Hey Ken, I hope this hasn't drifted too far off topic. The amatuer style of boxing has been around for a long time now and could be considered classic. ... ...
... That is funny....how many years will it be fashionable to hold the hands low again?:) ... That is exactly how it looked on the clip and exactly how we do...
Hey Stu! That is from "Doran's Science of Self Defense" published in 1889. I found it in the Library of Congress and made a copy. Doran's whole style of...
... Hi Terry, I am lucky enought to have caught this clip twice in the past few years. It was a short clip of Sullivan and Corbett i think who were well past...
... Absolutely! I really took note of this fact the ast time the olympics were held. They happened to show boxing just about everyday at the exact time I got...
... This sounds great! I have read in at least one 19th Century source that a posture with the hands held high was considered "old fashioned". How things...
Hey Guys, There is a pic in the files section that shows a chap named Doran in rather a strange guard. Can someone tell me which book this is from? The guard...
... Hi Stu, ... You beat me to it:) I do agree with you, you might get the occasional exception such as Nigel Benn but what you say seems to hold true in most ...
... <kenpfrenger@g...> ... Hey Ken, This is interesting as this distinction holds today. The European style is still more upright than the American style...
... Thanks. I only had time to photocopy the bits that aren't in what I posted, so I don't have a copy of the whole book. I'll try to type the rest up, but...
... Good points, definitely it does sound like the Americans were more brutal and were less artistick in both driscoll and Carpentier but each makes metion of...
Ha, cartoon of Sullivan bouncing for Pres. Cleveland. http://www.harpweek.com/09Cartoon/RelatedCartoon.asp?Month=April&Date=16 Stephen ... Yahoo! Shopping Find...
Thanks Milo, Always great to see a next text become available! i find it interesting to read about the various styles that existed in the early gloved...
Yes you are right but the Wing Tsun man made good demonstration of the WT principles and mabe it is not o nley becouse the other guy is not very good. I share...
Hi Rich! It seems we have talk a lot of for animals and nature and for these I shall write you private letter ! Krum I don't want Bulgaria to join THE EU ... ...
Glad to meet you my friend. I'm certainly not brave just my curiousity overcame any other worries plus I believe that if you aren't a threat but hold ground...
Hi all, Just a quick FYI. Bloomsbury have republished Newton's 1904 book "Boxing. With a Section on Single-Stick". I picked up a copy in Borders at the...
I don't want Bulgaria to join THE EU ... You are o n 15 feet = 4,5 metres from three Kodiak Brown Bears and write these letter !!!??? Mabe I cant to understand...
Will do mate. How's the group going? I guess there's no one up this way is there? The trip was amazing....held up in Lima, 15 feet from three Kodiak Brown...
Hi Rich, ... Great to hear from you again:) It sounds like you have had a helluva time:) ... If you are ever down this way again give me a call, it would be...
Hi all I have just found this group- and was previously a member of Trry's group although have lost the group name now. I trained with Terry a few times before...
Hey Keith, You said, ... Yip Man version of Wing Chun. But then you may very well be right! I need to see the video! :-) I'm not, I'm judging it on three....
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