How To Spread A Martial Art

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3 vezes ao longo do último 150 anos, artistas marciais criaram versões mais modernas de artes marciais mais antigas. Ao contrário de muitos sistemas anteriores, os inovadores dessas artes marciais modernas optaram por compartilhar essas informações com pessoas de fora e espalhar suas artes pelo mundo. A divulgação do Judô por Jigoro Kano é o melhor estudo de caso sobre como desenvolver e difundir uma arte marcial.

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Zbyszko and the Last Shoot Match

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Stanislaus Zbyszko nasceu Stanislaw Jan Cygankiewicz em abril 1, 1880 em Jodlow, Polônia, que fazia parte do Império Austro-Húngaro. Zbyszko chose the ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko because it was the name of a fictional Polish knight. Um artigo no Walla Walla, Jornal Washington, The Evening Statesman’s on Tuesday, Fevereiro 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, when they stopped in at a

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Easton Taylor Trust Company Robbery

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Em abril de 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, também conhecido como “A Bandit Red-Headed”, entrou na Easton-Taylor Trust Company em 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith tinha um revólver em cada mão e exigiu o dinheiro do caixa. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 em um saco. John Lanigan, the bank’s president, sat in his office off the lobby

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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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Eu já escrevi sobre um incidente no qual um sargento detetive para o St. Louis Polícia foi baleado durante uma tentativa de assalto. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. História Louis, 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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Robbers Kill Detective Sergeant in 1920

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Em uma noite fria de janeiro, em 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Polícia, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Departamento de Polícia. St. Louis Police Detective Sergeant James Martin King was walking to his home at 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. Kingshighway Boulevard, when two

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Segredo de Charlie Chan (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. Segredo de Charlie Chan (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better

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