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As taught to police, marines, 'G' men, soldiers and members of the U.S. Coast Guards
When Commander Perry opened up to the occidental world that shut-tight little island Kingdom, Japan, he did more than merely contact for our manufacutruers a people who bought 'Nifty Clothes,' with two
The Japanese learned much form the so-called civilized world, but they taught us something we could never have learned from intercourse with any other nation. They gave our governmental forces of law and order a weapon that aided materially in the suppression of disorderly elements throughout our great cities. It took time, of course, to break down the prejudices that our early enforecemnt officers, in common with our then wild and wooly population, had against anything that was foreign. But when the great police forces of our largest metropolises realized that guns and billies alone would not be proof agianst big, burly lawbreakers, and that to instil respect in the hearts of 'bruisers' they needed something other than armamaents-pistols that could not be drawn fast enough, they then discovered the wonder of Jiu-JItsu.
Contents
Part I
Foreword
Points to Remember
Elementary Jiu-Jitsu
Simple Thumb Grip
Arm Lever and Fulcrum
Hammer Lock
Collar and Hip Throw
Falling Rock
The Cloture
Combination Finger, Hand and Leg
The Judicious Elbow
Disarming a Thug
Spread-Eagle
Swallowing the Apple
Each Man His Own Policeman
The Dervish
The Choke
The Ferris Wheel
Boxer's Descent
Lowred High Bridge
To Continue Our Feud with Boxers
In Which and Untutored Right Receives Insturction
Mill Race (or Pin Wheel)
Breaking a Habit
The Push Over
Push Around
Turning Turtle
Mud Turtle
The Shears
Flying Prayer Wheel
Wherein We Discuss This and That
Part II
Body Scissors
Toe and Ankle Lever
Combination Arm and Leg Twine and Body Check
The Stocks or Chancery and Body Check
Arm Pull and Crotch Lift
Flying Mare
In Which We Discuss Wrestling Generally
As taught to police, marines, 'G' men, soldiers and members of the U.S. Coast Guards
When Commander Perry opened up to the occidental world that shut-tight little island Kingdom, Japan, he did more than merely contact for our manufacutruers a people who bought 'Nifty Clothes,' with two
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pair of pants. He gave us an insight into a world that was thoroughtly organized and civilized long before Columbus discovered west where the east should have been.The Japanese learned much form the so-called civilized world, but they taught us something we could never have learned from intercourse with any other nation. They gave our governmental forces of law and order a weapon that aided materially in the suppression of disorderly elements throughout our great cities. It took time, of course, to break down the prejudices that our early enforecemnt officers, in common with our then wild and wooly population, had against anything that was foreign. But when the great police forces of our largest metropolises realized that guns and billies alone would not be proof agianst big, burly lawbreakers, and that to instil respect in the hearts of 'bruisers' they needed something other than armamaents-pistols that could not be drawn fast enough, they then discovered the wonder of Jiu-JItsu.
Contents
Part I
Foreword
Points to Remember
Elementary Jiu-Jitsu
Simple Thumb Grip
Arm Lever and Fulcrum
Hammer Lock
Collar and Hip Throw
Falling Rock
The Cloture
Combination Finger, Hand and Leg
The Judicious Elbow
Disarming a Thug
Spread-Eagle
Swallowing the Apple
Each Man His Own Policeman
The Dervish
The Choke
The Ferris Wheel
Boxer's Descent
Lowred High Bridge
To Continue Our Feud with Boxers
In Which and Untutored Right Receives Insturction
Mill Race (or Pin Wheel)
Breaking a Habit
The Push Over
Push Around
Turning Turtle
Mud Turtle
The Shears
Flying Prayer Wheel
Wherein We Discuss This and That
Part II
Body Scissors
Toe and Ankle Lever
Combination Arm and Leg Twine and Body Check
The Stocks or Chancery and Body Check
Arm Pull and Crotch Lift
Flying Mare
In Which We Discuss Wrestling Generally
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Padell Book Company New York City