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Jiu Jitsu Combat Tricks
is but a few years ago that jiu-jitsu was unknown to the Western world. To-day the name is understood very generally, in English-speaking countries, to refer to that mysterious art of self-defense by which the Japanese prove antagonists whom it is impossible to defeat in physical encounter. To some extent, too, a little knowledge of this strange art has come to us. Within the next few years it is to be expected that jiu-jitsu will be as well understood by us as boxing is to-day.
A knowledge of the Japanese art reduces boxing from a science of defense to the status of an excellent exercise. The well-trained jiu-jitsian is able to meet and to defeat the fistic expert at all points. In this volume much attention has been paid to the methods by which the Japanese overcomes the exponent of ring work.
A knowledge of the Japanese art reduces boxing from a science of defense to the status of an excellent exercise. The well-trained jiu-jitsian is able to meet and to defeat the fistic expert at all points. In this volume much attention has been paid to the methods by which the Japanese overcomes the exponent of ring work.
84 pages, Paperback
Published February 10, 2018
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H. Irving Hancock
239 books4 followersHarrie Irving Hancock (January 16, 1868 - March 12, 1922) was an American chemist and writer, mainly remembered as an author of children's literature and juveniles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and as having written a fictional depiction of a German invasion of the USA.
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May 5, 2020
I read these old boxing and jujitsu books to try and understand the evolution of techniques over the last hundred or more years. I want to understand the old methods of the arts for sport or self defense, the approach to teaching, and see how publishers and authors used the medium of an illustrated book as a means of presentation. If they seem legitimate I try and overlook obsolete or questionable techniques, as I understand how time drives change. That said....
This is an absolutely useless book. It fails in every respect.
The following claim for a technique is characteristic of this nonsense:
“A plucky and reasonably muscular woman would find this trick useful in taking care of an intruder whom she found in her home during the absence of her male protectors. The intruder could be seized and held, without throwing, until help arrived, and sufficient straining of the intruder's right arm would cause him to hope as ardently as would the woman for the speedy arrival of the help summoned by screams.”
The technique wouldn’t work for most strong men, much less a “reasonably muscular woman”.
Then we have to put up with the overblown claims for the much hyped fingertip thrust. How about to the kidneys while holding him with the other hand? Zippy!
And the knife hand, a fundamentally legitimate and useful technique, is laughably taught as a technique TO THE SHIN. Worse, it teaches a counter to the technique—because hey, what ne’er do well doesn’t have a knife hand to the shin in his repertoire? The counter involves grabbing his shoulder and “pinching”. The accompanying photo shows both the counter and the attack. When throwing the attacking knife hand, make sure to lock the knees ad bend from the hips. Don’t bother kicking the shin...no. Smack him with a knife hand. Works every time.
The authors of this work were either delusional, poor practitioners, or frauds hoping to cash in in the jujitsu wave of the turn of the century. It puts to the lie the fallacy of antiquity. Just because something is old, doesn’t mean its good. Old and mold go oft together, and if there were effective jujitsu methods back in the 16th century, modernization of Japanese culture and the reduction of clan strife led to its decay.
There are absolutely opaque descriptions of techniques that are never illustrated, and what illustrations there are don’t seem to match the descriptions.
Worthless.
This is an absolutely useless book. It fails in every respect.
The following claim for a technique is characteristic of this nonsense:
“A plucky and reasonably muscular woman would find this trick useful in taking care of an intruder whom she found in her home during the absence of her male protectors. The intruder could be seized and held, without throwing, until help arrived, and sufficient straining of the intruder's right arm would cause him to hope as ardently as would the woman for the speedy arrival of the help summoned by screams.”
The technique wouldn’t work for most strong men, much less a “reasonably muscular woman”.
Then we have to put up with the overblown claims for the much hyped fingertip thrust. How about to the kidneys while holding him with the other hand? Zippy!
And the knife hand, a fundamentally legitimate and useful technique, is laughably taught as a technique TO THE SHIN. Worse, it teaches a counter to the technique—because hey, what ne’er do well doesn’t have a knife hand to the shin in his repertoire? The counter involves grabbing his shoulder and “pinching”. The accompanying photo shows both the counter and the attack. When throwing the attacking knife hand, make sure to lock the knees ad bend from the hips. Don’t bother kicking the shin...no. Smack him with a knife hand. Works every time.
The authors of this work were either delusional, poor practitioners, or frauds hoping to cash in in the jujitsu wave of the turn of the century. It puts to the lie the fallacy of antiquity. Just because something is old, doesn’t mean its good. Old and mold go oft together, and if there were effective jujitsu methods back in the 16th century, modernization of Japanese culture and the reduction of clan strife led to its decay.
There are absolutely opaque descriptions of techniques that are never illustrated, and what illustrations there are don’t seem to match the descriptions.
Worthless.
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