boksa čempions savā dzimtajā pilsētā Boston, Massachusetts. Pirms cīņas Langford, vairums boksa ekspertu jutos Joe Gans nevar uzvarēts likumīgu cīkstēšanās. Dzimis Baltimore, Maryland, Gans varēja lauzt krāsu barjeru, uzvarot Pasaules Viegls boksa čempionātā. Sam Langford is often considered
We always taught students not to punch to the head during self-defense training. Vēl, 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 nesen uzrakstīja rakstu par pensionēšanās Būdams mūsdienu izgudrojumu un netīro vārdu. Es piekrītu viņa uzskatiem ar vienu brīdinājumu. Dažādos gadalaikos mūsu dzīvē, ir pienācis laiks, lai ļautu somethings iet, lai atbrīvotu vietu jaunām lietām. Darīt jaunas lietas labi, 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, kad viņš mēģināja izlīst un apprecēties. 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