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Posts about martial arts history.
På November 19, 1935, professionel wrestler Ray Steele mødte den professionelle bokser Kingfish Levinsky i en blandet wresting versus boksekamp. Missouri State Athletic Commission oprettede særlige regler for kampen. Kommissærerne besluttede, at kampen ville bestå af tre-minutters runder som en boksekamp. Kommissærerne tillod Levinsky at slå, selvom han var på måtten. Det kunne Steele
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. Men, we spoke in general about the history
From late 1921 til 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Men, 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, Januar 4, 1924.
On St. Patrick’s Day, Marts 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
En annonce blev trykt i januar 16, 1921 udgave af St. Louis Post-Dispatch, der annoncerer for et postordrekursus om Jujitsu fra Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith blev oprindeligt født i Skotland, men var fascineret af demonstrationer af japansk Jujitsu (faktisk Judo) han så i England. Smith rejste til Japan med et firma og lærte Judo at nå 1. grad
William Muldoon var den regerende World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion og en bemærket fysisk kulturforsker, da Muldoon blev forlovet af John L. Sullivans bagmænd for at få deres fighter i form. Sullivan var den regerende World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. Han underskrev en aftale om at møde sin hårdeste udfordrer, Jake Kilrain, i juli 1889. Sullivan indrømmede, at han var i dårlig form,
Yukio Tani ankom til England i begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede. Tani spredte ju-jitsu ved at deltage i udfordringskampe mod professionelle brydere. Som en del af disse udfordringskampe, Tani demonstrerede ju-jitsu. Gennem succesen med disse udfordringer og demonstrationer, Tani så mange elever melde sig til at træne med ham. En af Tanis bedste engelske studerende brugte scenen
Med Choque, Vol. 2 (Amazon affiliate link), Roberto Pedreira samler historien om brasiliansk Jiu-Jitsu op i, hvad han betragter som dens storhedstid i Brasilien, 1950 – 1960. Udover Carlos og Helio Gracie, flere andre akademier, såsom Oswaldo Faddas, trivedes også. Judo vandt i popularitet, men havde ikke overvundet Jiu-Jitsu i popularitet. Vale Tudo kampe var i højden
Jeg har for nylig læst Choque: Den ufortalte historie om Jiu-Jitsu i Brasilien, Volumen 1 af Roberto Pedreira (Amazon affiliate link), som fortæller en alternativ historie om BJJs begyndelse, end vi er blevet fortalt af i forskellige interviews med medlemmer af Gracie-familien. “Stød” oversættes til “chokerende” på brasiliansk portugisisk. Mens Pedreira udtømmende researcher og citerer primære kilder, mest brasilianske aviser,
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. While this story may or may