Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
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
Sa Agosto 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, Ilog ng Misuri. 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
Pagpatay Higit sa New York (1940) ay isa sa mamaya edisyon ng mga serye Charlie Chan para pandalawampu-Century Fox Productions. Sa ganitong film, Inspector Chan ay tumutulong sa kanyang mga lumang kaibigan mula sa 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
Noong Oktubre 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
Sa December 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. Para sa pinaka-bahagi, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Gayunman, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
Sa December 8, 1903, Sam Langford nakipaglaban ang reigning lightweight boxing kampeon sa kanyang bayang kinalakhan ng Boston, Massachusetts. Bago aaway Langford, karamihan ng mga eksperto sa boxing nadama Joe Gans Hindi ma-pinalo sa isang lehitimong labanan. Ipinanganak sa Baltimore, Maryland, Gans nagawa masira ang kulay barrier sa pamamagitan ng panalong sa World Magaang Boxing Championship. Sam Langford is often considered
We always taught students not to punch to the head during self-defense training. Pa, 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 ng Detectives William Desmond ng isang bit ng isang misteryo sa Enero 1903, when he attempted to sneak off and get married. Ito ay upang maging unang kasal ang 45-taong gulang na Desmond ni. Chief Desmond ay mag-asawa Hannah McLaughlin, ang anak na babae ng isang lokal na tagabuo ng. Ilang ay upang hanimun sa Southern California bago bumalik sa St. Louis