Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
General William Tecumseh Sherman of Civil War berømmelse havde dybe rødder i St. Louis strækker sig tilbage til 1843. Som soldat, han fik Jefferson Barracks. Han var også involveret i St. Louis businesses as the St. Louis Street Railroad Company præsident, indtil han forlod St. Louis for the Civil War in 1861. After the war, St. Louis’ citizens
3 times over the last 150 år, martial artists created more modern versions of older martial arts. Unlike many prior systems, the innovators of these modern martial arts chose to share this information with outsiders and spread their arts around the world. Jigoro Kano’s dissemination of Judo is the best case study for how to develop and spread a martial
Stanislaus Zbyszko blev født Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz april 1, 1879 i Jodlow, Polen, som var en del af Østrig-ungarske kejserrige. Ifølge Wikipedia, han valgte den ring navn Stanislaus Zbyszko fordi det var navnet på en fiktiv polsk ridder. En artikel i Walla Walla, Washington avis, The Evening Statesman er tirsdag, Februar 8, 1910 udgave, publicized Zbyszko’s university and
Why do traditional martial artists continue to despise the lessons of mixed martial arts? I am amazed that twenty years after Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 1, nogle traditionelle kampsport føler stadig, at de ikke har noget at lære af MMA. One of the Taekwondo tournaments, where I used to referee, has a submission grappling division. When I had a break, Jeg
On April 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, også kendt som “Den rødhårede Bandit”, gik ind i Easton-Taylor Trust Company på 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith havde en revolver i hver hånd og forlangte penge fra kassen. Frygter for sit liv, ekspedienten faldt prompte $15,309 i en sæk. John Lanigan, bankens præsident, sad på sit kontor ud for lobbyen
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) var en verdensrekord holder vægtløfter og World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion før brydning var forudbestemt og løftere var ved hjælp af steroider. Hackenschmidt opnået et niveau af storhed skyldes flere faktorer. Han opnået en høj grad af fysisk kondition. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been
Jeg skrev tidligere om en episode, hvor en kriminalassistent for St. Louis Politiet blev skudt under et røveri forsøg. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis historie, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Lotus Avenue was the home of Sgt. King in
Sherlock Holmes in The Pearl of Death (1944) is the ninth of fourteen movies in the series starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. I denne film, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, played by Miles Mander. Conover is attempting to steal a valuable pearl from the British Museum. He is aided in his crimes by accomplices Naomi Drake and The
På en kold januar nat i 1920, det blodigste år for St. Louis Politi, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Police Department. St. Louis Politi Detective Sergeant James Martin Kongen gik til sit hjem på 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. Kingshighway Boulevard, when two
I first heard about Chang Apana in a featurette on one of the Charlie Chan DVD sets. I knew a real life detective inspired Earl Derr Biggers to create Charlie Chan. I did not know who the man was. Chang Apana was that man. Chang Apana (born Ah Ping Chang) December 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was