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Category Archives: Boxing
Early 20th Century French Self Defence Manuals Translated by M.P. Lynch
A heads-up that a number of rare French antagonistics manuals, most dating from the period immediately following the brief Bartitsu Club era, are now available in English translation via Amazon, courtesy of M.P. Lynch. All the translations are available for … Continue reading
Academic Boxing 101 with Tommy Joe Moore
The prolific Tommy Joe Moore offers a concise lesson in basic academic boxing, in an aggregative style that represents the baseline of gentlemanly fisticuffs circa 1900. In combination with the destructive guards advocated by Edward Barton-Wright and Pierre Vigny, these … Continue reading
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Jiujitsu versus Boxing in Paris: When Yukio Tani Took On Marc Gaucher
As detailed in the second volume of the Bartitsu Compendium, the year 1906 saw a vehement “boxing versus jiujitsu” debate played out in the pages of some British sporting journals. Many participants were essentially armchair quarterbacks, including a number who … Continue reading
Taro Miyake Exhibits Jujutsu vs. Boxing (1909)
Although it was fairly common for Japanese jujutsuka to engage with Western boxers on the stages of Edwardian London’s music halls, the boxers normally simply wrestled according to jujutsu rules. Occasionally, however, a true mixed-styles bout did take place, as … Continue reading
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Georges Carpentier, Savateur
Future heavyweight boxing champion Georges Carpentier is shown practicing savate at the approximate age of 11 in this 1905 photograph.
The Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame in Belfast, NY
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