#frontier martial-art wrestling

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Atsushi Onita

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May 5, 1993 -

The time counts down in the No Rope Barbed Wire Current Blast Super Large Time Bomb Death Match, as Atushi Onita attempts to shield Terry Funk from the impending explosion at FMW’s Genten.

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An interesting background detail implied but not exactly explicitly stated is that there is a tradition of open hand martial arts in Altazia. The way that Taiven has a sparring dummy even though she's a mage with a weapon, the poses that she has in the art, it points to some type of unarmed technique. "Well no shit sherlock, why bring it up?" I wanted to establish this because in most dialogue, her comments of knowing how to fight and physical fitness could be interpreted as her talking about using weapons in combat. And I wanted to establish that because I was trying to figure something out. Why is there an unarmed tradition in a world of mages? Martial arts are not born in a vacuum. Willingly deciding to train how to fight without a weapon instead of with one is usually done with other factors involved. Sure, most cultures in our world developed some type of unarmed combat, but most of the time it devolves into some type of sport overtime (like boxing and wrestling now) as weapons prove more and more effective (from what I understand). What usually kept unarmed martial arts alive for serious self defense is either a) a population that can't afford weapons or b) an oppressive government that bans weapons to disempower resistance (this is based on my limited understanding, I know there are gaps in it). I know that Okinawan Karate became as strong of a tradition as it did because Japan banned Okinawans from owning weapons and they had to find a way to defend themselves without them (some people argued this was with the goal of fighting in a secret resistance with guerrilla tactics but that's been heavily disputed). So, in the MoL world, why would weapons be banned? How useful would unarmed combat be in a world where organizations that can ban weapons can also have mages? Because unlike having a weapon, magic can be taught to any one, and probably be much more effective. I can personally only think of three reasons why. 1) Mages were much less common than they seem to be in modern day Altazia. Fighting other people with weapons when you didn't have any was still viable and learning magic from anyone at all (including non-giant power structures like witches and tribes) wasn't viable for most. 2) Weapons were important to mages, as it was hinted in the gods' boons to mortals magical artifacts and weapons were used to push back against the frontier. This suggests a significant portion of magic use was done through objects and weapons, and the banning of it meant that people had to learn how to cast without those objects and fight without them at the same time. (Of course overtime spellcasting without weapons/objects were adopted by everyone as all superior spellcasting does, and as the spellcasting tradition was separated from the martial art, all that was left was the physical techniques). 3) Martial arts aren't a method of self defense at all and are only regarded as a sport. Only useful for exercise, and most importantly, cements Taiven's character as a jock official as she is the coach's assistant to teach the sport and has dummies to practice at home.

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Leon Spinks (July 11, 1953 - February 5, 2021) was a former boxer who competed from 1977 to 1995. In only his eighth professional fight, he won the undisputed heavyweight championship in 1978 after defeating Muhammad Ali in a split decision, in what was considered one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. He was stripped of the WBC title for facing Ali in an unapproved rematch seven months later, which he lost by unanimous decision.

He gained notoriety for the disaster which befell his career following the loss to Ali. He did challenge once more for the WBC heavyweight title in 1981, and the WBA cruiserweight title in 1986.

As an amateur, he won numerous medals in the light heavyweight division. The first was bronze at the inaugural 1974 World Championships, followed by silver at the 1975 Pan American Games, and gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics; the latter was alongside his brother Michael Spinks, who won middleweight gold. He served in the USMC.

He had a brief career as a professional wrestler, working for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and holding the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship.

He was born and raised in St. Louis. He was married to Brenda. His son, Cory Spinks, held the undisputed welterweight title and was the IBF junior middleweight champion twice. His other son, Leon Calvin, was shot to death in East St. Louis as he was driving home from his girlfriend’s house. He was an aspiring light heavyweight pro boxer with a record of 2–0, with the two pro bouts occurring only a month before he died. His grandson and Calvin’s son, Leon Spinks III, is an aspiring light heavyweight southpaw boxer with a pro record of 11–3–1 with seven knockouts. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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TERRY FUNK (1944-Died August 23rd 2023,at 79).

 American professional wrestler. He was known for the longevity of his career – which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements – and the influential hardcore wrestling style he pioneered in the latter part of his career. He is considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.

Over the course of his career, Funk has wrestled for numerous major promotions, among them All Japan Pro Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, the International Wrestling Association of Japan, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, the United States Wrestling Association, World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and multiple National Wrestling Alliance territories including Big Time Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, Georgia Championship Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling. He was the promoter of the Amarillo-based Western States Sports promotion.

Championships held by Funk include the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship, WWF World Tag Team Championship, and ECW World Television Championship. He headlined ECW's premier annual pay-per-view event, November to Remember, three times. Funk has been inducted into multiple halls of fame, among them WWE, WCW, NWA, and Hardcore.

Funk was also a small part actor,appearing in film such as the Patrick Swayze action drama,Road House,and in the 1990's US police comedy series,Tequila & Bonetti.Terry Funk - Wikipedia

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Women's Current Blast Princess Tournament First Round Match Akane Fujita vs Thekla 💥

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This comic page that I reposted from @eddiekingston81 highlights a magical time in Pro Wrestling/Poruresu that is undervalued and even ignored by the American wrestling fan. This goes in line with a conversation that I had with a regular at the bar last night about VHS tape trading during the 1990s.

The only way I could get my hands on AJPW/NJPW/FMW/WAR wrestling footage was by trading tapes and buying tapes at wrestling cons and indy shows. I even had a connection with a tape seller in Japan who I would buy copies of taped shows via the fledgling internet.

The legends of AJPW that are Mistuharu Mishawaka, Kenta Kobashi, Akira Taue and Toshikaki Kawada never disappointed. The more known NJPW wrestlers were no slouches either. Luckily we can watch many of their classic matches on the @njpwworld_official streaming service.

The panel comes from the graphic novel The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling: A Hardcore, High-Flying, No-Holds-Barred History of the One True Sport by Aubrey Sitterson and Chris Moreno. If you haven’t checked it out, you need to. Also look for the AJPW, FMW, WAR, NOAH footage. Youtube is a good place to start. You won’t be disappointed.

#Poruresu #StrongStyle #JapaneseWrestling #AJPW #AllJapanProWrestling #NJPW #NewJapanProWrestling #FMW #FrontierMartialArtsWrestling #WAR #WrestleAssociationR #SWS #SuperWorldOfSports #NOAH #ProWrestlingNOAH #1990sWrestling #ProWrestling #LuchaLibre #TapeTrading #SiscosFavoriteComics

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Masato Tanaka vs Mike Awesome

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FMW Origin: 4th Anniversary Show (05/05/1993) // Kawasaki, Japan

Battle Ranger Z, Kendo & The Great Sasuke vs.  Espanto IV, Espanto V & Super Delfin 

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Dark Side Of The Ring - Blood & Wire: Onita's FMW

Onita should have never put his ring announcer, Arai as a successor for the FMW, because he couldn't handle the situation. I understand that, Onita was suffering in pain, after the missteps from the ring, but don't lash extreme on other wrestler, by putting them into extreme matches. Hayabusa could have put the FMW on the map, but sadly he was paralyzed, by accidental on his springboard moonsault move. Terry Funk was a best friend to him, did everything for him, while he was in the USA. But after putting a deathmatch on Terry Funk, and not seeing him anymore, it was very hurtful, and a knife to the heart. But Terry Funk still like him, even do they are not seeing each other, and for that I give my respect to him. One thing must always remember, never ever borrow money from loan shark, if you ever want to start fresh business, because the end of the day, they will hunt you down. One thing I know is that, Onita was the founder of hardcore wrestling, and he changed the entire wrestling industry, for that I salute to him.

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Weekly Puroresu #729 (1996)