It's been a while folks, It doesn't seem like theres been too much chatter but I'd like to pose a question. I got ahold of a little book Jem Belcher- Champion...
hello: just curious, by handkerchief, it was something like using the 'kerchief for self-defense? a la james keating and FMA and whichever/whomever else used...
... No, they were talking about how he set a style trend or something to that effect with the fancy of the day. Although that would have been interesting....
A new book, about bare knuckle boxing, has been released on the Paldine web site would be interested reading a review by any forum members who may have copy's....
Hi Craig, I am putting in my order for a review copy of this book today and should have it shortly. Just as soon as I get my mitts on it I will write up a...
Thanks Ken , I look forward to your review. Craig To: classicpugilism@yahoogroups.com From: kenpfrenger@... Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 08:55:38 -0400 Subject:...
Hi Dave, ... I have never seen this book. Good find! As for low chatter...with such a narrow focus, we do that now and then here. Not that interest is waning,...
Funny,I just realized that the co-author is must be Ulf Karlsson Tada. His Taido school is five minutes walk from my apartment. Bengt ... From: Tony Wolf...
hello all: IIRC, David Lindholm also wrote a book (not from Paladin) on the quarterstaff. it detailed instructions/methods of the English school (George...
Perfect! thank you Craig!! sometimes when i post from my cellphone, it quotes the whole digest instead of just the post i want to reply to. this is a viable...
I just received Shaw's "Shaw on Sparring" 1886 (and George Bothner's "Scientific Wrestling" 1912) through ILL today! I will scan and repub these. Shaw has...
Hey Kirk, I keep wondering when you will run through all early boxing and wrestling publications. Man you are fast! All the Best, Chris Amendola Sent from my...
... I'm acquiring them faster than I can put them out. There are a few floating around the net as PDFs of raw scans that I'd love to redo too, such as the...
On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Chris Amendola ... hey Chris.....I do my best to get all my manuals to Kirk....so should everyone else unless they have some...
... The Fewtrell text on the LSD site would be good in a modern format but I haven't yet been able to get permission from the copyright holder to use it for...
I hope no-one minds this advertisement, but I thought it might be of interest to readers of this list as it is directly related to classical pugilism. One of...
Not a problem at all Milo...I actually think these are are pretty neat. If he keeps them available, i will probably buy a set down the road. Ken On Wed, Apr...
... Thank you for uploading the manual. Now if only I could find Jem Driscoll's classic book on how to cultivate a straight left. I know that it once was...
Hi, I have an original copy of this. However, I was disappointed in that there is little discussion of technique and rather more lamenting the loss of the...