Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
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
Eu já escrevi sobre um incidente no qual um sargento detetive para o St. Louis Polícia foi baleado durante uma tentativa de assalto. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. História Louis, 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 em A Pérola da Morte (1944) é o nono de quatorze filmes da série estrelada por Basil Rathbone como Sherlock Holmes. Neste filme, Holmes is battling archcriminal Giles Conover, interpretado por 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
Em uma noite fria de janeiro, em 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Polícia, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Departamento de Polícia. St. Louis Police Detective Sergeant James Martin King was walking to his home at 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. Kingshighway Boulevard, when two
Eu primeiro ouvi falar Chang Apana em uma featurette em um dos conjuntos de Charlie Chan DVD. 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) em 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. Segredo de Charlie Chan (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
Na quinta-feira, Junho 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, uma liberdade condicional e ex-presidiário, levantou o Meramec Trust Company, logo após aberto no 07:00 A.M. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. O canto da Virginia Avenue e Meramec Street era um dos mais movimentados blocos carro rua na cidade. The robbers had
Uma das coisas que sempre me impressionaram sobre os Gracies é como eles foram capazes de transformar a geração após geração de top-notch instrutores. Depois de ler uma série de artigos sobre o seu sistema de cinto de originais, etc, Eu comecei a adaptar alguns de seus métodos com os nossos próprios alunos. Once the student reaches Green Belt, we allow them to start
Ao fazer a pesquisa, Eu encontrei esta imagem da formação Manassa Mauler para sua 04 de julho, 1919 luta pelo título com Jess Willard, World Heavyweight Boxing Campeões. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard era um gigante de um homem às 6’06” e 235 libras. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. However,