Self-Defense for Gentlemen and Ladies: A Nineteenth-Century Treatise on Boxing, Kicking, Grappling, and Fencing with the Cane and Quarterstaff

Author:   Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery ,  Ben Miller
Publisher:   North Atlantic Books,U.S.
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9781583948682


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   21 April 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery ,  Ben Miller
Publisher:   North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Imprint:   Blue Snake Books
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.352kg
ISBN:  

9781583948682


ISBN 10:   1583948686
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   21 April 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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This is not just another martial arts how-to book but a gem of historical literature on physical fitness and methods of self-defense. Maestro Ramon Martinez, Martinez Academy of Arms


This is not just another 'martial arts how-to book' but a gem of historical literature on physical fitness and methods of self-defense. --Maestro Ramon Martinez, Martinez Academy of Arms


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BEN MILLER is an award-winning filmmaker and author. He is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, was the winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant for screenwriting, and has worked for legends such as Martin Scorsese and Roger Corman. He was the producer of the filmRage and Discipline,about pugilists in New York City. Miller's movies have appeared on Walt Disney Video, Sony Video, BET, HBO, Cinemax, and the Encore Channel. He currently serves as chef de salle at the Martinez Academy of Arms, one of the last schools in the world still teaching an authentic living tradition of classical fencing. He is active in the Association of Historical Fencing, and has written several articles for them focusing on the fencing and dueling of the American colonial period.

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