Combat kev ua si Historian thiab Martial Artist
Posts about movies and television shows centering around martial arts, boxing or wrestling.
I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, which included two of Jim Londos’ matches from the 1930s. In the first match, Londos wrestles Abe Coleman. In the second match, Londos wrestles a mixed styles match with Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, the Judo black belt and professional wrestler. Londos was the biggest box office star
Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 18, 1938, former world wrestling champion Jim Londos wrestled current world champion Bronko Nagurski, the great former football player for the Chicago Bears. The men wrestled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Nagurski’s version of the world wrestling championship. You can view the 14-minute match in its entirety on YouTube. When I viewed the match for the first time, ntau
At nearly 70 xyoo, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking
Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Tragically, promoters filmed the biggest matches of the 1910s and 1920s including the second Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt match, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne “Big” Munn, Stecher vs. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match
Tshaj tawm hauv xov tuam txhab uas muag saib kev kawm thaum lub hnub thaum ntxov hauv TV. Besides cov tsos thiab ib txhia tshaj tawm hauv xov lag productions, cov kev ua si yog ib qhov ntawm lub cajmeem rau TV noj ntau. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) nyob rau hnub tim 17, 1942. Zasu Pitts stars as Aunt Emma Bates. In her youth, Aunt Emma was engaged to up-and-coming professional fighter Jim O’Banion. Her sister didn’t approve of the match, so they sent her on a trip to break up the couple. Aunt Emma regretted it and starts following the career
Nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 7, 1939, Xyoo pua hma liab twentieth Films txiav txim qhov kawg Mr. Moto “B” zaj duab xis starring Peter Lorre li cov kws soj ntsuam Kentaro Moto. Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation finds Mr. Cas tus poj huab tais ntawm Sheba lub yas los ntawm nws cov foundations nyob rau hauv ib qhov chaw archaeological Iyiv rau lub tsev khaws puav pheej hauv San Francisco Moto. Mr. Moto vim tus koov txhaum Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, intends
Marvel Studios tso koob hlau nrig rau Netflix hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 17, 2017. Raws li cov Marvel comic txog Danny Rand koob, ib tug txiv neej hluas ces nws tuag nyob hauv ib lub poob dav hlau. Rand no rescued yog ib tug me nyuam yog monks, leej twg qhia nws martial arts hauv lub Himalayas. The series contains a number of great martial arts fight scenes.
Nyob rau hnub tim 7, 1939, Tso lub Xya ntawm yim Mr twentieth xyoo pua-hma liab. Moto “B” tsos. Mr. Moto in Danger Island begins with Mr. Moto rau ntawm ib lub nkoj uas taws rau Puerto Rico. Mr. Moto, ua si los ntawm Peter Lorre, thiab ntau coob uas xam nrog cov menyuam ib wrestling match. Twister McGurk, ua si los ntawm Warren Hymer, yog neeg tsav nkoj Xaas wrestling, ua si los ntawm nyiaj Ward. Mr. Moto
Nyob rau hauv cov kev ntsuam ntawm yim Mr. Moto films tso tawm ntawm 1937 thiab 1939, Interpol tub ceev xwm Kentaro Moto pursues saboteurs tseev tsim ntiaj teb ib pawg. Xyoo pua twentieth – hma liab zaj duab xis Corporation tso Mr. Lub Moto tag los ceeb toom (1939) (affiliate link) nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 20, 1939. Peter Lorre rov qab los ua tus cerebral tab sis cov Mr. Moto. Ricardo Cortez plays Fabian cov Great, ib ventriloquist,