Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
Perjantaina, Maaliskuu 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
Sekatyylisissä otteluissa painijoiden ja hyökkääjien välillä, sanonta on, kun painija saa kätensä hyökkääjään, taistelu on ohi. Useimmissa sekatyylisissä otteluissa painijoiden tai nappaajien ja nyrkkeilijöiden välillä, hyökkääjä tavallisesti voittaa vetäessään hyökkääjän maahan. Ray Steele voitti taistelevan Levinskyn. "Judo" Gene LeBell murskasi Milo Savagen. Modernissa
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,
Lokakuun 20, 1920, Ad Santel, tunnettu "huoria" tai taitava painija, tapasi Taro Miyaken, judo ja jujitsu musta vyö, sekapainissa vs. jujitsu kilpailu. Noin jälkeen 20 sekuntia, Santel varmisti puoli-Nelsonin Miyakella, nosti hänet pois matolta ja löi Miyaken lattialle. Isku teki Miyaken järjettömäksi. Miyaken sekunnit auttoivat häntä takaisin
Marraskuun 19, 1935, ammattipaini Ray Steele tapasi ammattinyrkkeilijä Kingfish Levinskyn sekapain vs. nyrkkeilyottelussa. Missourin osavaltion yleisurheilukomissio loi ottelua varten erityiset säännöt. Komissaarit päättivät, että ottelu koostuisi kolmen minuutin kierroksista kuten nyrkkeilyottelussa. Komissaarit antoivat Levinskyn lyödä vaikka hän oli matolla. Steele voisi
Minulla oli äskettäin kunnia olla vieraana The Martial Culture Podcastissa. Valmentaja Rene Driefuss ja Matt Peters olivat erinomaisia isäntiä. Nautin todella ajastani heidän podcastissaan. Puhuimme yhdestä kirjastani, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: Ottelut, jotka tekivät ja tuhosivat erityisesti laillisen amerikkalaisen ammattipainin. Kuitenkin, puhuimme yleisesti historiasta
On St. Patrick’s Day, Maaliskuu 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. Louisanit hukkumasta
An ad was printed in the January 16, 1921 painos St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising a mail order course on Jujitsu from Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith was originally born in Scotland but was fascinated with demonstrations of Japanese Jujitsu (actually Judo) he saw in England. Smith traveled to Japan with a company and learned Judo reaching 1st degree
Torstaina, Tammikuu 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman promoted me to 4th Dan in Taekwondo at the Advanced Class. When I started classes with Grandmaster Weseman and her husband Art, I did not foresee reaching this milestone. I originally started taking classes with my nephew Jim in Spring 1995. After getting married in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several