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| Rabid Weasel Lawson... |
 Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:51 pm |
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It is my absolute pleasure to present this republication of "American Jiu
Jitsu" by Len Lanius. As usual, PDF is free for download.
Available at: http://stores.lulu.com/lawson
Blurb:
Born about 1865 in Cincinnati, Len Lanius began wrestling around
the age of 12, eventually wrestling on the Vaudeville circuit before
retiring and joining the Sports staff with the Cincinnati Post. Lanius
claimed to have held the title of Lightweight Champion Wrestler of the
World, which would have been around 1890.
After the famous Gotch-Hackenschmidt matches of 1908, Lanius started
developing his "American Jiu Jitsu." In his own words, "it was the
invasion of the Jap wrestlers around that time that put me to work on
perfecting a style of defense to check their attack. Their methods were
quite baffling."
In March of 1921, Lanius demonstrate his creation, "Yankee Jiu
Jitsu," to the Rotary Club and, again in June of 1921, he demoed his Jiu
Jitsu to the Kiwanis. In 1922 he published this book, "American Jiu
Jitsu."
Special thanks to Jason Couch and the Martial History Magazine at:
http://martialhistory.com for making the original of this
document available for republishing.
Peace favor your sword (IH),
Kirk |
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