Hancock Irving H. Jiu-jitsu Combat Tricks

New York; London: G. p. Putnam's Sons, 1904. — 151 p. Illustrated with Thirty-two Photographs Taken from Life by A. B. Phelan and Others.This is but a few years ago jiu-jitsu was unknown to the Western world. Today the name is understood very generally, in English-speaking countries, to refer to that mysterious art of self-defense by which the Japanese prove antagonists whom it is impossible to defeat in a physical encounter. To some extent, too, a little knowledge of this strange art has come to us. Within the next few years, it is to be expected that jiujitsu will be as well understood by us as boxing is today. Knowledge of Japanese art reduces boxing from a science of defense to the status of an excellent exercise. The well-trained jiu-jitsu can meet and defeat the fistic expert at all points. In this volume, much attention has been paid to the methods by which the Japanese overcomes the exponent of ring work.