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Hall of Fame wrestler Ed 'Strangler' Lewis and his legendary manager and promoter, Billy Sandow, were founding fathers of professional wrestling. The two men helped transform wrestling from local matches to traveling circus tours, with celebrity wreslers, full cards, and packed arenas filled with
Feared inside the ring for his cripping submission holds, Lewis was respected outside the ring for his extensive knowledge of wrestling. In 1926 he and Sandow compiled their vast knowledge of physical conditioning, fighting, and wrestling into an eight-volume collection, called the Sandow-Lewis Library. These books became instant classics and were instrumental in teaching the science of wrestilng and physical fitness to generations of wrestling aficionados. Long out of print, copies of these individual volumes are hard to find and command such steep prices when they do surface that it is virtually impossible for wrestling or fighting enthusiasts today to own the entire collection. Now they can through this exclusive reprint collection from Paladin Press.
Get the entire course in three handy packages, divided by subject matter: Physical Conditioning (Volumes I-IV), Self-Defense (Volume V), and Wrestling (Voumes VI-VIII).
Volume I: Fundamentals of health, muscular development, wrestling
Volume II: Essentials for physical development
Volume III: Muscular development by kinetic stress method (Part One)
Volume IV: Muscular development by kinetic stress method (Part Two)
Volume V: Self-Defense
Volume VI-VIII: Wrestling (Part One, Two and Three)
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Self-Defense
Hints to beginners
Billy Sandow's go-behind
Defense against club attack
Arm and leg pick-up
Defense for pistol attack
Defense for front body attack
Defense against the kick
Attack from the rear
Defenses for attack from the rear
Defense for the choke hold
Defense for the coat attack
Defense for the rear body attack
Defense for the knife attack
Defense for the push
How to break the choke hold
The come-along
The front strangle hold
Defense after being knocked down
The back-up
Defense after being thrown
The finger-split
The step-ove
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screaming fans.Feared inside the ring for his cripping submission holds, Lewis was respected outside the ring for his extensive knowledge of wrestling. In 1926 he and Sandow compiled their vast knowledge of physical conditioning, fighting, and wrestling into an eight-volume collection, called the Sandow-Lewis Library. These books became instant classics and were instrumental in teaching the science of wrestilng and physical fitness to generations of wrestling aficionados. Long out of print, copies of these individual volumes are hard to find and command such steep prices when they do surface that it is virtually impossible for wrestling or fighting enthusiasts today to own the entire collection. Now they can through this exclusive reprint collection from Paladin Press.
Get the entire course in three handy packages, divided by subject matter: Physical Conditioning (Volumes I-IV), Self-Defense (Volume V), and Wrestling (Voumes VI-VIII).
Volume I: Fundamentals of health, muscular development, wrestling
Volume II: Essentials for physical development
Volume III: Muscular development by kinetic stress method (Part One)
Volume IV: Muscular development by kinetic stress method (Part Two)
Volume V: Self-Defense
Volume VI-VIII: Wrestling (Part One, Two and Three)
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Self-Defense
Hints to beginners
Billy Sandow's go-behind
Defense against club attack
Arm and leg pick-up
Defense for pistol attack
Defense for front body attack
Defense against the kick
Attack from the rear
Defenses for attack from the rear
Defense for the choke hold
Defense for the coat attack
Defense for the rear body attack
Defense for the knife attack
Defense for the push
How to break the choke hold
The come-along
The front strangle hold
Defense after being knocked down
The back-up
Defense after being thrown
The finger-split
The step-ove
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ISBN
9781581606652
Publication
Paladin Press Boulder, CO