Martial History Magazine » Reprints

The Cane as a Weapon (1912)

Jason Couch — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:13:04 +0000

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)

Jason Couch — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:36:02 +0000

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 version [...]

Fire Sale and Free Book Downloads

Jason Couch — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:43:49 +0000

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 a [...]

Mitsuyo Maeda vs. Hjalmar Lundin

Jason Couch — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:56:25 +0000

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)

Jason Couch — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:21:45 +0000

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. and [...]