Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
Judo-entusiaster kan være uvidende om, at en af de største Judo slagsmål nogensinde film opstod i en film fra 1945, Blood on the Sun (affiliate link). James Cagney, der var et brunt bælte i Judo, stjerner i filmen som Nick Condon, en amerikansk avis redaktør for Tokyo Chronicle forud for bombningen af Pearl Harbor. Et par japanske embedsmænd
På fredag, Oktober 21, 1904, fem St. Louis Politibetjente gik til et campingpladsvirksomhed hus på 1324 Pine Street, stedet for nutidens Soldier Memorial, to arrest three men suspected of an Illinois train robbery in July of the same year. What occurred next would be one of the most storied shootouts in St. Louis Politi historie. During the World’s Fair,
After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. Men, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt valgte sin krigsminister og tidligere guvernør for Filippinerne
Da jeg var barn vokser op i St. Louis, den eneste kampkunst, jeg havde hørt om var Karate. Taekwondo blev anset Korean Karate. Jeg vidste ikke, om nogen af de kæmper kunst på det tidspunkt. Men, KPLR Channel 11 ran a series of films on Saturdays for a month featuring Mr. Motion, played by Peter Lorre.
The May 9, 1905 udgave af St. Louis Republiks sport sektion indeholdt en historie om en kommende kamp mellem lokal wrestler George Baptiste og touring World Wrestling Champion, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, who just beat Tom Jenkins for the World Championship. If the editor knew “Hack’s” condition at the time, he may have
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