Author: Jake Shannon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781411635470
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
More Bare-Knuckled brutality from the very same publisher that brought you the acclaimed Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling. History, technique, photos; you will find it all here! Included in Volume 2: 1) 'Boxing Made Easy' by Pupil of Mendoza and Humpheries - "Clearly explained and illustrated in a series of easy lessons, together with some important hints about wrestling" 2) 'Scientific Boxing' by Champion "Gentleman" Jim Corbett (he beat Sullivan!!) 3) 'The Art of Boxing' by Prof. W.F. Lee 4) 'Fighters I've Met' by legendary tough guy and champion boxer Tom Sharkey. Don't be fooled, everything that is old is NEW again.
The Classical Pugilism & Bare-Knuckle Boxing Companion, Volume 2
Author: Jake Shannon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781411635470
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
More Bare-Knuckled brutality from the very same publisher that brought you the acclaimed Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling. History, technique, photos; you will find it all here! Included in Volume 2: 1) 'Boxing Made Easy' by Pupil of Mendoza and Humpheries - "Clearly explained and illustrated in a series of easy lessons, together with some important hints about wrestling" 2) 'Scientific Boxing' by Champion "Gentleman" Jim Corbett (he beat Sullivan!!) 3) 'The Art of Boxing' by Prof. W.F. Lee 4) 'Fighters I've Met' by legendary tough guy and champion boxer Tom Sharkey. Don't be fooled, everything that is old is NEW again.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781411635470
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
More Bare-Knuckled brutality from the very same publisher that brought you the acclaimed Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling. History, technique, photos; you will find it all here! Included in Volume 2: 1) 'Boxing Made Easy' by Pupil of Mendoza and Humpheries - "Clearly explained and illustrated in a series of easy lessons, together with some important hints about wrestling" 2) 'Scientific Boxing' by Champion "Gentleman" Jim Corbett (he beat Sullivan!!) 3) 'The Art of Boxing' by Prof. W.F. Lee 4) 'Fighters I've Met' by legendary tough guy and champion boxer Tom Sharkey. Don't be fooled, everything that is old is NEW again.
The Classical Pugilism and Bare-Knuckle Boxing Companion
Author: Jake Shannon
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781411627659
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Learn the REAL DEAL about the Old-Timers (when men pickled their fists to make them tougher and fights were known to leave one opponent missing an eye!) in the brand new CLASSICAL PUGILISM AND BARE-KNUCKLE BOXING COMPANION, Volume 1... Uncover the powerful techniques (like "The Chopper") and the rich history of the "Sweet Science" with this book. Included in this first volume are Professor of the Sport Owen Swift's BOXING WITHOUT A MASTER, the elaborately detailed BOXING (with eye-opening sections on Savate and Dirty Tactics) by R.G. Allanson Winn, and also the EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 1909 book, THE LIFE AND BATTLES OF JACK JOHNSON! The introduction also presents a comprehensive and concise history of the Western tradition of pugilism. Keep your hands up, your chin down, and enjoy!!
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781411627659
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Learn the REAL DEAL about the Old-Timers (when men pickled their fists to make them tougher and fights were known to leave one opponent missing an eye!) in the brand new CLASSICAL PUGILISM AND BARE-KNUCKLE BOXING COMPANION, Volume 1... Uncover the powerful techniques (like "The Chopper") and the rich history of the "Sweet Science" with this book. Included in this first volume are Professor of the Sport Owen Swift's BOXING WITHOUT A MASTER, the elaborately detailed BOXING (with eye-opening sections on Savate and Dirty Tactics) by R.G. Allanson Winn, and also the EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 1909 book, THE LIFE AND BATTLES OF JACK JOHNSON! The introduction also presents a comprehensive and concise history of the Western tradition of pugilism. Keep your hands up, your chin down, and enjoy!!
The Bare-Knuckle Boxer's Companion
Author: Ulf Karlsson
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
ISBN: 9781648370984
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Comprehensive Guide to Bare-Knuckle Boxing Techniques Martial artists David Lindholm and Ulf Karlsson present this practical guide to learning and effectively applying the classic combative skill of bare-knuckle boxing in real-world situations. This age-old fighting practice, also known as pugilism, began long ago in Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire and developed over time into a precursor to the modern sport of boxing. Lindholm and Karlsson discuss the differences between the bare-knuckle approaches used by various historical teachers, and provide useful technical instruction on how to implement the strategies yourself. They cover stances, strikes, punches, kicks, counters, throws, and avoidance as well as essential components of training and conditioning. Studying these time-tested techniques and carefully practicing the patterns will allow you strike hard yet still protect your ungloved hands, and be able to do so in a variety of conditions and scenarios. The Bare-Knuckle Boxer's Companion is illustrated with hundreds of pictures depicting classical actions and poses, and is also rounded out with a superb bibliography of recommended historical source texts. This valuable guide is a must-have resource for any modern-day self-defense student, from beginners to experienced martial artists, as well as anyone interested in the history of fighting and boxing. This book is also available from Echo Point Books in paperback (ISBN 1648370993).
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
ISBN: 9781648370984
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Comprehensive Guide to Bare-Knuckle Boxing Techniques Martial artists David Lindholm and Ulf Karlsson present this practical guide to learning and effectively applying the classic combative skill of bare-knuckle boxing in real-world situations. This age-old fighting practice, also known as pugilism, began long ago in Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire and developed over time into a precursor to the modern sport of boxing. Lindholm and Karlsson discuss the differences between the bare-knuckle approaches used by various historical teachers, and provide useful technical instruction on how to implement the strategies yourself. They cover stances, strikes, punches, kicks, counters, throws, and avoidance as well as essential components of training and conditioning. Studying these time-tested techniques and carefully practicing the patterns will allow you strike hard yet still protect your ungloved hands, and be able to do so in a variety of conditions and scenarios. The Bare-Knuckle Boxer's Companion is illustrated with hundreds of pictures depicting classical actions and poses, and is also rounded out with a superb bibliography of recommended historical source texts. This valuable guide is a must-have resource for any modern-day self-defense student, from beginners to experienced martial artists, as well as anyone interested in the history of fighting and boxing. This book is also available from Echo Point Books in paperback (ISBN 1648370993).
The Manly Art
Author: Elliott J. Gorn
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801462525
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
"It didn't occur to me until fairly late in the work that I was writing a book about the beginnings of a national celebrity culture. By 1860, a few boxers had become heroes to working-class men, and big fights drew considerable newspaper coverage, most of it quite negative since the whole enterprise was illegal. But a generation later, toward the end of the century, the great John L. Sullivan of Boston had become the nation's first true sports celebrity, an American icon. The likes of poet Vachel Lindsay and novelist Theodore Dreiser lionized him—Dreiser called him 'a sort of prize fighting J. P. Morgan'—and Ernest Thompson Seton, founder of the Boy Scouts, noted approvingly that he never met a lad who would not rather be Sullivan than Leo Tolstoy."—from the Afterword to the Updated EditionElliott J. Gorn's The Manly Art tells the story of boxing's origins and the sport's place in American culture. When first published in 1986, the book helped shape the ways historians write about American sport and culture, expanding scholarly boundaries by exploring masculinity as an historical subject and by suggesting that social categories like gender, class, and ethnicity can be understood only in relation to each other.This updated edition of Gorn's highly influential history of the early prize rings features a new afterword, the author's meditation on the ways in which studies of sport, gender, and popular culture have changed in the quarter century since the book was first published. An up-to-date bibliography ensures that The Manly Art will remain a vital resource for a new generation.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801462525
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
"It didn't occur to me until fairly late in the work that I was writing a book about the beginnings of a national celebrity culture. By 1860, a few boxers had become heroes to working-class men, and big fights drew considerable newspaper coverage, most of it quite negative since the whole enterprise was illegal. But a generation later, toward the end of the century, the great John L. Sullivan of Boston had become the nation's first true sports celebrity, an American icon. The likes of poet Vachel Lindsay and novelist Theodore Dreiser lionized him—Dreiser called him 'a sort of prize fighting J. P. Morgan'—and Ernest Thompson Seton, founder of the Boy Scouts, noted approvingly that he never met a lad who would not rather be Sullivan than Leo Tolstoy."—from the Afterword to the Updated EditionElliott J. Gorn's The Manly Art tells the story of boxing's origins and the sport's place in American culture. When first published in 1986, the book helped shape the ways historians write about American sport and culture, expanding scholarly boundaries by exploring masculinity as an historical subject and by suggesting that social categories like gender, class, and ethnicity can be understood only in relation to each other.This updated edition of Gorn's highly influential history of the early prize rings features a new afterword, the author's meditation on the ways in which studies of sport, gender, and popular culture have changed in the quarter century since the book was first published. An up-to-date bibliography ensures that The Manly Art will remain a vital resource for a new generation.
Boxiana, Or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism
Bare Fists
Author: Bob Mee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780952080749
Category : Boxers (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In its heyday, which spanned the mid-18th to the late-19th centuries, the bare-knuckle prize-fight was a wildly popular sport. With contests lasting hours and going into over 100 thrilling, punishing rounds, the sport drew crowds both common and elite-from royals and politicians to writers like Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope to Dickens and Thackaray, to the middle- and working-classes-all drawn together by the brutal excitement and the spirited wagering the sport generated. In Bare Fists, Bob Mee shows the fascinating evolution of bare-knuckle boxing, from the earliest days when there were no rules, to what was, for bare-knuckle fighting, the beginning of the end-the Marquess of Queensbury Rules, with their call for gloves and timed rounds. Rich in rare and exhilarating anecdote, Bare Fists recreates with thrilling immediacy all of the big bouts of the sport, including those of the legendary American champion of the 1880s, John L. Sullivan.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780952080749
Category : Boxers (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In its heyday, which spanned the mid-18th to the late-19th centuries, the bare-knuckle prize-fight was a wildly popular sport. With contests lasting hours and going into over 100 thrilling, punishing rounds, the sport drew crowds both common and elite-from royals and politicians to writers like Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope to Dickens and Thackaray, to the middle- and working-classes-all drawn together by the brutal excitement and the spirited wagering the sport generated. In Bare Fists, Bob Mee shows the fascinating evolution of bare-knuckle boxing, from the earliest days when there were no rules, to what was, for bare-knuckle fighting, the beginning of the end-the Marquess of Queensbury Rules, with their call for gloves and timed rounds. Rich in rare and exhilarating anecdote, Bare Fists recreates with thrilling immediacy all of the big bouts of the sport, including those of the legendary American champion of the 1880s, John L. Sullivan.
The Legends of Bare-knuckle Boxing
Author: Patrick White
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781519549396
Category : Boxers (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Bare-knuckle boxing (also known as bare-knuckle, prizefighting, fist fight or fisticuffs) is the original form of boxing, closely related to ancient combat sports. It involves two individuals fighting without boxing gloves or other padding on their hands.The difference between a street fight and a bare-knuckle boxing match is an accepted set of rules, such as not striking a downed opponent.This edition by Patrick White covers legendary bare-knuckle fighters from the 18th century - 21st century. Biographies, records, champions, legends, histories, rules and analysis of the world of bare-knuckle boxing. Serves as an excellent reference source.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781519549396
Category : Boxers (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Bare-knuckle boxing (also known as bare-knuckle, prizefighting, fist fight or fisticuffs) is the original form of boxing, closely related to ancient combat sports. It involves two individuals fighting without boxing gloves or other padding on their hands.The difference between a street fight and a bare-knuckle boxing match is an accepted set of rules, such as not striking a downed opponent.This edition by Patrick White covers legendary bare-knuckle fighters from the 18th century - 21st century. Biographies, records, champions, legends, histories, rules and analysis of the world of bare-knuckle boxing. Serves as an excellent reference source.
Out Like a Light!
Author: Travis D. Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781549846434
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Out like a light!an introduction to bare knuckle boxing for self-defenseAnyone can throw a punch, all that takes is the willingness to smash your hand into something.Anyone can take a punch, all that requires is a punch you can't avoid.It takes more than this to be a bare knuckle boxer.It isn't a hard fist or harder head that makes a skillful boxer. Its knowing what to hit, how to hit it, when to hit it and most importantly how to do all of that without being hit back! It is this knowledge that separates the true bare knuckle boxer from the typical street brawler.Knowledge doesn't insure victory but when combined with practice it can provide consistency and that is a key component in winning.So when the time comes and someone is going out like a light, who will it be? You? or them?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781549846434
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Out like a light!an introduction to bare knuckle boxing for self-defenseAnyone can throw a punch, all that takes is the willingness to smash your hand into something.Anyone can take a punch, all that requires is a punch you can't avoid.It takes more than this to be a bare knuckle boxer.It isn't a hard fist or harder head that makes a skillful boxer. Its knowing what to hit, how to hit it, when to hit it and most importantly how to do all of that without being hit back! It is this knowledge that separates the true bare knuckle boxer from the typical street brawler.Knowledge doesn't insure victory but when combined with practice it can provide consistency and that is a key component in winning.So when the time comes and someone is going out like a light, who will it be? You? or them?
Bare Knuckle
Author: Stayton Bonner
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 1982650737
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Father. Fighter. Champion. Outlaw. Hailed as an “exhilarating debut” by Publishers Weekly, Bare Knuckle by former Rolling Stone editor Stayton Bonner (nominated for the Dan Jenkins Medal of Excellence in Sportswriting) takes readers into a previously unknown world: the underground circuit of illegal bare-knuckle fighting. Bare Knuckle is the remarkable true tale of Bobby Gunn, the 73–0 undisputed champion of bare-knuckle boxing. An inspiring underdog story that reads like a real-life Rocky. Bobby Gunn has been fighting for his existence since a childhood spent living under the hand of his volatile father, and would do anything to give his seven-year-old daughter a better life—including betting on himself in the underground world of bare-knuckle boxing. In 1984, Gunn was an eleven-year-old boxer in Ontario when his father woke him in the middle of the night to fight grown men in motel parking lots for money, his old man pocketing the cash. From there, Gunn traveled to Las Vegas, Tijuana, and beyond, competing in ringed matches as well as in biker bars and mobster dens on the side, brawling to make ends meet. But it was only with the birth of his daughter—and his desire to help her avoid his fate—that Gunn entered the big-time world of underground Russian-mob matches of up to $50,000 a night in New York City, hoping to finally raise his family above the fray. Former Rolling Stone editor Stayton Bonner travels the underground for years with Gunn, the world champion of bare-knuckle boxing with a 73–0 record, shining a light on a secret circuit that’s never before been revealed. Along the way, we explore the fascinating history of this first sport in America, Gunn’s Irish Traveler community—a sect of religious fighters best known through Brad Pitt’s depiction in Snatch—as well as his part in the improbable rise of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, the first legal revival of the sport. Bare Knuckle, a tale of triumph, loss, and a father’s love for his family, is a heartbreaking but ultimately inspiring story that will have you rooting until the end.
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 1982650737
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Father. Fighter. Champion. Outlaw. Hailed as an “exhilarating debut” by Publishers Weekly, Bare Knuckle by former Rolling Stone editor Stayton Bonner (nominated for the Dan Jenkins Medal of Excellence in Sportswriting) takes readers into a previously unknown world: the underground circuit of illegal bare-knuckle fighting. Bare Knuckle is the remarkable true tale of Bobby Gunn, the 73–0 undisputed champion of bare-knuckle boxing. An inspiring underdog story that reads like a real-life Rocky. Bobby Gunn has been fighting for his existence since a childhood spent living under the hand of his volatile father, and would do anything to give his seven-year-old daughter a better life—including betting on himself in the underground world of bare-knuckle boxing. In 1984, Gunn was an eleven-year-old boxer in Ontario when his father woke him in the middle of the night to fight grown men in motel parking lots for money, his old man pocketing the cash. From there, Gunn traveled to Las Vegas, Tijuana, and beyond, competing in ringed matches as well as in biker bars and mobster dens on the side, brawling to make ends meet. But it was only with the birth of his daughter—and his desire to help her avoid his fate—that Gunn entered the big-time world of underground Russian-mob matches of up to $50,000 a night in New York City, hoping to finally raise his family above the fray. Former Rolling Stone editor Stayton Bonner travels the underground for years with Gunn, the world champion of bare-knuckle boxing with a 73–0 record, shining a light on a secret circuit that’s never before been revealed. Along the way, we explore the fascinating history of this first sport in America, Gunn’s Irish Traveler community—a sect of religious fighters best known through Brad Pitt’s depiction in Snatch—as well as his part in the improbable rise of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, the first legal revival of the sport. Bare Knuckle, a tale of triumph, loss, and a father’s love for his family, is a heartbreaking but ultimately inspiring story that will have you rooting until the end.
Bare Fists
Author: Bob Mee (Sportswriter)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxers (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxers (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description