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George Hackenschmidt Vs. Frank Gotch Media Representations and the World Wrestling Title of 1908 Kim Beckwith & Jan Todd the University of Texas
Iron Game History Volume 11 Number 2 George Hackenschmidt vs. Frank Gotch Media Representations and the World Wrestling Title of 1908 Kim Beckwith & Jan Todd The University of Texas International wrestling star, George Hacken- stories about and a constituent of that world, an element schmidt, widely known as "The Russian Lion," met the of the story." The reporter, they argue, "not only relates American champion, Frank Gotch, at Chicago's Dexter stories but makes them."2 Similarly, pop culture analyst Park Amphitheater on April 3, 1908, in a wrestling title Carlin Romano contends that journalism is not a "minor bout that was labeled "The Athletic Contest of the Cen- placed before reality," but a "coherent nanative of the tmy" on the cover of the match program.' After three world that serves a particular purpose."3 Thinking about preliminary bouts, the much anticipated World's Heavy- journalism in light of this definition makes it easier to weight Wrestling Championships in the catch-as-catch- understand how in the days following the historic Gotch can style began at approximately 10:30 P.M. More than Hackenschmidt bout such different tales would be told two hours later, reporters ...-------------------. by various journalists even scrambled to file their stories in though all of them had watched the early hours of the morning SOUVENIR PROGRAM the same spmting event. Like and share their ringside intelli- 'f the characters in John Godfrey gence with an anxiously await- The Athletic Contest of Saxes's poem, "The Blind Men ing nation and world. The news the Century and the Elephant," almost all they sent out from Chicago, _ For •h• _ of the reporters who pe1111ed however, was totally unexpect- WORLD'S WRESTLING their reports from Chicago had ed. -
Diplomová Práce Kulturismus a Revoluce
Univerzita Karlova v Praze Filozofická fakulta Ústav hospodářských a sociálních dějin Diplomová práce Bc. Jiří Šabek Kulturismus a revoluce: K otázce sociálních dějin tělesnosti v Československu (The Bodybuilding Movement and Revolution: The Social History of Physicality in Czechoslovakia) Praha 2016 Vedoucí práce: Doc. PhDr. et JUDr. Jakub Rákosník, Ph.D. Rád bych tímto zde poděkoval v první řadě svému vedoucímu práce, panu docentu PhDr. et JUDr. Jakub Rákosníkovi, PhD., za veškerou odbornou pomoc v mém studiu. Dále bych rád poděkoval za pomoc i radu panu Josefu Švubovi, „kronikáři síly“ časopisu Muscle&Fitness, Ing. Martinu Jebasovi, předsedovi Svazu kulturistiky a fitness České republiky, a Ing. Josefu Paulíkovi, readaktorovi stránek Ronnie.cz. Mé velké díky patří bezesporu také mé rodině, zejména nekonečně trpělivé sestře, stejně jako všem mým přátelům, kteří mě po celou dobu studia podporovali. J. Š. Prohlašuji, že jsem svou diplomovou práci vypracoval samostatně, že jsem řádně citoval všechny použité prameny a literaturu a že práce nebyla využita v rámci jiného vysokoškolského studia či k získání jiného nebo stejného titulu. V Praze dne………… podpis Abstrakt: Diplomová práce se snaží zpracovat téma fenoménu kulturistiky v širším kontextu utváření ideálního těla v moderní době. Kulturistika je chápána jako specifický socio-kulturní fenomén pevně spjatý s moderní společností a jejím historickým vývojem. Kromě samotné kulturistiky se tak práce zaobírá rozborem soudobé sociální teorie těla se zaměřením na domácí diskurs a v dalším kroku také analýzou diskursivního vytváření moderní tělesnosti od osvícenství do 20. století. Zde je kladen hlavní důraz na chápání charakteristických změn moderní společnosti v kontextu kontinuity celého modernizačního projektu. Hlavním cílem práce je popsat obecné dějin kulturistiky v rámci nastíněného procesu modernizace, stejně jako porovnání ruzných alternativních pojetí ideální tělesnosti v období tzv. -
“The Russian Lion”: Vladislav Von Krajewski's Bodybuilding of George Hachenschmidt Fae Brauer, Professor of Art A
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by UEL Research Repository at University of East London Making “The Russian Lion”: Vladislav von Krajewski’s Bodybuilding of George Hachenschmidt Fae Brauer, Professor of Art and Visual Culture University of East London Centre for Cultural Studies Research In their focus upon the rupture and transformation of Soviet physical culture in the 1930s, histories of Russian bodybuilding of the new man have tended to become disconnected from trajectories stretching back to the •Crimean War and the need to enhance military preparedness through modern sports and gymnastics inspired by the •German Turnen gymnastic societies. Valued for producing a disciplined subject in peacetime and a fearless fighter in war, these so-called “disciplinary exercises” were promoted in the •first gymnastics club of St. Petersburg from 1863, followed by the Pal’ma Gymnastics Society which quickly spread with branches in five cities. After the Moscow Gymnastics Society opened with meetings on Tsvetnoi Boulevard, in 1874, •Pyotr Lesgaft, the founder of Russian physical education introduced gymnastics into the army with gymnastic courses for army officers and civilians by 1896. Yet, as this paper will reveal, it was only through •Dr. V. F. Krajewski, founder of the •St. Petersburg Athletic and Cycling Club and physician to the •Tsar, that the St. Petersburg Amateur Weightlifting Society was opened in 1885. •It was only due to Dr Krajewski that a •gym for weightlifting opened with the first all-Russian weightlifting championship being held in April 1897 in St. Petersburg Mikhailovsky Manege. -
The Operational Aesthetic in the Performance of Professional Wrestling William P
Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2005 The operational aesthetic in the performance of professional wrestling William P. Lipscomb III Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Lipscomb III, William P., "The operational aesthetic in the performance of professional wrestling" (2005). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 3825. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3825 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. THE OPERATIONAL AESTHETIC IN THE PERFORMANCE OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Communication Studies by William P. Lipscomb III B.S., University of Southern Mississippi, 1990 B.S., University of Southern Mississippi, 1991 M.S., University of Southern Mississippi, 1993 May 2005 ©Copyright 2005 William P. Lipscomb III All rights reserved ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am so thankful for the love and support of my entire family, especially my mom and dad. Both my parents were gifted educators, and without their wisdom, guidance, and encouragement none of this would have been possible. Special thanks to my brother John for all the positive vibes, and to Joy who was there for me during some very dark days. -
The Iron Grapevine
IRON GAME HISTORY VOLUME 5 NUMBER 2 we walked to a local pub it was a workout in itself just to keep up with him. He walked proudly, with big strides, what he calls “walking at my tallest and-broadest,” and he would stop every now and then to do some deep knee bends and gentle stretching. He certainly is in marvelous shape for his years. Joe also loves to read and write poetry as a way to keep his mind sharp and active. He is full of wisdom and Dear IGH: knowledge about the iron game, of course, but also about On Wednesday the 9th of September, 1998, strength life in general. He believes that if you have good food, a journalist David Gentle and I set off to the London Borough nice place to live, and people around you—especially of Walworth to meet one of the last true old-time strongmen: family—who care for you, then you are rich indeed. He Joe Assirati. Joe is from the old school, in which strength also believes that you should try your very best to help your and health were of equal importance. He was a trainee at Al fellow man. All in all it was a great day, and I feel much Murray’s famous gym, and later he was an instructor there. richer for having met this gentle, strong man. He was also a member of the Camberwell Weightlifting Club in the 1920s. There, he trained with some of the great Lee Morrison all-round lifters of that period, men like Alan P. -
Muswell Hill & Fortis Green Association
Muswell Hill & Fortis Green Association www.mhfga.org Your Residents’ Association working for the local community since 1948 Exploring our local history January/February 2019 Inside this issue: A Secret History of the Northern Line 2 Notices Very Merry Muswell MHFGA contacts 3 New MHFGA volunteers 4 Pinkham Way Membership Matters 5 Corporate Profiles: Design Studio, Muswell Hill Methodist Lawn Tennis Club 6 Friends of Parkland Walk Wellness Café Winter in Muswell Hill 7 Local Events 8 Arthur Humphreys, Complete Outfitter CPZ starting on 7th January after the formation of London Transport. It was the result of amalgamating the City and South London Railway (C&SLR) and the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR or ‘Hampstead Tube’) which ran to Golders Green when it On Thursday 11th October we set a new record attendance of opened in 1907 and was extended to Edgware in the 1920s. over 75 people at our talk on the Northern Line, held at North Bank. Michael treated us to mind-bending facts about former names of Our speaker, Michael Burman, treated us to a fascinating and tube stations. For example, the current Tottenham Court Road at times farcical history of how our favourite tube line has station was actually named ‘Oxford Street’ when it opened in evolved over more than a century. We found out why Muswell 1907, while the station we now know as Goodge Street was Hill station no longer exists, and how the Second World War confusingly named ‘Tottenham Court Road’ when it opened in put a stop to plans to extend the line even further North. -
SOME THOUGHTS on the BODY: “HOW IT MEANS” and WHAT IT MEANS Our Friend, Al Thomas, Sent the Following Thoughts to Us Some Values That Weight Training Confers
VOLUME 2 NUMBER 5 January 1993 SOME THOUGHTS ON THE BODY: “HOW IT MEANS” AND WHAT IT MEANS Our friend, Al Thomas, sent the following thoughts to us some values that weight training confers. months back. He didn’t intend for us to publsih them; he only The film, it seems, had created the need for explanation to so many wanted to share with us what was on his mind. Even so, we have people that it became a sort of emotional watershed for me. Or, more decided to share his thoughts with you. As some of you know, Al accurately, it was the film, plus the fact that, having passed through has made seminal contributions to our game—particularly in a my fifties and the first year of my sixties, I was faced with retirement series of articles in Iron Man concerning women, strength and from my profession as a college teacher. With the ticking-down of physical development. He made these contributions simply by the machine that is symbolized by such life-changes, I began to focusing his long experience and his agile intelligence on the issue. wonder what truly had become my “value system”: Was the new What follows is a fascinating display of unexpurgated Thomas one that seemed to be a response to my film really as unworthy of a confronting certain ultimate questions. What follows is not for balding college professor with a Ph.D. as it seemed? the timid. What follows is a love song. As recently as a year ago, I would have claimed my family and (This has its origin in three questions posed at the recent Old-timers’ my profession (along with one or two other traditionally acceptable banquet. -
Great Gama Workout
Great gama workout Continue Indian wrestler for stampede wrestling villain and professional wrestler of the 1970s - 2000s, see Gama Singh. Gama PehalwanBirt namedGulam Mohammad Bakshborn (1878-05-22)22 May 1878Amritsar, Punjab, British India Punjab, PakistanFamilyImam Baksh Pahalwan (brother)Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif (granddaughter) Professional wrestling careerRing name (s)Gama PahalwanBilled height 5 feet 7 in (170 cm) , commonly known as Rustam-e-Hind (Hindi Urdu for the champion of India) and named the ring of the Great Gama, was an Indian wrestler who remained undefeated. Born in Amritsar, Punjab province of colonial India in 1878, on October 15, 1910, he was awarded the Indian version of the World Heavyweight Championship, and on October 15, 1910, he defeated the world champions in freestyle wrestling. Unbeaten in a career spanning more than 52 years, he is considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. During the partition of India, the Great Gama saved the lives of many Hindus and then spent the rest of her days until her death on May 23, 1960, in Lahore, which became part of the newly created state of Pakistan. Early in his life, Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt was born in Amritsar to a Kashmiri Muslim wrestling family in the Punjabi region of northern India. He is from a family of wrestlers that is known to produce world-class wrestlers. The Butt family, historians believe, were originally Kashmiri Brahmins (Butta) who converted to Islam during Muslim rule in Kashmir. Gama had two wives, one in Punjab and the other in Baroda, Gujarat, India. After the death of his father Muhammad Aziz Baksh when he was six years old, Gama was placed in the care of his maternal grandfather, Nun Pahalwan. -
Yearning for Muscular Power
IGH Vol 9 (3) January 2007 Final to Speedy:IGH Vol 9 (1) July 2005 final to Speedy.qxd 10/10/2011 11:50 PM Page 20 Iron Game History Volume 9 Number 3 Yearning for Muscular Power Terry Todd and John Hoberman The University of Texas at Austin Young men dream of power. It is an old dream, dred pounds at a time when most heavyweight boxers driven in boyhood by a relative lack of it and later by a weighed less than 190. His heavy bone-structure was belief in what it will confer in manhood. The dream overlaid with abnormally dense muscling and his hands, often comes through images of masculine strength— in particular, were huge and work-hardened. It was said heroically muscled athletes, forceful warriors, comic of him that when he gripped a bat it looked as if he could book superheroes, action figures in films and video squeeze sawdust out of it. He was, by far, the greatest games. The dream, at its core, is a dream of transforma - home run hitter in Negro League history, and some base - tion—from short to tall, thin to thick, fat to lean, weak to ball historians believe that, had he been allowed to play strong. in the Major Leagues, he would have hit more home runs Since well before the time of Christ, a few peo - than his contemporary, Babe Ruth. 1 ple have known a secret which could en-flesh most of Apparently, Gibson did hit more home runs than these dreams. That secret is progressive resistance exer - Ruth’s 714—almost eight hundred, by the best esti - cise. -
HARDSTYLE 2 2004 Spring
Kettlebells, Bruce Lee and the Power of Icons When I first met Pavel at a stretching Explosive power. And almost mystical “I want to be like Bruce” workshop in Minneapolis, in early 1997, I strength gains (the notorious What the Hell? was immediately struck by his charismatic effect). For women, a toned, firm, strong Images can lodge in our brains and become ability to model and convey a stunning shape that enhances the best of the female an ideal that drives us forward. combination of strength and flexibility. Pavel body. For both genders, greater energy, cut through the BS in startling fashion, to higher self-esteem and greater sense of As a young man, in the seventies, Bruce Lee give you what really works. Just like Bruce… overall well being. had that impact on me. The classic image of Bruce—his ripped-to-shreds chest decorated Later that year Dragon Door published All delivered by one compact, portable with claw marks, posing in steely-sinewed, Pavel’s first book, Beyond Stretching, device, in just minutes a day… martial defiance—became my iconic followed by Beyond Crunches, the landmark inspiration for physical excellence. classic Power to the People! and finally, The Russian Kettlebell Challenge in 2001. And Physically, I wanted “to be like Bruce.” the fitness landscape in America changed And, of course Bruce influenced and inspired forever. Bruce Lee + Kettlebells millions like me to jump into martial 2 training and emulate his example. = Iconic Power What does Bruce Lee embody as an iconic And what better testimony to the iconic ideal? Raw, explosive power. -
Where Are They Now? Joe Assirati: Reminiscences of Britains Renaissance of Strength
IRON GAME HISTORY VOLUME 2 NUMBER 5 Joe Assirati: Reminiscences of Britain’s Renaissance of Strength Al Thomas, Ph.D. Like all history, iron game his- its heroes. It’s instructive, of course, to tory is stories. The history here comes attend to the tale-as-tale and to find to us from strongman storyteller, Joe in it yet another piece with which to Assirati, one of the few extant eye wit- complete, and give meaning to, the iron nesses to the most colorful epoch in the game puzzle that each of us carries annals of British strengthdom. The around, unfinished, in his mind. But closer to the fact-ness of the past event, even more, it’s sweet to feel, in the sto- the better and more authoritative the ryteller’s telling, his love for our won- history. But truly objective history derful game and its history. doesn’t exist. However stoutly pur- When Terry and Jan Todd returned sued, there is, in history, always the from a recent trip to England, they alloy of the teller’s perception, preju- spoke glowingly about meeting and dice, and predisposition: in short, his working out with Joe Assirati (of the personality. And without this aura of famous Assirati clan, cousin of Bert), personality, there would be no joy in a marvelous specimen of weight- stories and their telling, and (to come trained manhood, 87-years-old, an full circle) without stories and their inveterate storyteller. Encouraged by telling, there would be precious little the Todds, I wrote to Joe and discov- history. -
Dinosaur Training Lost Secrets of Strength And
DINOSAUR TRAINING LOST SECRETS OF STRENGTH AND DEVELOPMENT Brooks D. Kubik Dinosaur Training – Brooks Kubik TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................ 2 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION............................................................................... 3 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION .......................................................................... 6 CHAPTER ONE: THE DINOSAUR ALTERNATIVE......................................................... 7 CHAPTER TWO: PRODUCTIVE TRAINING.................................................................. 13 CHAPTER THREE: AN OUTLINE OF DINOSAUR TRAINING .................................... 17 CHAPTER FOUR: HARD WORK .................................................................................... 26 CHAPTER FIVE: DINOSAUR EXERCISES .................................................................... 33 CHAPTER SIX: ABBREVIATED TRAINING.................................................................. 39 CHAPTER SEVEN: HEAVY WEIGHTS .......................................................................... 43 CHAPTER EIGHT: POUNDAGE PROGRESSION.......................................................... 50 CHAPTER NINE: DEATH SETS ...................................................................................... 56 CHAPTER TEN: MULTIPLE SETS OF LOW REPS ........................................................ 59 CHAPTER ELEVEN: SINGLES......................................................................................