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The Cane as a Weapon (1912)
In 1912, A.C. Cunningham published The Cane as a Weapon, which even today remains the best book I have ever seen on fighting with a cane. It is amazingly succinct and conveys what is as nearly a complete system of cane fighting as a reader could desire, all within 25 pages.
“Physical Culture and Self Defense” by Fitzsimmons (1901)
Our indefatigable friend Kirk Lawson recently finished transcribing another martial classic. This one was on my list, but he saved me the trouble with this faithful reproduction. Here’s his description: As with all other retranscribed antique manuals that I republish, the text is available for free. You can download it at no charge. The treeware [...]
Fire Sale and Free Book Downloads
I recently marked down all of the print reprints to cut-rate prices. I also enabled free downloads for electronic versions as well [Update- downloads are now cheap, with some available online by clicking "REPRINTS" at top right]. Please note that the downloads are optimized for printing, rather than reading online, but it should still be [...]
Mitsuyo Maeda vs. Hjalmar Lundin
This account of the January 1910 Mexico City match between Hjalmar Lundin and Mitsuyo Maeda of Brazilian jiu-jitsu fame (Konde Koma here, a common alias he used) comes from On the Mat-and Off by Hjalmar Lundin.
On the Mat-and Off by Hjalmar Lundin (1937)
A new reprint is now available that offers a nice counter balance to Fall Guys because it deals with wrestling in the days leading to that transition to complete entertainment rather than after. Lundin arrived in the U.S. in 1893 and was touring as a strongman by 1894. For decades following, he toured the U.S. [...]
“Jiu-Jutsu or Jiu-Do” Now Available!
Jiu-Jutsu or Jiu-Do: Selection from Kodokwan Method by K. Yamanaka is our latest reprint. From the ad copy: This book is a must-have for martial artists, grapplers, and especially judo players. “Jiu-Jutsu or Jiu-Do” was originally printed in 1918 by an early Kodokan-trained judo master. As such, it offers the best English-language view of Kodokan [...]
First Reprint Available: Fall Guys
Big news! The first martial reprint is available although it’s not the one I had expected to be ready first. C’est la vie. Anyway, I offer “Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce.” It was first published in 1937 by sports reporter Marcus Griffin who did his research and exposed the wrestling game, showing it to [...]
Jiu-do Book Update
As you may know from reading this blog, Jiu-jutsu or Jiu-do: Selection from Kodokwan Method is the book I am currently working on reprinting. I made a big push this weekend and got my files out, so I’m just waiting on a proof copy now. I thought the cover turned out pretty well and wanted [...]
Test Pic from Jiudo
The image manipulation has been a difficult process with the Jiudo reprint, but I’ve finally made some headway. The difficulty was in preserving the excellent original line drawings without carrying along a big white box of empty space around them. I’ve learned this is called “transparency” in the image editing field. The other benefit was [...]
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