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En novembro 19, 1935, professional wrestler Ray Steele met professional boxer Kingfish Levinsky in a mixed wresting versus boxing bout. The Missouri State Athletic Commission created special rules for the match. The commissioners ruled the bout would consist of three-minute rounds like a boxing match. The commissioners allowed Levinsky to punch even if he was on the mat. Steele could
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. Porén, we spoke in general about the history
From late 1921 para 1923, John Contos promoted professional wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri. Porén, 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. Paquetes’ first card was scheduled for Friday, Xaneiro 4, 1924.
On St. Patrick’s Day, Marzo 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
Un anuncio foi impreso en xaneiro 16, 1921 edición do St. Louis Post-Dispatch anunciando un curso de pedidos por correo sobre Jujitsu do capitán. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith naceu orixinalmente en Escocia pero estaba fascinado coas demostracións de Jujitsu xaponés (en realidade Judo) viu en Inglaterra. Smith viaxou a Xapón cunha empresa e aprendeu Judo chegando ao 1º grao
William Muldoon foi o actual campión mundial de loita libre e un destacado culturista físico, cando Muldoon foi comprometido por John L. Os apoios de Sullivan para poñer o seu loitador en forma. Sullivan foi o campión mundial reinante de loita do premio Bare Knuckle. Asinou un acordo para enfrontarse ao seu rival máis duro, Jake Kilrain, en xullo 1889. Sullivan admitiu que estaba en mal estado,
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
Con Choque, Vol. 2 (Ligazón de afiliado de Amazon), Roberto Pedreira recolle a historia do Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu no que considera o seu apoxeo en Brasil, 1950 – 1960. Ademais de Carlos e Helio Gracie, varias outras academias, como a de Oswaldo Fadda, tamén prosperaban. O judo foi gañando popularidade pero non superara o Jiu-Jitsu en popularidade. Os partidos do Vale Tudo estiveron á altura
Hai pouco lin a Choque: A historia non contada do Jiu-Jitsu no Brasil, Volume 1 por Roberto Pedreira (Ligazón de afiliado de Amazon), que conta unha historia alternativa dos comezos de BJJ á que nos contaron en varias entrevistas con membros da familia Gracie.. “Choque” tradúcese en “chocante” en portugués brasileiro. Mentres que Pedreira investiga e cita exhaustivamente fontes primarias, principalmente xornais brasileiros,
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. Aínda que esta historia pode ou pode