Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
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 a side. In grappler vs. boxer matches, the grappler usually won, but McVea
Lørdag, December 30, 1916, Taro Miyake fought Ben de Mello, a professional boxer, in a mixed styles six round challenge bout. 1,000 spectators filed into the Hilo Armory to watch a rare legitimate contest between a boxer and jiu jitsu expert. Referee H.S. Prager started the bout between the 35-year-old Miyake and the younger boxer. Miyake warily circled de
På fredag, Marts 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, a
In mixed style bouts between wrestlers and strikers, the adage is once the wrestler gets his hands on the striker, the fight is over. In most mixed style bouts between wrestlers or grapplers and boxers, the grappler normally wins after dragging the striker to the ground. Ray Steele defeated Battling Levinsky. “Judo” Gene LeBell smashed Milo Savage. In modern
På tirsdag, Juni 3, 1924, Den kommende wrestler Jim Browning udfordrede Taro Miyake i en blandet kamp i Nashville, Tennessee. Bruning, en wrestler fra Verona, Missouri forlod for nylig Missouri-Kansas-området for at kæmpe i Tennessee og Kentucky. Den 21-årige Browning var ved at udvikle et ry for solid wrestling. Browning imponerede promotorerne så meget i 1920'erne, at promotorerne satte
Taro Miyake originally came to prominence as a jiu jitsu expert fighting legitimate mixed styles contests with professional boxers and wrestlers. Miyake used the legitimate contests, most of which he won, to generate interest in jiu jitsu. Like many judo and jiu jitsu instructors, Miyake discovered how hard it was to make a sustainable income from martial arts instruction. Taro
På fredag, November 27, 1891, den tidligere amerikanske sværvægtsbrydningsmester Joe Acton kæmpede den fremtidige verdensmester i sværvægtsboksning Bob Fitzsimmons i San Francisco, Californien. Mændene kæmpede for en rapport $1,000.00 purse. Acton opgav normalt størrelse til sin modstander, men Acton opvejede de 148 pund Fitzsimmons med syv pund. Mændene kæmpede en to-ud-af-tre fald-kamp ifølge catch-as-catch-can wrestling
Da Wladek Zbyszko rejste fra USA til Brasilien for en lukrativ tur på Brasiliens veludviklede professionelle wrestling-kredsløb, Zbyszko havde lidt mistanke om, at han ville kæmpe sin første konkurrence i næsten tyve år. Ligesom deres amerikanske kolleger, Brasilianske professionelle wrestlere arbejdede med hinanden for at lave spændende udstillinger for fansene. De brasilianske professionelle brydere kæmpede af og til en
Før jeg immigrerede til USA, Taro Miyake bosatte sig først i England. Miyake hjalp Yukio Tani med at etablere Judo og Jujitsu i England. Miyake og Tani udfordrede professionelle wrestlere til kampe som en del af deres bestræbelser på at etablere deres kampsport. Tani deltog i udfordringskampe før Miyakes ankomst. Miyake kæmpede med sin første modstander, Tani selv,
Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, En bemærket "hooker" eller dygtig indsendelses wrestler, met Taro Miyake, a Jujitsu black belt, in a mixed wrestling vs. jujitsu contest. After about 20 sekunder, Santel secured a half-Nelson on Miyake, lifted him off the mat and slammed Miyake to the floor. The impact knocked Miyake senseless. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back to the