Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Posts about professional wrestling in the 19th Century.
Joe Acton bol jedným z najlepších anglických zápasníkov 19. storočia. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Nakoniec zabezpečil
Martin “Poľnohospodár” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Však, Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. V 1893, Burns bol stále
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
Henry Moses Dufur bol v 70. rokoch 19. storočia majstrom sveta v zápase o golier a lakte v ťažkej váhe. Podľa 1855, Dufur odišiel z profesionálneho wrestlingu, aby sa mohol venovať profesii odevného krajčíra na plný úväzok. Aj počas svojej zápasníckej kariéry, Dufur pracoval ako krajčír. Dufur povedal korešpondentovi The Boston Globe, že sa narodil v Richforde, Vermont v júni 5, 1943. Tento dátum
Paul Pons bol grécko-rímsky zápas majster Francúzska v roku 1890. On vyhral turnaj vo Folies-Bergères predtým, než vyhrá turnaj v Rusku 1898. Tieto víťazstvá mu umožnili získať titul majstra sveta v grécko-rímskom zápase. Pons zarábal na tejto známosti otvorením posilňovňu, aby vlak zápasníkov a silných mužov. Pons’ víťazstvo bolo pozoruhodné najmä preto
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
Henry Moses Dufur sa špecializoval na zápasenie goliermi a lakťami, keď Dufur profesionálne zápasil v 70. a 80. rokoch 19. storočia. Narodený v máji 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur zápasil predovšetkým na severovýchode Spojených štátov. Júna 27, 1878, Dufur zápasil v odvetnom zápase so zápasníkom menom Cox v Boston Baseball Park pred päťsto fanúšikmi. Päťsto fanúšikov
Augusta 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Aspoň to som si pôvodne myslel a väčšina historikov to citovala. Moderné
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Pretože fanúšikovia považovali Clarencea Whistlera za dostatočne zručného, aby skutočne ohrozil jeho vládu, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Mája 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kto