Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
On Sunday, Nóvember 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 hlið. In grappler vs. boxer matches, the grappler usually won, but McVea
Á laugardag, Desember 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
Á föstudaginn, Mars 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
Þegar Wladek Zbyszko ferðaðist frá Bandaríkjunum til Brasilíu í arðbæra ferð á vel þróaðri atvinnuglímubraut Brasilíu, Zbyszko grunaði lítinn að hann myndi glíma sína fyrstu keppni í næstum tuttugu ár. Eins og bandarískir starfsbræður þeirra, Brasilískir atvinnuglímukappar unnu hver með öðrum til að halda spennandi sýningar fyrir aðdáendurna. Brasilísku atvinnuglímumennirnir glímdu stundum a
Áður en hann flutti til Bandaríkjanna, Taro Miyake settist fyrst að í Englandi. Miyake aðstoðaði Yukio Tani við að koma upp júdó og jújitsu á Englandi. Miyake og Tani skoruðu atvinnuglímumenn á leiki sem hluti af viðleitni þeirra til að koma bardagalistum sínum á fót.. Tani tók þátt í áskorunarleikjum fyrir komu Miyake. Miyake glímdi við sinn fyrsta andstæðing, Tani sjálfur,
Á október 20, 1916, Ad Santel, þekktur „krókari“ eða hæfur uppgjafarglímumaður, hitti Taro Miyake, a Jujitsu black belt, í blandaðri glímu vs. jujitsu keppni. Eftir u.þ.b 20 sekúndur, Santel tryggði sér hálfan Nelson á Miyake, lyfti honum af mottunni og skellti Miyake í gólfið. Áreksturinn sló Miyake vitlausan. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back to the
Nóvember 19, 1935, atvinnuglímukappinn Ray Steele hitti atvinnumanninn Kingfish Levinsky í blönduðum glímu á móti hnefaleikum. Íþróttanefnd Missouri fylkisins bjó til sérstakar reglur fyrir leikinn. Framkvæmdastjórinn úrskurðaði að bardaginn myndi samanstanda af þriggja mínútna lotum eins og hnefaleikaleik. Kommissararnir leyfðu Levinsky að kýla jafnvel þótt hann væri á mottunni. Steele gæti
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. Þó, we spoke in general about the history
On St. Patrick’s Day, Mars 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