Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Minor film company Conn Pictures Company released Tough to Handle (1937) on May 24, 1937. Director S. Roy Luby pairs “B” film stars Kane Richmond and Frankie Darro in this story of phony lottery tickets. Grandpa Sanford believe he won the lottery. Grandpa will be able to use the money to improve the circumstances of his grandchildren, Mike, gespeeld door
On September 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. De St. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Louis’ South
Ik wilde schrijven over een van mijn favoriete films, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). Het is een verfilming van de roman van de zelfde naam, geschreven door Barones Orczy. De film (affiliate link) betreft een Engelse collega, die zijn leven riskeert door het opslaan van de Franse aristocraten van de guillotine. The story is complicated by the fact the peer is married to
Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO op maart 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Luwte” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee stond voor de uitdaging om haar tweejarige zoon Gilbert als alleenstaande groot te brengen
A question I’m often asked during classes and seminars is “Can I become invincible by learning self-defense?” The short answer is “Niet” but they are asking the wrong questions. Better questions would be: “What can I do to make myself a less desirable target?” “How can I get in better shape to successfully repel an attack?” “What techniques should
In one of the last films in the series, British authorites recruit Sherlock Holmes to protect the young heir to a European throne. Universal Pictures released Pursuit to Algiers (1945) on October 26, 1945. Basil Rathbone returns for the twelfth of fourteen times as Sherlock Holmes. Nigel Bruce again plays his assistant Dr. John Watson. As the film begins, Sherlock
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. On January
Op juli 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Beweging “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. De heer. Moto Takes a Vacation vindt Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. De heer. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, is van plan
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, St. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. On September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.
De legendarische Bruce Lee schreef vele jaren geleden een artikel voor het tijdschrift Black Belt waarin de efficiëntie en werkzaamheid van kata in twijfel werd getrokken, vormen of patroon training. Sinds de publicatie van dit artikel, vele andere martial kunstenaars begonnen te vechten of twijfelen aan de noodzaak voor formulieren training. Sinds ik ben toegewijd aan het onderwijzen van zelfverdediging, je zou denken dat ik