Ad Santel Brings The Pain

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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

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Choque, Bolumen 1

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I recently read Choque: The Untold Story of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil, Bolumen 1 by Roberto Pedreira (Amazon affiliate link), which tells an alternate story of BJJ’s beginnings than we have been told by in various interviews with members of the Gracie Family. “Choquetranslates toshockingin Brazilian Portuguese. While Pedreira exhaustively researches and cites primary sources, mostly Brazilian newspapers,

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Wrestler Beats Jujitsu Man

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On St. Patrick’s Day, Martxoa 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

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Yamashita irakaslea America Comes, 1902

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Sam Hill, Seattle enpresaburua, ekarri Yoshiaki Yamashita irakaslea Estatu Batuetara in 1902. Yamashita irakaslea xedea zabaldu Dr laguntzeko. Jigoro Kano en Judo arte martziala nahiko berria. Erantsitako irakaslea Yamashita bere ikaslea Mitsuyo Maeda zen. Maeda joan litzateke Carlos Gracie irakasteko Brasilen. The Gracies modified the techniques into the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Over

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