Wrestler Beats Jujitsu Man

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On St. Patrick’s Day, Mawrth 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

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Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

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Yr wythnos ddiwethaf, it was testing preparation at Willow Martial Arts. We went through the walking drills, forms and self-defense required for Taekwondo testing. As I observed the students preparing, I remembered a statement Master Pat Weseman often told me when I was a colored belt preparing for my next Taekwondo test. “Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.”

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Create Something Great After 4 Blynyddoedd

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Mae myth cyffredin yn y celfyddydau ymladd yw bod astudiaethau meistr ar gyfer 40 blynyddoedd, datblygu dealltwriaeth bron goruwchddynol o hunan-amddiffyn, creu system berffaith ac yn troi allan cenedlaethau o ddiffoddwyr heb ei ail. Cyn i boblogrwydd y celfyddydau ymladd cymysg, many of the magazines such as Black Belt were full of stories about which martial art was the best. If you polled

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