Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Sam Hill, 'n Seattle-sakeman, gebring Professor Yoshiaki Yamashita na die Verenigde State in 1902. Professor Yamashita bedoel om te help versprei Dr. Jigoro Kano se relatief nuwe gevegskuns van Judo. Meegaande Professor Yamashita was sy student Mitsuyo Maeda. Maeda sou gaan oor Carlos Gracie te leer in Brasilië. The Gracies modified the techniques into the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Over
I first read about William Muldoon in a biography of John L. Sullivan, the last bare knuckle heavyweight champion. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. The last major bare knuckle bout was fought by Sullivan against Jake Kilrain in 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. Hy was
Op Donderdag nag, Mei 31, 1900, Albert Koenig, 'n staking simpatiseerder met 'n geskiedenis van geestesongesteldheid, doodgeskiet gendarme Dennis Crane. Gendarme Crane en verskeie ander beamptes het gereageer op die gebied as gevolg van die verslae van Koenig dreigende ander burgers. Koenig aangegaan Eas en Seuns Saloon by die suidwestelike hoek van S. Broadway and Osage Streets. Koenig may have
Die 1900 St. Louis Streetcar staking was 'n skietery oorlog tussen die werkersklas en die boonste klas. Dit het begin as 'n werk optrede deur trem werkers van die nuwe gekonsolideer tram lyne. Egter, it quickly divided the city with the working class supporting the strike while the upper and professional classes defied the strike. The result was a deadly
Toe ek grootgeword het, Ek het dikwels gehoor Ouma Ellis, Alvina M. Mosblech Ellis, praat oor haar twee susters verloor. Sy het haar oudste suster Margaret en haar sussie Loretta voor haar 40ste verjaardag. Margaret B. Mosblech was die eerste van veertien kinders gebore Eduard en Magdalena Mosblech. Great Aunt Margaret was born on June 10, 1908. As
Spike TV began to broadcast a show that would put mixed martial arts on the mainstream map. 16 fighters lived in a house and competed in a tournament to see which two fighters would win a six figure UFC contract. The Ultimate Fighter would change television and the UFC for good. At one point during the Finale, ten million households
Jack Johnson has always been a tough subject for me. I admire his courage and strength in confronting hatred and bigotry in a time when doing so put his life in danger. He refused to conform and accept a position of inferiority to white Americans. Tog, like many human beings he was a flawed man. He beat his first wife
Toe ek die eerste keer begin martial arts met 'n Shotokan karate klas by ons plaaslike junior kollege, die instrukteur uitgedeel 'n artikel vir almal om te lees. Die artikel bedek 'n studie met statistieke. Die studie het bevind dat uit elke 10,000 martial arts studente enigste 100 sou gaan oor swart gordels te verdien. Most beginning students quit after six months
Anderson Silva, wyd erken as die grootste gemengde martial kunstenaar van alle tye, sy herontmoeting verloor met Chris Wiedman vir die UFC Middelgewig titel op Desember 28, 2013. Wiedman verslaan het Silva vir die titel op Julie 6, 2013. Dit was Silva se eerste verlies in sewe jaar met die Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the middleweight champion for over 6
Sam McVey, wat beskou is as die Idol van Parys, tydens sy boksloopbaan van 1902 te 1921, vandag grootliks vergeet. Een van die grootste swart swaargewigte van sy tyd, Hy was gevries uit veg vir die wêreld titel selfs nadat Jack Johnson verslaan Tommy Burns in 1908. McVey lost to Jack Johnson three times early in his career