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Post by Cristian Anghelache on Nov 14, 2010 22:31:33 GMT 2
Jim Williams - Black Power Man" I’ll never forget the first time I met Jim Williams. It was a sunny fall Saturday at Bob Hoffman’s annual picnic in York, PA. in 1970. Hoffman, coach of the famous U.S. Olympic Weightlifting team and founder/owner of the York Barbell Company, invited the world’s strongest men to put on an exhibition for anyone who wanted free food and good company. Jim Williams, one of the featured strongmen, had already gained national notoriety in Hoffman’s magazine, Strength & Health, as the first man to beat Pat Casey’s 600-pound bench press. I wanted to see this giant of a man in action. Williams didn’t let me down. First, he was immense. Standing about six feet tall and weighing 340 pounds, his arms measured 25 inches and his chest expanded to 62 inches. But my eyes popped when I saw him step up on the platform, position himself on the bench, and knock off ten perfect presses with 500 pounds. That was his warm-up. An easy couple of reps with 600 pounds followed the warm-up, and then he had a failed attempt at 665 pounds. About a year later, he eclipsed that mark with a successful lift of 685 and went on to become the first man in history to bench 700 pounds. "
Sursa: armwrestling24h.blogspot.com/2010/11/jim-williams-black-power-man_14.html
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Post by Cristian Anghelache on Nov 15, 2010 10:05:30 GMT 2
Ian "Mac" Batchelor page on OldTimeStrongman.comDespre Ian "Mac" Batchelor am mai scris acum cateva luni: www.proarm.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=10027#p10027Oldie but Goodie - Your Favorite ArmwrestlerCel mai mult mi-a placut raspunsul lui Joe Musselwhite:"Old school ( 1850 - 1956)? Mac Batchelor!
Modern school ( 1957 - 1986) Al Turner!
Current School (1987 - present) John Brzenk!"Mac Batchelor - John GrimekSursa: ditillo2.blogspot.com/2008/08/mac-batchelor-john-grimek.html Ian "Mac" Batchelor"Mac Batchleor Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, came to the US when he was five years old and became one of the more colorful characters in Iron Game History. He was noted for a number of unusual feats of grip strength, and in well over 50 years, was undefeated at "wrist wrestling."
Mighty Mac, was a large man, tipping the scales at well over 300 pounds but was unusually light on his feet, having once ran the 100-yard dash in 11 seconds! You can read more about Mac and some of his exploits in The Keys to Progress by John McCallum"" One of Mac's challenges was to place his hand, palm-up, on the bar and have someone try to hold down one of his fingers, with a quick flip the would-be challenger always went flying." Sursa: www.oldtimestrongman.com/blog/labels/Mac%20Batchelor.html
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Post by Cristian Anghelache on Nov 15, 2010 12:38:53 GMT 2
Al Turner - The Godfather (3)But then came his second WAF World Championships in Scranton in 1973...and his return match with Stanaway, who beat him that year and also in 1974. The two men competed against each other for world championships eight times, each winning four contests. They became very good friends and often trained together in Turner’s attic. Turner said he felt like “hanging it up” after the 1974 loss. He was now 46 and had a record in arm wrestling that few could match. But he met an arm wrestler named Ralph Raymond who invited him to be his training partner. Raymond introduced Turner to weights and encouraged him to increase his already powerful arm strength. Before long, Turner could hold a half chin-up with one arm and 75 pounds strapped to his waist. Some say he could do a one arm table curl with 223 pounds and a wrist curl with 250 pounds. Al Turner won 12 national and world arm wrestling championships during his nearly 40 years in the sport. He died of cancer at age 70 in 1998. For many he was a true legend in the sport--some even called him the “Godfather of Arm Wrestling.” Sursa: armwrestling24h.blogspot.com/2010/11/al-turner-godfather-3.html
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Post by Cristian Anghelache on Nov 20, 2010 9:23:20 GMT 2
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Post by Cristian Anghelache on Nov 21, 2010 9:01:13 GMT 2
Livin' To Pull Livin' To Pull Arm Wrestling Documentary Film / Johnny "Iceman" Walker in Livin To Pull Arm Wrestling Documentary / 'Livin' To Pull' is a documentary about the sport of professional arm wrestling, the culture behind the sport and the legendary figures associated with arm wrestling. Shot over the span of two years, it features interviews with World Champion and Atlanta native Johnny 'Iceman' Walker, 35 Time World Champion Dave Patton (Manassas, VA), World Famous Cleve Dean from Pavo, GA, John Brzenk (Salt Lake City, Utah) who is considered the Michael Jordan of arm wrestling and others, Travis Baegent, David Randall, Cobra Rhodes. www.livintopull.com 2003 All Rights Reserved. Now on DVD. Music by Against Me at No Idea Records. [/center]
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Post by Emanuel Panfil on Nov 22, 2010 13:15:35 GMT 2
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Post by Cristian Anghelache on Nov 22, 2010 20:27:17 GMT 2
Maurice (Moe) Baker: Man of steel and wood (1)" Moe Baker was 13 when he asked his step-father for a set of barbells. Instead, his step-father, a Maine lumberjack, took him out in the woods and said, "Here's a pile of wood. Load it in the truck." Every weekend from that day on, Moe loaded tons of wood and when he was 16 started work fulltime for the lumberyard cutting trees by hand. For fun during breaks, the lumberjacks "took it easy" by arm wrestling to see who was strongest. "I didn't do too well at first against the old wood-choppers," said Moe, "and never won a contest. But they taught me the secrets of arm wrestling, especially how to top-roll. It wasn't called top-rolling back then, of course." Moe enlisted and served in the 82nd Airborne Division during the Berlin crisis of the early 1960s. When he returned to his job at the lumber company three years later, "I paid back the old wood-choppers for the beatings they gave me," he said, with a chuckle in his voice. " Maurice Baker & Big Jim Williams: Sursa: armwrestling24h.blogspot.com/2010/11/maurice-moe-baker-man-of-steel-and-wood.html
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Post by Cristian Anghelache on Nov 25, 2010 22:08:15 GMT 2
Maurice (Moe) Baker - Man of steel and woodJimmy Van Orden:" Arturo, I received a thoughtful response from John Woolsey regarding Moe Baker's sledgehammer feat. As I mentioned, John actually witnessed what Moe accomplished. Here is what he wrote about the man in the video you posted: "I watched the video and as I said some people will say "Oh I can do that" NOT EVEN CLOSE!! What this guy did, although impressive, is not even close to what Baker did. If you noticed, the weight of the hammer was about to tear his wrist off. Imagine if you held a claw hammer in your hand with your arm vertical at your side with the hammer handle being horizontal. Now imagine with your elbow at your side curling the hammer with your bicep so that your forearm is now horizontal and the handle vertical (just like you swing a hammer). Baker did two rep's with that hammer. During the first rep, his wrist did not distort at all from his forearm. The second rep that he did his wrist very slightly distorted. That's why I have said to this day that this was without doubt the most impressive arm wrestling related feat of strength I have ever seen. John" John Woolsey should know, especially since he has arm wrestled the strongest men in the sport for nearly 40 years. Jimmyvan "
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Post by Cristian Anghelache on Nov 27, 2010 11:51:26 GMT 2
Армфайт Цориевvs Иванов - TV program "Arm wrestling - the best matches"
" Archive of TV program "Arm wrestling - the best matches: ArmFight between Dzambolat Tsoriev and Sergei Ivanov, Yalta, 2005 hard fight, a great show!
Producer and author of the program: Vasily Kuznetsov "
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Post by Cristian Anghelache on Nov 29, 2010 22:34:50 GMT 2
Maurice (Moe) Baker: Man of steel and wood (2)Moe never lifted weights to gain his incredible strength. Instead, he worked at the scalding hot steel forge at the New Departure-Hyatt Division of General Motors in Bristol, CT, for 25 years. Forge workers had to have incredible arms and wrists to handle the 5-inch-thick steel bars of all sizes (each bar weighed 56 pounds/foot). More than 3,000 men worked in the facility and, much like the lumberjacks Moe worked with as a teen-ager, the strongest worked at the forge and engaged in arm wrestling contests. Moe quickly established himself as the plant's best puller. "One of my co-workers said if you're so darn good why don't you compete in the World Armwrestling Championships in New York City." Moe entered the contest, held in Brooklyn in 1968, and won the heavyweight title. It was at that contest that he met another newcomer to the sport, Steve Stanaway, who won the 198 pound class. When he returned to the steel mill with his trophy, workers encouraged him to enter the World Arm Wrestling Championships in Petaluma, CA, in 1969. There, he suffered a humiliating defeat to Jim Dolcini in the finals. "I lost due to my own stupidity," said Baker. "My arm tightened up and gave out. But I told Dolcini I'd be back to beat him the following year." Moe kept his word and won the follow-up match. He then went on to win four more world heavyweight championships and a dozen or so national titles. In the days before arm wrestlers won cash prizes, Moe found long-distance trips, such as to Petaluma, to be too expensive. So he focused on all the East Coast tournaments and faced champions such as Roy Ridgely and Jim Williams. "Ridgely wanted to beat me real bad," said Moe, "and on one occasion met me at a Massachusetts bar and challenged me to a match. He tried to get me drunk before the match, figuring I'd be easier to beat. But what he didn't know was that I get better when I drink." Moe won. Jim Williams, the 340-pound power lifter from Scranton, PA, was the strongest man Moe ever pulled, he said. "If Williams had known arm wrestling techniques he might have been unbeatable. He was that strong." Moe also developed a friendship with Al Turner, who he usually met at East Coast world and national championship contests. "He was a great arm bender," said Moe, "the best." Al Turner & Moe:Sursa: armwrestling24h.blogspot.com/2010/11/maurice-moe-baker-man-of-steel-and-wood_29.html
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Post by Cristian Anghelache on Nov 30, 2010 8:47:08 GMT 2
Vazgen Soghoyan- World Armwrestling Champion
" World Armwrestling Championship 2007. Veliko Turnovo. Bulgaria. Finals "
Vazgen, 2008 World Championship
" ArmWrestling ChampionShip Canada 2008 Vazgen Soghoyan Becomes the 2008 world champion, for the third time. "
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Post by Emanuel Panfil on Dec 1, 2010 12:49:07 GMT 2
cred ca poza asta ar trebui sa fie aici
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Post by Catalin Crisan on Dec 2, 2010 22:53:08 GMT 2
John Brzenk sparing Semirenko
John Brzenk sparring Semirenko left 2
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Post by Cristian Anghelache on Dec 6, 2010 12:06:14 GMT 2
Maurice (Moe) Baker: Man of steel and wood (3)" Moe never used the hook.and he never allowed anyone to put him into a hook. "The hook gets you in trouble," he said, "and I always believed in keeping my arm and hand very straight. My secret was to hold the top of my opponent's hand and pull against his fingers, not his wrist, and to draw his hand towards my nose before applying side pressure. No one understood this technique back in the old days .except the lumberjacks." By today's standards, with some heavyweights tipping the scales at more than 400 pounds, Moe might not stand out. At his fighting best he weighed around 260, had a 52-inch chest, 20-inch biceps, 18-inch forearms and 9.5-inch wrists. At 70 years old and living in New Hartford, CT, he takes it easy in retirement, mainly because he recently went through triple-bypass surgery. His daughter, Danya, arm wrestled for many years and won several national and world championships. Moe was honored two years ago when he was inducted into the Bristol, CT, Sports Hall of Fame. Moe's advice to up-and-coming arm wrestlers: "Ever milk a cow? That activity takes a lot of power, as do other manual tasks that involve the hands, wrists, arms and overall body. Weights are all right, but you need all-around power developed by hard physical work." Moe should know. "
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Post by Cristian Anghelache on Dec 8, 2010 11:42:16 GMT 2
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