Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
On Sunday, Nobyembre 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 isang gilid. In grappler vs. boxer matches, the grappler usually won, but McVea
Sa Sabado, Disyembre 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
Sa Biyernes, Marso 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, isang
Sa magkahalong istilong sagupaan sa pagitan ng mga wrestler at striker, ang kasabihan ay kapag ang wrestler ay nakuha ang kanyang mga kamay sa striker, tapos na ang laban. Sa karamihan ng mga magkahalong istilong labanan sa pagitan ng mga wrestler o grappler at boxer, karaniwang nananalo ang grappler pagkatapos hilahin ang striker sa lupa. Tinalo ni Ray Steele si Battling Levinsky. Binasag ni “Judo” Gene LeBell ang Milo Savage. Sa moderno
Sa Martes, Hunyo 3, 1924, Hinamon ng up-and-coming wrestler na si Jim Browning si Taro Miyake sa isang mixed style match sa Nashville, Tennessee. Browning, isang wrestler mula sa Verona, Kamakailan ay umalis ang Missouri sa lugar ng Missouri-Kansas upang makipagbuno sa Tennessee at Kentucky. Ang 21-taong-gulang na si Browning ay bumubuo ng isang reputasyon para sa solid wrestling. Sobrang humanga si Browning sa mga promotor noong 1920s na inilagay ng mga promotor
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
Sa Biyernes, Nobyembre 27, 1891, ang dating American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion na si Joe Acton ay nakipagbuno sa hinaharap na World Heavyweight Boxing Champion na si Bob Fitzsimmons sa San Francisco, Kalipornya. Ang mga lalaki ay nakipagbuno para sa isang iniulat $1,000.00 purse. Karaniwang sumusuko si Acton sa kanyang kalaban ngunit nalampasan ni Acton ang 148-pound Fitzsimmons ng pitong pounds. Nakipagbuno ang mga lalaki ng two-out-of-three falls match ayon sa catch-as-catch-can wrestling
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
Before immigrating to the United States, Taro Miyake first settled in England. Miyake assisted Yukio Tani with establishing Judo and Jujitsu in England. Miyake and Tani challenged professional wrestlers to matches as part of their effort to establish their martial arts. Tani took part in challenge matches prior to the arrival of Miyake. Miyake grappled his first opponent, Tani himself,
Noong Oktubre 20, 1916, Ad Santel, isang kilalang "hooker" o bihasang mambubuno sa pagsusumite, nakilala si Taro Miyake, a Jujitsu black belt, sa isang mixed wrestling vs. paligsahan ng jujitsu. Matapos ang tungkol sa 20 mga segundo, Nakuha ni Santel ang isang half-Nelson kay Miyake, binuhat siya mula sa banig at binagsak si Miyake sa sahig. Nawalan ng malay si Miyake dahil sa impact. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back to the