Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
In one of those strange coincidences of history, the Streetcar Union President Sherman C. Patterson was stabbed by a union machinist named Edward Canty after a saloon disagreement. At a time when several of his opponents in the 1900 St. Louis Streetcar Strike would love to have seen him sent on a train out of town, Patterson is stabbed by
William Muldoon, en tidligere New York detektiv, vandt World græsk-romersk brydning Championship ved at besejre Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon regerede i ti år, før han gik som mester. Efter tilbagetrækningen, han begyndte at leve som en personlig træner. Muldoon trained many wrestlers but really came to prominence after getting a woefully out of shape John L. Sullivan fit for
After you earn your Green Rank, you will have completed your first year of training. Congratulations. On average, 75 percent of students who started with you have already quit training. Lucky for you, they will be much better targets for criminals. A humorous anecdote is told about two campers worried about a bear attack. One of the campers tells his
On Monday evening, Juli 16, 1917, St. Louis Police Officer Julius H. Petring assigned to the North Market Division entered a rooming house at 2301 N. Market Street. Petring asked the proprietor William Dietrich to rent a room for him and his wife. His “wife” was his recently divorced girlfriend Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring had been seeing Freda Hagenmeyer, der
When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Jules”, Julius Johannpeter. Grandpa lived with Uncle Jules from the time he left Missouri Military Academy in 1932 until he married my grandmother, Alvina Ellis nee Mosblech in 1938. Bedstefar
Tom Hyer vandt den amerikanske Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship i 1841. Som de fleste prizefighting mestre af det nittende århundrede, han kæmpede ikke meget ofte. Hyer normalt betalt sine regninger som håndhæver for politiske partier i New York. Oprindeligt, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Ved noget Party” med sin ven William
Hemmeligheden til succes i kampsport eller ethvert område af livet er mastering det grundlæggende. Selv om denne erklæring lyder intuitivt, meget få mennesker rent faktisk gør det. Many practitioners find the basics “boring” and want to move onto more advanced moves. Problemet med denne tilgang er at understrege en 1 percent move over a 99 procent flytte. Taking Taekwondo
The picture of Cornelius O’Keefe in the book, In The Line of Duty: St. Louis politifolk, der bragte det ultimative offer ved Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath og major Stephen Pollihan, struck me the first time I saw it. Med hans hår skiltes ned i midten og en stor overskæg, I could see him walking the streets of Downtown St. Louis
Juleaften, 1937, den anden hr. Moto film, Tak, Mr. Motion (1937) staring Peter Lorre, debuterede. International Agent Hr. Moto bestræber sig på at beskytte kinesiske kulturskatte fra internationale forbrydere. De Syv Ruller vil afsløre skjulested for Tomb Djengis Khan. Genghis Khan’s warriors reportedly buried great treasure with their dead leader. Mr. Moto’s friend Prince
Oktober 12, 1853, 23 year-old John Morrissey would meet 40 year-old “Yankee” Sullivan for the American and possibly World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Sullivan had been considered the champion since Tom Hyer, who had beaten Sullivan previously, retired instead of fighting Sullivan in a rematch. Sullivan claimed the title and was backed by Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.