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Self-Defense for gentlemen and ladies: a nineteenth-century treatise on boxing, kicking, grappling, and fencing with the cane and quarterstaff

Book information

Publisher
North Atlantic Books;Blue Snake Books
Year
2015
ISBN
9781583948682, 9781583948699, 1583948686
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5714370 bytes)
Pages
xii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

Part 1. Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery: The Unknown American Martial Arts Master. A Note to the Reader -- Part 2. Self-Defense for Gentlemen and Ladies. I. Introduction -- II. The Logic of Boxing -- III. Standing and Striking -- IV. Advancing to Strike and Feinting -- V. Simple Parries in Boxing -- VI. Parries with Returns -- VII. Effective or Counter Parries in Boxing -- VIII. Offense and Defense by Evasions -- IX. Trips, Grips, and Back-Falls -- X. Rules for a Set-to with Gloves -- XI. Observations on Natural Weapons -- XII. The Use of the Cane -- XIII. The Use of the Cane (continued) -- XIV. The Use of the Staff -- XV. The Use of the Staff (continued) -- Monstery's Maxims.

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