I recorded this off of Showtime last week. It's a well done piece about 4 of the great heavyweight boxers of the 20th century - Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe...
... I can help you. Go to a bar. Find a drunk guy with a girlfriend. Simultaneously insult and hit on the girlfriend. The punching will take care of itself. ...
Thanks for the tip Josh, I just searched via ILL and it looks like I might be able to get a copy of this. I am fairly sure that I have seen most of the Dempsey...
Reminds me of this guy who called me asking to help him get in shape and lose alot of weight. He said that he wanted me to beat him with a bamboo shinai, as...
I still wouldn't call the corkscrew a "circular" punch as the fist does not loop in from the outside as in a hook or overhand. All the descriptions from the...
Written circa 1792. BROUGHTON. We cannot avoid giving the character of Broughton, as a pugilist : who, notwithstanding the gross partiality of Captain Godfrey,...
(concluded) Jackson is a remarkably active man, nearly six feet high, and proportionably formed. He surpasses most men in strength of arm. He imitates Johnson...
I hope the moderator won't mind me putting this on the board but wrestling does go hand in hand with old time boxing and I thought this might be of interest to...
... this ... and ... appreciate ... back ... Hi Terry.... 'Shak a fa'- It's an old 'Scots' term for a wrestling throw.... I'll post more details when I get a...
... Hi again Terry.... The term itself goes back to at least 1742 when it was written down and basically means `to try (for) a fall' - to wrestle or grapple...
... Hi Terry... It may be that 'shak a fa' started out as a term which covered all wrestling(skilled & unskilled)but by the time your quote was published many...
Thanks for the tip, guys. I'm working some Scottish wrestlers into my next novel, and I've got to have someone call another a 'shakker'. -Will Thomas Terry...
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Billy Edwards, The Art of Boxing and Manual of Training: Billy Edwards, born in England, traveled to the United States of America to pursue his passion of...
Last weekend I had the pleasure and privilege to host a seminar on Pugilism aswell as a seminar on Irish Stickfighting with Ken Pfrenger at my western martial...
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... While in Germany, one of the the seminar participants gifted me with a very old copy of this book. Very odd timing since the first mention I have ever...
<HANSALEF@...>Dear friends, I am trying to translate this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug57dOTmpmg [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug57dOTmpmg] into...
Hi Hans :) ... Die Maennerbewegung Teil 1 Geschlechtskultur, Ungerechtigkeit und Maennerprobleme Die Roemischen Spiele enthielten manchmal Kaempfe zwischen...
Hi... Came across this 'broadside' reporting a fatality at a boxing match in 1820! Louie Broadside entitled 'Dreadful and Fatal Pitched Battle' Transcription ...
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