Yeah, Bruce Tegner... reflections on his books...

[E0richt]

I stand corrected. I just looked through 21 Tegner books, and none mention Bob Rosenbaum. Richard Windishar and George Wallace (who went on to write multiple excellent books himself) are definitely featured. Thank you for forcing me to actually review the books and not just rely on my memory.

so I don't want to add any fuel to the fire... but I did find a book of his that had his certificate as 5th degree black belt from shukohkai and this was on his book: Karate: The Open Hand & Foot Fighting
copyright october 1961.

 

[E0richt]

so I don't want to add any fuel to the fire... but I did find a book of his that had his certificate as 5th degree black belt from shukohkai and this was on his book: Karate: The Open Hand & Foot Fighting
copyright october 1961.

interestingly enough (havent looked at this book in awhile) he is showing traditional karate techniques. if one were to look at mas oyama's mastering karate or classical karate, the basic techniques are shown (palm heel, finger tips [1,2,4 fingers hand open, 5 fingers hand closed, thumb, claw], oi tzuki, shuto, hammerfist, backhand fist, wrist [inside, outside, up, down] forearm [inside, outside] and he also shows how to use the head as an offensive weapon. Also something that is not in his latest books: he is showing striking on a makiwara [later he would warn possible students on the dangers of conditioning the hands].
Elbow techniques, low to high level kicks [though he does look off balance for the high kicks], knee techniques... different from his later "self defense" books...

 

[Tony Dismukes]

I stand corrected. I just looked through 21 Tegner books, and none mention Bob Rosenbaum. Richard Windishar and George Wallace (who went on to write multiple excellent books himself) are definitely featured. Thank you for forcing me to actually review the books and not just rely on my memory.

Since you apparently have all the books on hand, can you tell me who the individuals demonstrating Savate and Kung Fu in those two books are?

 

[frank raud]

Since you apparently have all the books on hand, can you tell me who the individuals demonstrating Savate and Kung Fu in those two books are?

Kung fu is demonstrated by V.E
Christensen M.D and Herk Rossilli. My Savate book is the original, with Bruce Tegner and Richard Windishar. It is interesting that the original books the Tegner name is spelt in the French fashion, with the accent- enough over the second e, suggesting the pronunciation should be " Tegnay", not "Tegner".

 

[E0richt]

Kung fu is demonstrated by V.E
Christensen M.D and Herk Rossilli. My Savate book is the original, with Bruce Tegner and Richard Windishar. It is interesting that the original books the Tegner name is spelt in the French fashion, with the accent- enough over the second e, suggesting the pronunciation should be " Tegnay", not "Tegner".

Actually there was a YouTube video where he pronounced his name...tegnay

 

[Same Trick]

Kung fu is demonstrated by V.E
Christensen M.D and Herk Rossilli. My Savate book is the original, with Bruce Tegner and Richard Windishar. It is interesting that the original books the Tegner name is spelt in the French fashion, with the accent- enough over the second e, suggesting the pronunciation should be " Tegnay", not "Tegner".

Hmm, you mean “savate” was written with a ‘ above the e ?, that’s I’m sure not correct, the e should not be pronounced as the “e” in Karate is,
Also the name Tegner is of Scandinavian/Swedish and should be spelled as Tegner, it means something as “sign”/“signature”, it’s an occupational name relate to someone who was a scribe or into book
printing ….something like that

 

[Same Trick]

Kung fu is demonstrated by V.E
Christensen M.D and Herk Rossilli. My Savate book is the original, with Bruce Tegner and Richard Windishar. It is interesting that the original books the Tegner name is spelt in the French fashion, with the accent- enough over the second e, suggesting the pronunciation should be " Tegnay", not "Tegner".

I’ve got to add - There are other explanations than the one I previously commented of the origin of “Tegner” , another is(on Wikipedia)it’s a topographical surename originating from an area in Sweden called “Tegnaby”. Then a third one that would be more fit for a martial artist -

The name Tegner is of Scandinavian origin and it is derived from the Old Norse name Teitr. The name Teitr is composed of the elements tí (meaning ‘glory’ or ‘honor’) and herr (meaning ‘warrior’ or ‘army’). Consequently, the name Tegner essentially means ‘son of the honorable warrior.’
The name Tegner is particularly associated with Sweden”


Surname Tegner: Meaning Origin Variants

Although “Herr” would be “Sir”, of course Honorable Sir could refer to a warrior ?
Maybe ”Herr” in the quoted text meant to be “Här” and that hold the meaning of “Army”/“armed force”

 

[E0richt]

Hmm, you mean “savate” was written with a ‘ above the e ?, that’s I’m sure not correct, the e should not be pronounced as the “e” in Karate is,
Also the name Tegner is of Scandinavian/Swedish and should be spelled as Tegner, it means something as “sign”/“signature”, it’s an occupational name relate to someone who was a scribe or into book
printing ….something like that

no, he is talking about the spelling of tegner with an accent character over the e... not savate which does not have an accent over the e and the e is not pronounced.