Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) was a world record holding weightlifter and World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion before wrestling was prearranged and lifters were using steroids. Hackenschmidt achieved a level of greatness due to several factors. He achieved a high level of physical fitness. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been
I previously wrote about an incident in which a Detective Sergeant for the St. Louis Police was shot during a robbery attempt. 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. V tomto filmu, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, played by Miles Mander. Conover is attempting to steal a valuable pearl from the British Museum. V jeho zločinech mu pomáhají komplicové Naomi Drake a The
Na chladné noci lednové 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis policie, 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 Police Detective Sergeant James Martin King was walking to his home at 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) on December 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
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
Strávil jsem spoustu času studiem různých hodnostních systémů. Hodnostní systém se zdá být moderním konceptem, který začal Dr. Jigaro Kano, vychovatel, kteří chtěli systém známkování k oddělení studentů. Během příštího století, řada stylů přijala systém pořadí pásů, ale jedinou společnou věcí bylo, že systémy pásů znamenaly to, co tvůrce rozhodl
Ve čtvrtek, Červen 12, 1919, Earl Hunter a 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
Jedna z věcí, která mě vždy zapůsobil o Gracies je, jak byli schopni ukázat, že generace po generaci špičkových instruktorů. Po přečtení několika článků o jejich původním systému bezpečnostních pásů, atd., Začal jsem se přizpůsobit některé z jejich metod s našimi studenty. Once the student reaches Green Belt, we allow them to start
Zatímco dělá výzkum, Našel jsem tento obrázek školení Manassa Mauler pro jeho 4.července, 1919 boj o mistrovský titul s Jess Willard, Heavyweight mistrů světa v boxu. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard byl obr muže na 6.’06” a 235 liber. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Však,