Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Posts about Greco-Roman wrestling matches and other wrestling styles such as collar-and-elbow wrestling, side hold wrestling, Cornish wrestling, uc.
Bernarr MacFadden, born Bernard Adolphus McFadden in Mill Spring, Missouri, on August 16, 1868, founded a publishing company in 1899 that still operates today. MacFadden, an early proponent of physical culture, authored books and published magazine about physical culture, early bodybuilding training. MacFadden moved into pulp magazines like True Detective in the 1920s. Before MacFadden made his fortune as a publisher
Aprīlī 24, 1889, the Missouri Gymnasium hosted its annual event to highlight the athletic accomplishments of its members. Members showed off gymnastic skills and other athletic ability while an orchestra or the Ideal Banjo Club played music in the background. The gymnasium managers booked a main attraction for the evening. George Baptiste, St. Louis middleweight wrestler who specialized
Ceturtdien, Marts 31, 1881, 200 fans filtered into New York’s Turnverein Hall to watch Clarence Whistler wrestle Henry Moses Dufur in a three-out-of-five-falls catch-as-catch-can wrestling match with both wrestlers wearing jackets. The promoters used the rules and jackets to even the chances of each wrestler to win. Clarence Whistler specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Whistler took World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion
Ceturtdien, Oktobris 7, 1884, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin wrestled Henry Moses Dufur for what both men claimed would be the last time. The 40-year-olds specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled in Detroit, Michigan, the home territory of McLaughlin. The match took place at the Detroit Opera House in front of a small crowd. Professional wrestling had not developed
Otrdien, Janvāris 29, 1884, approximately two thousand fans crowded into the Detroit Opera House to watch the first of a two-match series between Colonel James H. McLaughlin and Henry Moses Dufur. The crowd had to delight the organizers and wrestlers. Matches drawing crowds in the thousands were rare during the 19th Century. Organizers claimed McLaughlin was defending the American
Sorakichi Matsuda devās uz Amerikas Savienotajām Valstīm vēlu 1883 lai sāktu savu profesionālo cīkstoņa karjeru. Matsuda plānoja apgūt amerikāņu profesionālo cīņu un atgriezties dzimtenē, lai uzsāktu savu cīkstēšanās popularizēšanu. Matsuda menedžeris izteica pretenzijas par viņa apmācību Japānā, which could not be verified. Matsuda trenējās sumo cīņā slavenajā Isegahamas stallī, taču to darīja
Ceturtdien, Aprīlis 10, 1884, Amerikā pirmais pilnas slodzes profesionālais cīkstonis, J.H. McLaughlin cīnījās daudzpusīgi skotu sportists un cīkstonis Dankans C. Ross Detroitas opernamā. Vīrieši cīnījās trīs no pieciem kritieniem jaukto stilu mačā. McLaughlin specializējās apkakles un elkoņa cīņā. Vīrieši cīnījās par diviem kritieniem saskaņā ar apkakles un elkoņa noteikumiem. Ross iecienīja sānu turēšanas noteikumus. Vīrieši cīnījās divus kritienus, nostiprinot sānu
Sestdien, September 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, tikko nonācis savā pirmajā tūrē pa Amerikas Savienotajām Valstīm, cīnījās Great Gama Shepherd’s Bush stadionā Londonā, England. 7,000 skatītāji pulcējās stadionā, lai skatītos spēli. Dažas nedēļas agrāk, Mr. Bendžamins atveda Pehlwani cīkstoņu grupu no Indijas uz cīņu Anglijā. Fani uzskata Lielo Gamu
Kad Pasaules čempions smagajā svarā Viljams Muldūns izstājās 1889, viņš cerēja, ka viņa aizstāvis Ernests Rēbers tiks atzīts par jauno čempionu. Tomēr, Muldūns ieguva savu titulu grieķu-romiešu cīņā, kas bija Vācijā dzimušā Rēbera zināšanas. Diemžēl, Mārtiņa varoņdarbiem “Lauksaimnieks” Bērnss un Evans “Strangler” Lūiss katapultēja noķer kā-noķer-var cīkstēšanos dominējošā stilā. Rēberam bija a
In the early 1880s, Sorakichi Matsuda, or Matsada in most American newspapers, traveled to the United States to wrestle professionally. Japan did not have a developed professional wrestling circuit, so Matsuda thought he would bring the sport back to Japan after an apprenticeship in the United States. After training for a while, Matsuda signed an agreement to wrestle the first