How To Spread A Martial Art

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3 keer oor die laaste 150 jaar, vegkunstenaars het meer moderne weergawes van ouer gevegskuns geskep. Anders as baie vorige stelsels, die innoveerders van hierdie moderne gevegskuns het gekies om hierdie inligting met buitestanders te deel en hul kunste oor die wêreld te versprei. Jigoro Kano se verspreiding van Judo is die beste gevallestudie oor hoe om 'n geveg te ontwikkel en te versprei

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Zbyszko and the Last Shoot Match

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Stanislaus Zbyszko gebore Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz op April 1, 1880 in Jodlow, Pole, wat deel van die Oostenryk-Hongaarse Ryk was. Zbyszko chose the ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko because it was the name of a fictional Polish knight. 'N artikel in die Walla Walla, Washington koerant, The Evening Statesman’s on Tuesday, Februarie 8, 1910, publicized Zbyszko’s university and intellectual accomplishments.

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Prizefighters Meet in Liverpool Pub

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For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, toe hulle by a

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Easton Taylor Trust Maatskappy roof

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Op April 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, ook bekend as “Die rooikop-Bandit”, geloop het in die Easton-Taylor Trust Company op 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith het 'n rewolwer in elke hand en geld van die kassier. Vrees vir sy lewe, die klerk het dadelik afgesak $15,309 in 'n sak. John Lanigan, die bank se president, het in sy kantoor buite die voorportaal gesit

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Hack and What It Takes To Be Great

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George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) was a world record holding weightlifter and World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion before wrestling was prearranged and lifters were using steroids. Hackenschmidt achieved a level of greatness due to several factors. He achieved a high level of physical fitness. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been

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Sgt. King’s Home on Lotus Avenue

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I previously wrote about an incident in which a Detective Sergeant for the St. Louis Police was shot during a robbery attempt. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis geskiedenis, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Lotus Avenue was the home of Sgt. King in

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Charlie Chan se geheime (1936)

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The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Charlie Chan se geheime (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better

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