Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about martial arts history.
I have spent a lot of time studying different rank systems. The rank system seems to be a modern concept started by Dr. Jigaro Kano, an educator, who wanted a system of grading to separate students. Over the next century, numerous styles adopted the belt rank system but the only commonality was the belt systems meant what the creator decided
While watching the Facebook Prelims for UFC 161, I observed a trend that happens often in mixed martial arts competition. One of the competitors would get a dominant position but would sacrifice it to chase a submission. He caught the other competitor in close to ten submissions but the other man escaped all ten and one a close split decision.
Theodore Roosevelt served as the twenty-sixth President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. TR is famous for the “Strenuous Life”. He practiced boxing and wrestling through his twenties and thirties. What is not as widely known is that he practiced Judo around 1904, when he was in his mid-40s. Roosevelt would eventually earn a brown belt in Judo. Yoshiaki
Huo Yuanjia was a real life hero, die mythischen Geschichten über sein Leben inspiriert. His life and expoloits have been the basis of films starring Bruce Lee and Jet Li. Die wirkliche Huo Yuanjia besiegt viele ausländische Kämpfer, als China von anderen Ländern in den späten 1800er und frühen 1900er Jahren zum Opfer. His exploits were a source of pride at a time,