Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
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
Before immigrating to the United States, Taro Miyake first settled in England. Miyake assisted Yukio Tani with establishing Judo and Jujitsu in England. Miyake and Tani challenged professional wrestlers to matches as part of their effort to establish their martial arts. Tani took part in challenge matches prior to the arrival of Miyake. Miyake grappled his first opponent, Tani himself,
Lokakuun 20, 1916, Ad Santel, tunnettu "huoria" tai taitava painija, tapasi Taro Miyaken, a Jujitsu black belt, sekapainissa vs. jujitsu kilpailu. Noin jälkeen 20 sekuntia, Santel varmisti puoli-Nelsonin Miyakella, nosti hänet pois matolta ja löi Miyaken lattialle. Isku teki Miyaken järjettömäksi. Miyake’s seconds assisted him back to the
Minulla oli äskettäin kunnia olla vieraana The Martial Culture Podcastissa. Valmentaja Rene Driefuss ja Matt Peters olivat erinomaisia isäntiä. Nautin todella ajastani heidän podcastissaan. Puhuimme yhdestä kirjastani, Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: Ottelut, jotka tekivät ja tuhosivat erityisesti laillisen amerikkalaisen ammattipainin. Kuitenkin, puhuimme yleisesti historiasta
Myöhästä lähtien 1921 to 1923, John Contos edisti ammattipaini Pietarissa. Ludvig, Missouri. Kuitenkin, Contos päätti jättää ylennyksen keskittyäkseen aloittelevan tähti Dan Kolovin uran hallintaan. Ennen lähtöä St. Ludvig, Contos myi kampanjan Tom Packsille, hänen veljenpoikansa ja avustajansa ylennyksessä. Pakkaukset’ ensimmäinen kortti oli ajoitettu perjantaille, Tammikuu 4, 1924.
On St. Patrick’s Day, Maaliskuu 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. Louisanit hukkumasta
An ad was printed in the January 16, 1921 painos St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising a mail order course on Jujitsu from Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith was originally born in Scotland but was fascinated with demonstrations of Japanese Jujitsu (actually Judo) he saw in England. Smith traveled to Japan with a company and learned Judo reaching 1st degree
William Muldoon was the reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a noted physical culturist, when Muldoon was engaged by John L. Sullivan’s backers to get their fighter in shape. Sullivan was the reigning World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. He signed an agreement to meet his toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, in July 1889. Sullivan admitted he was in bad shape,
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