Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer for November 19, 2014

And then there’s Savate, and Bartitsu, and sword fighting…

Main European martial art: artillery

isn’t pugilism the same thing as boxing?

Even most martial arts fighting ends in a punch.“Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick.After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick.Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.”— Bruce Lee

It seems these days that the white guy martial art often involves gunpowder and bullets.

Ecky-Thump! The Lancastrian Martial art!

this – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systema – and Morris Dancing?

In my grandmother’s high school yearbook from circa 1920, it lists her as “class pugilist.”