How to Fight-A Complete Self-Instruction Book on Professional Fighting!

by Arthur Hobart Farrar

1943

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How to deliver and counter every blow and punch-including the jab, hook, swing, uppercut, cross, straight blow, peppering, old one-two, and featuring famous knock-out punches.

Covers every phase of fighting-the fist, stance, fighting position, feinting, long-range sparring, infighting, all blows and
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punches, defense and counters, inside ring dope. For amateurs or professionals.

Contents

By way of introduction
Punching: Knock-out blows
Lethal blows
Punch to the 'Button'
Punch under the ear
The solar plexus punch
The heart punch
Prepareaton and structure
The punch in general
Position of teh body
Fighting positions
Long range
Left lead and counter
Slipping the left lead
Right push to left lead
Left lead counter to body
Right counter to left lead
Types of long range blows
The jab
The hood
The swing
Short range or in-fighting
The left hook to the face
Short left hook to the face counter
Short left-hook to the body
Short left-hook to the body counter
The right hook to body
The upper-cut
Right upper-cut counter
The cross
Cross-counter
Feinting
Ducking
Blows combined
The old one-two
Right hook, left hook
Peppering
Smart inside fighting
Hitless break from clinch
Stop-lock at break-away
Rope spring
Side-step
Break-link punch
Is there a reason for the left-lead?
Left hook block with inside right hook to jaw, counter
Ducking right swing and left counter to body
Counter to straight left to head
Blows here, there and everywhere
Sidestep to right and counter with left
Head duck under left chop
Right swing to the face counter
Inside lift-swing counter
Prize ring rules
The modern rules
L'Envoi
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