Banned from Boxing! The forgotten grappling techniques of historic Pugilism
Paperback, 146 pages
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...the most important work on classical boxing I have seen so far ...
this book will be very very important in the history of this art.
-Ken Pfrenger
Kirk Lawson's "Banned from Boxing" is a unique valuable resource for the burgeoning study of classical pugilism as a martial art and combat sport.
-Tony Wolf
Join Kirk Lawson, a Martial Artist with more than 20 years of experience in various striking and grappling arts, both Western and Eastern as well as an avid MA historian, as he explores the exciting and mostly forgotten world of grappling in historic boxing.
Using antique boxing manuals as reference as well as a healthy dose of experience, Kirk systematically presents in easy to follow terms and sequences the throws, trips, and grapples of historic boxing.
With more than 70 illustration, both new and taken from historic manuals, modern martial artists and boxing historians alike will find this book an indispensable reference.
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"Invaluable Contribution to Martial Arts"
Mr. Lawson's "Banned from Boxing!" is an essential contribution to the often-overlooked field of Western martial arts. Lawson has painstakingly researched numerous historical texts to reconstruct the once crucial clinches and take-downs used in bareknuckles boxing.
But this is far more than a historical tome on a much-neglected aspect of pugilism. It is a guidebook for some effective, quick-and-dirty takedowns for use in sparring and self-defense situations. The takedowns depicted are unadorned, succinctly executed, vicious. Most can double as trips. (Some bear a resemblance to Chinese San Shou in that regard.) The point is to floor a... More >
Mr. Lawson's "Banned from Boxing!" is an essential contribution to the often-overlooked field of Western martial arts. Lawson has painstakingly researched numerous historical texts to reconstruct the once crucial clinches and take-downs used in bareknuckles boxing.
But this is far more than a historical tome on a much-neglected aspect of pugilism. It is a guidebook for some effective, quick-and-dirty takedowns for use in sparring and self-defense situations. The takedowns depicted are unadorned, succinctly executed, vicious. Most can double as trips. (Some bear a resemblance to Chinese San Shou in that regard.) The point is to floor a... More >
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