Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about martial arts history.
Op November 19, 1935, professionele stoeier Ray Steele het die professionele bokser Kingfish Levinsky ontmoet in 'n gemengde stoei versus boksgeveg. Die Missouri State Athletic Commission het spesiale reëls vir die wedstryd geskep. Die kommissarisse het beslis dat die geveg uit drie minute rondtes soos 'n boksgeveg sou bestaan. Die kommissarisse het Levinsky toegelaat om te slaan al was hy op die mat. Steele kon
I was recently honored to be a guest on The Martial Culture Podcast. Coach Rene Driefuss and Matt Peters were excellent hosts. I truly enjoyed my time on their podcast. We spoke about one of my books, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling in particular. Egter, we spoke in general about the history
From late 1921 te 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Egter, Contos decided to leave promotion to focus on managing the career of budding star Dan Kolov. Prior to leaving St. Louis, Contos sold the promotion to Tom Packs, his nephew and assistant in the promotion. Packs’ first card was scheduled for Friday, Januarie 4, 1924.
On St. Patrick’s Day, Maart 17, 1905, St. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans from drowning
'n Advertensie is in Januarie gedruk 16, 1921 uitgawe van die St. Louis Post-Dispatch adverteer 'n posbestellingkursus oor Jujitsu van kapt. Allan Smith. Kapt. Smith is oorspronklik in Skotland gebore, maar was gefassineer met demonstrasies van Japannese Jujitsu (eintlik Judo) hy het in Engeland gesien. Smith het saam met 'n maatskappy na Japan gereis en Judo geleer tot 1ste graad
William Muldoon was die heersende Wêreld Swaargewig Stoei Kampioen en 'n bekende fisiese kultuer, toe Muldoon deur John L. Sullivan se ondersteuners om hul vegter in vorm te kry. Sullivan was die heersende Wêreld Swaargewig Kaal Knuckle-prysvegkampioen. Hy het 'n ooreenkoms onderteken om sy moeilikste uitdager te ontmoet, Jake Kilrain, in Julie 1889. Sullivan het erken hy was in 'n slegte toestand,
Yukio Tani arrived in England at the turn of the 20th Century. Tani spread ju-jitsu by taking part in challenge matches against professional wrestlers. As part of these challenge matches, Tani demonstrated ju-jitsu. Through the success of these challenges and demonstrations, Tani saw many students sign up to train with him. One of Tani’s best English students used the stage
Met Choque, Vol. 2 (Amazon geaffilieerde skakel), Roberto Pedreira tel die storie van Brasiliaanse Jiu-Jitsu op in wat hy beskou as sy bloeityd in Brasilië, 1950 – 1960. Behalwe Carlos en Helio Gracie, verskeie ander akademies, soos Oswaldo Fadda s'n, was ook floreer. Judo het gewild geword, maar het nie Jiu-Jitsu in gewildheid oorkom nie. Vale Tudo-wedstryde was op die hoogtepunt
Ek het onlangs Choque gelees: Die onvertelde verhaal van Jiu-Jitsu in Brasilië, Volume 1 deur Roberto Pedreira (Amazon geaffilieerde skakel), wat 'n alternatiewe verhaal van BJJ se begin vertel as wat ons in verskeie onderhoude met lede van die Gracie-familie vertel is. “Skok” vertaal na “skokkend” in Brasiliaanse Portugees. Terwyl Pedreira primêre bronne uitvoerig navors en aanhaal, meestal Brasiliaanse koerante,
Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Terwyl hierdie storie kan of mag