lklawson
Grandmaster
I have republished The Art and Practice of Boxing by the anonymous "Celebrated Pugilist."
As always, the ebook download is free.
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-art-and-practice-of-boxing/7782112
Special thanks to Michael Ruhala for providing the original scans.
Blurb:
Peace favor your sword,
Kirk
As always, the ebook download is free.
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-art-and-practice-of-boxing/7782112
Special thanks to Michael Ruhala for providing the original scans.
Blurb:
Writing in 1825, the anonymous Celebrated Pugilist penned his boxing manual simply titled, The Art and Practice of Boxing.
This early boxing manual, as is typical, teaches footwork, striking, blocking, and training details. This includes specifics of diet and exercise, as well as grappling.
However, the Celebrated Pugilist deviates from the norm in two important ways. First, he dedicates an unusual amount of his text to discussion (and derision) of methods and strategies which, though technically legal under boxing rules of the time, he considers unmanly. Second, he cites an earlier Wrestling text, Sir Thomas Parkyns In-Play for advice and description on performing some of the grappling and throwing which were part of orthodox boxing of the period.
He includes in his text images of nine techniques which he apparently considers either confusing or foundational, rounding out his relatively short text with a recitation of Broughtons rules which, like this manual itself, were authored before the adoption of the London Prize Ring rules of 1838.
This early boxing manual, as is typical, teaches footwork, striking, blocking, and training details. This includes specifics of diet and exercise, as well as grappling.
However, the Celebrated Pugilist deviates from the norm in two important ways. First, he dedicates an unusual amount of his text to discussion (and derision) of methods and strategies which, though technically legal under boxing rules of the time, he considers unmanly. Second, he cites an earlier Wrestling text, Sir Thomas Parkyns In-Play for advice and description on performing some of the grappling and throwing which were part of orthodox boxing of the period.
He includes in his text images of nine techniques which he apparently considers either confusing or foundational, rounding out his relatively short text with a recitation of Broughtons rules which, like this manual itself, were authored before the adoption of the London Prize Ring rules of 1838.
Peace favor your sword,
Kirk
