Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Charlie Chan Secret (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
I have spent a lot of time studying different rank systems. The rank system seems to be a modern concept started by Dr. Jigaro Kano, an educator, who wanted a system of grading to separate students. Over the next century, numerous styles adopted the belt rank system but the only commonality was the belt systems meant what the creator decided
On Thursday, Jún 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, a parolee and ex-convict, held up the Meramec Trust Company shortly after it opened at 07:00 a.m. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. The corner of Virginia Avenue and Meramec Street was one of the busiest street car blocks in the city. The robbers had
One of the things that always impressed me about the Gracies is how they were able to turn out generation after generation of top-notch instructors. After reading a number of articles about their original belt system, atď, I started to adapt some of their methods with our own students. Once the student reaches Green Belt, we allow them to start
While doing research, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard was a giant of a man at 6’06” a 235 libier. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Však,
Môj pradedo Parker sa stal obeťou jedného z najväčších prírodných katastrof zasiahnuť Cape Girardeau, MO, the 1949 tornádo. Je to hit mesto v sobotu, Máj 21, 1949 na 06:54 p.m.. Podľa 7:00 popoludní, Parker Zimmerman bol mŕtvy 74 rokov. I always found my great grandfather interesting because he led such a varied life
While watching the Facebook Prelims for UFC 161, I observed a trend that happens often in mixed martial arts competition. One of the competitors would get a dominant position but would sacrifice it to chase a submission. He caught the other competitor in close to ten submissions but the other man escaped all ten and one a close split decision.
A number of the old Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes movies have recently become available on DVDs and streaming. The Universal series, is well done for a “B” film series. This film would have warmed the audience up for the main feature like Double Indemnity (1944). In the The Scarlet Claw (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,
William Dillon bol v reakcii na správy o vražde policajta McKenna strany Lewis Brothers. Dillon veril, že Lewis Brothers, ktorí boli auto a drôtené zlodeji, bol zodpovedný za McKenna smrť. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Všimol si, ako dvaja bratia Lewis vošli do garáže vo Forde. Dillon vošiel do garáže
Do piatku, Apríl 7, 1916 bolo viac než, bratia Lewis by zabil dve St. Louis policajtov, John McKenna a William Dillon. McKenna bol prvý k pádu, keď prerušil bratia pokúsi ukradnúť drôt, cenný tovar počas prvej svetovej vojny. Dillon bude zabitý vyšetrovanie McKenna vraždu. McKenna bol poverený pátrať po zlodejoch drôtu,