Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
On Sunday, November 9, 1913, African American boxer Sam McVea, or McVey, battled Professor Stevenson, a Jujitsu practitioner, in a mixed styles bout in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. McVea and Stevenson fought ten, five-minute rounds, with three-minute intermission between rounds. McVea and Stevenson fought for $100 'n kant. In grappler vs. boxer matches, the grappler usually won, but McVea
Op Saterdag, Desember 30, 1916, Taro Miyake het met Ben de Mello geveg, 'n professionele bokser, in 'n gemengde style ses ronde uitdaging wedstryd. 1,000 toeskouers het by die Hilo Armory ingedien om na 'n seldsame wettige wedstryd tussen 'n bokser en jiu jitsu-kenner te kyk. Skeidsregter H.S. Prager het die geveg tussen die 35-jarige Miyake en die jonger bokser begin. Miyake het versigtig om de
Op Vrydag, Maart 11, 1932, wrestlers George Tragos and Rudy Dusek faced boxers, Stanley McRae and Tom Pivac in wrestler versus boxer bouts. It took the fans longer to get to their seats than it took the combatants to complete the bouts. The men fought the pair of bouts in Memphis, Tennessee at the Auditorium. Fans know George Tragos, 'n
In gemengde styl gevegte tussen stoeiers en stakers, die spreekwoord is sodra die stoeier die doelskieter in die hande kry, die stryd is verby. In die meeste gevegte in gemengde styl tussen stoeiers of worstelers en boksers, die grappler wen gewoonlik nadat hy die doelskieter grond toe gesleep het. Ray Steele het Battling Levinsky verslaan. “Judo” Gene LeBell het Milo Savage verpletter. In moderne
When Wladek Zbyszko travelled from the United States to Brazil for a lucrative tour on Brazil’s well-developed professional wrestling circuit, Zbyszko little suspected that he would wrestle his first contest in almost twenty years. Like their American counterparts, Brazilian professional wrestlers worked with each other to put on exciting exhibitions for the fans. The Brazilian professional wrestlers occasionally wrestled a
Voor immigreer na die Verenigde State, Taro Miyake het hom eers in Engeland gevestig. Miyake het Yukio Tani bygestaan met die vestiging van Judo en Jujitsu in Engeland. Miyake en Tani het professionele stoeiers tot wedstryde uitgedaag as deel van hul poging om hul gevegskuns te vestig. Tani het voor die koms van Miyake aan uitdaagwedstryde deelgeneem. Miyake het sy eerste teenstander aangedurf, Tani self,
Op Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, 'n bekende "haker" of vaardige voorleggingstoeier, Taro Miyake ontmoet, a Jujitsu black belt, in 'n gemengde stoei vs. jujitsu-kompetisie. Na ongeveer 20 sekondes, Santel het 'n half-Nelson op Miyake verseker, lig hom van die mat af en stamp Miyake op die vloer. Die impak het Miyake sinneloos geslaan. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back to the
Op November 19, 1935, professionele stoeier Ray Steele het die professionele bokser Kingfish Levinsky ontmoet in 'n gemengde stoei versus boksgeveg. Die Missouri State Athletic Commission het spesiale reëls vir die wedstryd geskep. Die kommissarisse het beslis dat die geveg uit drie minute rondtes soos 'n boksgeveg sou bestaan. Die kommissarisse het Levinsky toegelaat om te slaan al was hy op die mat. Steele kon
I was recently honored to be a guest on The Martial Culture Podcast. Coach Rene Driefuss and Matt Peters were excellent hosts. I truly enjoyed my time on their podcast. We spoke about one of my books, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling in particular. Egter, we spoke in general about the history
On St. Patrick’s Day, Maart 17, 1905, St. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans from drowning