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INTRODUCTION - It is but a few years ago that jiu-jitsu was un­known to the Western world. To-day the name is understood very generally, in English-speaking countries, to refer to that mysterious art of self-defence by which the Japanese prove antagonists whom it is impossible to defeat in physical encounter. To some extent, too, a little knowledge of this strange art has come to us. Within the next few years it is to be ex­pected that jiu-jitsu will be as well understood by us as boxing is to-day.

01. PRELIMINARY TRAINING - HOW TO STRENGTHEN THE HANDS FOR ATTACK, AND HOW TO TOUGHEN THE VULNERABLE PARTS FOR DEFENCE — PRACTICE MUST BE CONSTANT UNTIL PERFORMANCE OF THE TRICKS BECOMES SECOND NATURE— DON'T BE IN A HURRY TO "SHOW OFF" A NEW TRICK TO FRIENDS — COOLNESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO SUCCESS

02. THROAT-HOLD + SEQUENCE - A SCIENTIFIC " JIU-JITSU " THROAT-HOLD—OTHER METHODS OF SEIZING BY THE THROAT

When attacking an opponent men of all degrees of barbarity and of civilisation are prone to seize the intended victim by the throat. Nor is the reason for the popularity of this style of attack hard to find. It is hard to conceive of a man so ignorant that he does not know that, by shutting off his adversary's power of breathing, he thereby does away with the possibility of prolonged resistance.

03. ATTACK + COUNTER - A THROAT-HOLD FROM THE REAR, AND ITS COMBINATION WITH A THROW — THE DEFENCE — DIFFERENT STYLES OF HAND-BLOWS IN DEFENCE.

In addition to the throat-hold throw-offs already described there is one that must be acquired by every jiu-jitsian. This feat may be designated as the "cork-screw throw-off," or may be known by any more fanciful name that suits the pleasure of the student.

04. TRIP AN OPPONENT - HOW TO DODGE THE TRIP — HOW TO KNEEL AND TRIP AN ADVERSARY—"COUNTERS" THAT ARE POSSIBLE

Tripping is so general a trick among all the peoples that develop the art of per­sonal combat as to seem to call for but scant mention. Yet in this country there are so many who do not know how to trip correctly that some hints are needful. In jiu-jitsu the trip is an element of prime importance.

05. SHOULDER THROWS - THE KNEELING AND RISING THROW OVER THE SHOULDER — HOW TO RENDER THE FALLEN ADVERSARY HELP­LESS

Thereis a throat-hold, with an accom­panying throw, that is very much used by the Japanese. When attempted by the expert this feat is easily and successfully performed, but it requires considerable practice, and the neophyte must not look for immediate skill with this trick.

06. BOXER'S TRICKS - WHY THE EDGE OF THE HAND IS A MORE DAN­GEROUS WEAPON THAN THE CLENCHED FIST—THE USE OF THE BASE OF THE HAND—A FEW PRELIMINARY WAYS OF STOPPING THE BLOWS OF THE BOXER, WITH DAMAGE TO THE LATTER WHEN DESIRED

It is difficult for the skilled boxer of the Anglo-Saxon race to realise that his pains­takingly acquired art is of no avail against the adept in jiu-jitsu. Yet the sooner this is realised to be a fact the sooner we shall cease reading in the newspapers of occasional in­stances where big Caucasians have tried pugil­ism on small Japanese, and have gone down ingloriously in the effort

07. ARM-HOOK - FEND-OFF AND KIDNEY BLOW— MORE ABOUT SIDE, KIDNEY, AND ABDO­MEN BLOWS, AND WHEN AND HOW TO USE THEM—DANGERS OF THE BASE-OF-THE-SPINE BLOW—A TRICK TO BE USED ONLY IN DESPERATE CASES

Two simple English words define a rule without the observance of which no one can expect to become anything like expert in jiu-jitsu. These two words are: Constant practice !

08. ACQUIREMENT OF SPEED - THE NEED OF WORKING, NOW, WITH AN EXPERIENCED BOXER—TAKING A CLUB AWAY FROM AN OPPONENT — AGILITY GAINED BY THIS WORK—SIDE-STEPPING AS SECOND NATURE

It is time, right here, to call an earnest halt against the natural impulse of the student to try to learn, in one or two bouts of practice, all of the principal feats that are employed in stopping the boxer. In instructing his friends the author has discovered the difficulty of con-vincing a student that a new feat, once men­tally grasped, is by no means mastered.

09. STOPPING A BOXER - FLOORING AND HOLDING HIM HELPLESS WITHOUT DOING HIM DAMAGE—ANOTHER EFFECTIVE WAY OF HOLDING A VICTIM IN SUBJECTION AFTER HAVING THROWN HIM EITHER IN BOXING OR IN WRESTLING

Exponentsof the Ten-jin school of jiu-' jitsu have developed in all its possible perfection a style of stopping the boxer's blow that cannot be surpassed for neatness of exe­cution, effectiveness, and swiftness. It is a feat that applies only to stopping a left-hand blow by the boxer.

10. FORCING THE BOXER - THE FALL THAT FOLLOWS—THE NEAR. EST THAT THE "JIU-JITSU" ADEPT COMES TO OUR STYLE OF BOXING—GUARDING AGAINST THE THROAT BLOW AND THE SOLAR-PLEXUS JAB

Thereis something well-nigh humorous 1 in the style of combat that is shown in photograph No. 19. It is worthy of the best traditions of Oriental subtlety and ingenuity that the boxer should be forced to defeat himself.

11. REDUCING AN OPPONENT - STRAINING AN ADVERSARY'S ARM OVER THE SHOULDER —HOW THE VICTORY MAY BE FOLLOWED UP WITH A THROW IN EITHER OF THE THREE CASES

Wrestlers have a hold known as the " Nelson.'' The ancient originators of jiu-jitsu devised a hold that is somewhat similar, and the essential principle of the Japanese style of hold is shown clearly in photograph No. 22.

12. HUMOROUS TRICKS - ONE IN WHICH THE POLICEMAN WILL SEE NO FUN WHEN HE HAPPENS TO BE THE VICTIM, UNLESS HE KNOWS THE " COUNTER," WHICH IS ALSO DESCRIBED —THE " DEVIL'S HAND-SHAKE "—HOW THE JAPANESE POLICEMAN FORCES A PRISONER TO ACCOMPANY HIM—THE VALUE OF THIS TRICK IN EJECTING A TROUBLESOME PERSON

Under certain conditions nearly all of the tricks of jiu-jitsu have their humorous aspects.

13. SHAMMED UNCONSCIOUSNESS - THE SHOULDER PINCH AS A MEANS OF DE­FENCE—A HANDY WAY OF STOPPING A FIGHT IN A SECOND—AN ATTACK FROM BEHIND THAT LEAVES THE VICTIM WITH­OUT DEFENCE, AND ITS APPLICATION TO A BURGLAR OR OTHER INTRUDER

In a system of combat where strategy is as highly developed as it is in jiu-jitsu it is to be expected that the student will have to deal with the problem of shamming by his opponent.

14. COMBINATION ATTACKS - HOW TO STOP A PASSING FUGITIVE IN THE STREET—HOW TO OVERTAKE A FUGITIVE AND RE0UCE HIM TO SUBMISSION

Oeveral hints have been given already as O to certain edge-of-the-hand blows that, while they should be given lightly in friendly bouts of practice, should never be employed in actual combat except under stress of dire necessity.

15. SOME NICE PROBLEMS IN - SOME NICE PROBLEMS IN ATTACK AND DE­FENCE THAT THE STUDENT CAN SOLVE WITH THE AID OF WHAT HAS BEEN DE­SCRIBED AND THE HINTS THAT ARE NOW GIVEN

The student who has mastered all of the work that has been described in the fore­going chapters will have a good basic know­ledge of the most important principles of jiu-jitsu.

16. FINISHING TOUCHES - A SUM­MARY OF THE BEST FEATS FOR WOMEN TO PRACTISE AND TO USE AT NEED-FINAL CAUTIONS TO THE STUDENT WHO WOULD BE EXPERT IN " JIU-JITSU "

It is in acquiring the finishing touches of the ancient art that the student shows whether or not he is naturally fitted for expert work in jiu-jitsu. Every feat that he performs is based on some natural law, and the extension and perfection of the feat depend upon the stu­dents' ability to observe natural laws and to apply them.

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