- Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 6th November 2016
![athletics](https://web.archive.org/web/20161116173210im_/http://www.bartitsu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Athletics.jpg)
Cartoonist George du Maurier offers a helpful suggestion for boxers. The caption reads:
Sparring without pain or loss of temper – the cumbersome boxing-glove superseded.
For more on this topic, see The Eccentric Evolution of Boxing Armour.