Born June 4, 1862, Robert Fitzsimmons began boxing first as an amateur in New Zealand and Australia, defeating four men in his debut. He quickly transitioned to professional and in the late 19th... More > Century met and defeated numerous well known champions of the day including Dempsey, Maher, Hall, Creedon, Corbett, Ruhlin, Sharkey, "and others of like note..." retaining and defending the Heavy-Weight title until June 9, 1899.
In retired life, Fitzsimmons taught Boxing, Self-Defense, and Physical Fitness, then known as "Physical Culture." In 1901, he published his Fitness and Boxing manual titled "Physical Culture and Self Defense" which included material from earlier articles he had written.
This book is a faithful retranscription by Kirk Lawson of the original text. Special attention has been given to recreating the look and feel of the original document, including similar fonts, the preservation of spelling, hyphenation, and intentionally blank pages.< Less
Born June 4, 1862, Robert Fitzsimmons began boxing first as an amateur in New Zealand and Australia, defeating four men in his debut. He quickly transitioned to professional and in the late 19th... More > Century met and defeated numerous well known champions of the day including Dempsey, Maher, Hall, Creedon, Corbett, Ruhlin, Sharkey, "and others of like note..." retaining and defending the Heavy-Weight title until June 9, 1899.
In retired life, Fitzsimmons taught Boxing, Self-Defense, and Physical Fitness, then known as "Physical Culture." In 1901, he published his Fitness and Boxing manual titled "Physical Culture and Self Defense" which included material from earlier articles he had written.
This book is a faithful retranscription by Kirk Lawson of the original text. Special attention has been given to recreating the look and feel of the original document, including similar fonts, the preservation of spelling, hyphenation, and intentionally blank pages.< Less
Lessons In Wrestling and Physical Culture: Illustrated, by Martin "Farmer" Burns. This is the complete course all twelve lessons in six books.
The original Farmer Burns, the best known,... More > and most scientific wrestler that ever lived, trainer and manager of the marvelous and undefeated World's Champion Frank Gotch, will teach you at home, all the science, holds, breaks, defenses, and tricks of the wonderful art of Wrestling and Self Defense.
This incredible course, divided into twelve different lessons, is a literal gold mine of information on catch wrestling; including throws, pinning and submission holds.
In his later years he ran a gym to train young athletes, and he also created his own custom mail order physical education course, which is where this exercise is derived.
Learn to train these Ignored Muscles. What this exercise does is train two ignored groups of muscles of the midsection, the transverses abdominus and internal obliques.< Less
In 1923 "Bombardier" Billy Wells, wrote "Physical Energy."
Inside, Wells, 8 time British Champion, describes his method of Physical Culture using Boxing. In it, he builds his... More > case for why it is superior to previous methods of Physical Culture, explaining that the primary ingredient of health is "nervous energy," describeing how lack of "nervous energy" due to ineffective, or outdated Physical Culture methods allow illnesses ranging from anemia, to "Incipient Tuberculosis." All of which, and more, may be cured by his method. Further, use of his method will promote intelligence, due to the fact that "nerve energy" is a primary component of intellect and creativity.
The original book is intended for an upscale audience with heavy weight, high rag, paper and artist attributed photos of the Wells himself posing in the manner of a greek god, in the buff, complete with a fig leaf. This book offers an absolutely fascinating and priceless look at theories of health and fitness in the early 1920's.< Less
In 1923 "Bombardier" Billy Wells, wrote "Physical Energy."
Inside, Wells, 8 time British Champion, describes his method of Physical Culture using Boxing. In it, he builds his... More > case for why it is superior to previous methods of Physical Culture, explaining that the primary ingredient of health is "nervous energy," describeing how lack of "nervous energy" due to ineffective, or outdated Physical Culture methods allow illnesses ranging from anemia, to "Incipient Tuberculosis." All of which, and more, may be cured by his method. Further, use of his method will promote intelligence, due to the fact that "nerve energy" is a primary component of intellect and creativity.
The original book is intended for an upscale audience with heavy weight, high rag, paper and artist attributed photos of the Wells himself posing in the manner of a greek god, in the buff, complete with a fig leaf. This book offers an absolutely fascinating and priceless look at theories of health and fitness in the early 1920's.< Less
The Hakka are a minority group living in China since at least 249 B.C. The guest people are not physically different but they have cultural markers that separate them from the majority Han Chinese... More > Group. This book separates actual cultural markers from ethnic stereotypes. This edition has color photographs of Hakka architecture.< Less
The Hakka are a minority group living in China since at least 249 B.C. The guest people are not physically different but they have cultural markers that separate them from the majority Han Chinese... More > Group. This book separates actual cultural markers from ethnic stereotypes. This edition has color photographs of Hakka architecture.< Less
Maps are a tool for exploration of realms both physical and conceptual. Brattleboro: An Atas of Cultural Assets explores the life of an arts community by mapping the cultural assets of the... More > town—the people, places, and organizations that support art and creativity. ¬ is journey into cultural cartography employs narratives and colorful imagery to illustrate the richness of a community imbued with creative energy. Moving beyond the two-dimensional geography of a standard atlas, these maps reveal the complexity of an evolving cultural ecology, o ering new ways of seeing and understanding the Brattleboro arts scene.< Less
The marketing mix and the service marketing mix are formulas that involves the following ingredients –product, price, place, promotion, people, process, and physical evidence - that are... More > strategically measured out according to the organization’s needs. The aim of this book is to examine what specific ingredients of the marketing mix are needed for successful art and culture festivals to be executed to be most effective and successful. This study involved an in-depth comparison of three successful Canadian festivals located in Toronto, Ontario: Toronto International Film Festival, Luminato - Toronto’s Festival of Arts + Creativity, and Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. The explicit aim of the research was to find the link between a marketing mix that is most applicable for arts and cultural festivals.< Less
The marketing mix and the service marketing mix are formulas that involves the following ingredients –product, price, place, promotion, people, process, and physical evidence - that are... More > strategically measured out according to the organization’s needs. The aim of this book is to examine what specific ingredients of the marketing mix are needed for successful art and culture festivals to be executed to be most effective and successful. This study involved an in-depth comparison of three successful Canadian festivals located in Toronto, Ontario: Toronto International Film Festival, Luminato - Toronto’s Festival of Arts + Creativity, and Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. The explicit aim of the research was to find the link between a marketing mix that is most applicable for arts and cultural festivals.< Less
