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, Volume 1

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I recently read Choque: The Untold Story of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil, Volume 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, Martie 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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Profesor Yamashita vine în America în 1902

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Sam Hill, un om de afaceri Seattle, a adus profesorul Yoshiaki Yamashita în Statele Unite în 1902. Profesor Yamashita destinat pentru a ajuta la răspândirea Dr. Relativ nouă artă marțială Jigoro Kano de Judo. Profesorul însoțitor Yamashita a fost studentul lui Mitsuyo Maeda. Maeda ar merge pe de a preda Carlos Gracie în Brazilia. Cele Gracies modificat tehnicile în arta de a Jiu-Jitsu brazilian. Peste

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