Imagine if you were a martial artist back in 1975 this would have been taboo. I hope to get my hand on these 3 books and possible posted it here if the copyright has been expired.
I love the ad copy and the great illustration. It would be cool to have it as T-shirt or something. Who knows I might just work on it. Maybe I should got YuDu and make bunch of these to sell to my students.
So what so special about these 3 arts – other than the tradition Japanese Jiu-Jitsu that this ad is selling, Boxing and Wrestling are an “Alive” art. Imagine if you have the functional skill of a collegiate wrestler, Golden Glove Boxer, and an understanding of submission. You have pretty tough G-man. In fact. There is an policer who is teaching these 3 arts as his base art of Close Quarter Combat.
Imagine if you were expose to this ad back in 1975. How would you teach it. Would you be redicule and laught at by the martial arts community
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Jiu Jitsu is likely the first Asian martial art to make an impact in America. I’ve encountered jiu jitsu booklets and manuals going back as far as the turn of the 20th century. The term police jiu jitsu came into vogue because Japanese police instructors came to the states to train police officers in nonlethal methods of incapacitating a suspect.
http://www.mrdankelly.com/martialads.html
When you have to defend yourself!
Do what the EXPERTS do!
Use their 3-Power System
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1975
The Wrestler
Original Comic Book Ad can be found here – http://www.mrdankelly.com/martialads.html
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Easy Instructor Series: Police Jiu-Jitsu, also Vital Holds in Wrestling
by Shomer, Louis
The science of Jiu-Jitsu as taught to the law enforcement bodies in the United States and throughout the world — Police, Marines, “G” Men, Soldiers, Sailors, and Members of the U. S. Coast Guard, featuring Kato Futsiaka and Prof. Butch. Copyright by Louis Somer, 1937.
http://www.biblio.com/books/205700330.html
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