Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
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, ein ehemaliger New York City Detective, gewann die Welt griechisch-römischen Ringkampf-Meisterschaft durch das Besiegen Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon regierte zehn Jahre vor dem Ruhestand als Meister. Nach seiner Pensionierung, er begann, ein Leben als Personal Trainer machen. Muldoon trainiert viele Wrestler, aber wirklich kam zum Vorsprung nach dem Aufstehen ein beklagenswert aus der Form 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, die
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. Opa
Tom Hyer won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions of the Nineteenth Century, he did not fight very often. Hyer normally paid his bills as an enforcer for political parties in New York. Originally, Hyer setzte seine Talente für die Whigs ein, wechselte aber zu den Whigs “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs in den Kampfkünsten oder jedem Bereich des Lebens ist die Beherrschung der Grundlagen. Während diese Aussage klingt intuitive, nur sehr wenige Menschen wirklich tun. Many practitioners find the basics “boring” and want to move onto more advanced moves. Das Problem bei diesem Ansatz ist, betont ein 1 percent move over a 99 Prozent bewegen. Taking Taekwondo
The picture of Cornelius O’Keefe in the book, In The Line of Duty: St. Louis Police Officers Wer machte das ultimative Opfer von Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath und Major Stephen Pollihan, struck me the first time I saw it. With his hair parted down the middle and a big mustache, I could see him walking the streets of Downtown St. Louis
Am Weihnachtsabend, 1937, the second Mr. Moto film, Thank You, Herr. Bewegung (1937) staring Peter Lorre, debuted. International Agent Mr. Moto strives to protect Chinese cultural treasures from international criminals. The Seven Scrolls will reveal the hiding place for the Tomb of Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan’s warriors reportedly buried great treasure with their dead leader. Herr. Moto’s friend Prince
Am 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.