Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about martial arts history.
When Wladek Zbyszko travelled from the United States to Brazil for a lucrative tour on Brazil’s well-developed professional wrestling circuit, Zbyszko little suspected that he would wrestle his first contest in almost twenty years. Like their American counterparts, Brazilian professional wrestlers worked with each other to put on exciting exhibitions for the fans. The Brazilian professional wrestlers occasionally wrestled a
Taro Miyake originally came to prominence as a jiu jitsu expert fighting legitimate mixed styles contests with professional boxers and wrestlers. Miyake used the legitimate contests, most of which he won, to generate interest in jiu jitsu. Like many judo and jiu jitsu instructors, Miyake discovered how hard it was to make a sustainable income from martial arts instruction. Taro
Voor immigreer na die Verenigde State, Taro Miyake het hom eers in Engeland gevestig. Miyake het Yukio Tani bygestaan met die vestiging van Judo en Jujitsu in Engeland. Miyake en Tani het professionele stoeiers tot wedstryde uitgedaag as deel van hul poging om hul gevegskuns te vestig. Tani het voor die koms van Miyake aan uitdaagwedstryde deelgeneem. Miyake het sy eerste teenstander aangedurf, Tani self,
Op Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, 'n bekende "haker" of vaardige voorleggingstoeier, Taro Miyake ontmoet, a Jujitsu black belt, in 'n gemengde stoei vs. jujitsu-kompetisie. Na ongeveer 20 sekondes, Santel het 'n half-Nelson op Miyake verseker, lig hom van die mat af en stamp Miyake op die vloer. Die impak het Miyake sinneloos geslaan. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back to the
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