Choque, Volume 1

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Hai pouco lin a Choque: A historia non contada do Jiu-Jitsu no Brasil, Volume 1 por Roberto Pedreira (Ligazón de afiliado de Amazon), que conta unha historia alternativa dos comezos de BJJ á que nos contaron en varias entrevistas con membros da familia Gracie.. “Choque” tradúcese en “chocante” en portugués brasileiro. Mentres que Pedreira investiga e cita exhaustivamente fontes primarias, principalmente xornais brasileiros,

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Fred Beell asasinado na liña do deber

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Fred Beell loitou profesionalmente desde 1900 para 1919. Despois de desenvolver unha reputación lendaria debido a algunhas das súas vitorias sobre Martín “Agricultores” Queimaduras, Dan McLeod e Frank Gotch, Beell retirouse cando se achegaba 43 anos de idade. A súa carreira post-loita levaría á súa morte inesperada en 57. Fred Beell superou as grandes probabilidades para converterse nun loitador profesional competente

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Gotch Beats Lurich in His Last Match

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Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, o loitador campión do mundo e levantador de peso en 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch detiña o título por cinco anos e gañou todos os recunchos. Na idade relativamente novo de 35, Gotch decidiu aposentar. Para a súa última partida, ía asumir outro loitador europeo famoso e levantador de peso, George Lurich. George Lurich

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The Bat Whispers (1930)

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En novembro 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Porén, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.

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George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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O venres, Maio 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 actas. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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Terror by Night (1946)

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Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 películas. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs hires Holmes to protect the

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. El usou

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Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947)

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En maio 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould

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