Show am physical culture and self defense by py ROB ROBER 1 fl champion Chini plon middle weight Wl ht I 1 of the world ha plon alemy 1 elch eit flit Fl ichter of or the ia world drw 1897 instructor and lecturer on 11 Lul culture ture ecco etc etc PART 11 II self defense FIRST ARTICLE to fo prospective athletes the great secret or proper training tor or all kinds of athletic feats Is to use se common benje this is the keynote of success for all athletes S common sense in eaten eating common ense in exercising common sense in Ble leeping all form a combination that brings rings one to success one thing that I 1 want to impress upon pon the young athlete is not to over tax X himself at the outset this mis bake ahe has been the undoing of many a youth who would nae developed into i big strong athlete if he had not started with wrong ideas of how to train rain different people need different work A frail delicate boy cannot stand as vigorous work at first as a big lusty bap hap yet the little one has just is s much aaice as the bis big one if he aly 1 goes about things in the proper nan annor nor good health is the first essential of in n athlete if one is not healthy hen he must endeavor t to build hm him self elf up in this direction starting on any course of physical exer sise ise this can be done only by laying iown on n certain rules and folloni following ing them strictly these rules are ery iery simple six rules for young athletes do not drink do not do not chew get got all the sleep you can get all the pure fresh air you can eat plain wholesome food and plenty lenty of it adhere to these rules and gradual y but surely you will find yourself becoming ec stronger and stronger final ly the day will come when you will lever ever know a sick moment then is he time to commence fotr exercise ing ng at this stage another duty pre itself find your weak points you must find your lour wea weakest liest pasi ph sl sal al points Thes These emust mast be built up so hat that they will correspond with the test est of your body if your back is weak veah it must be strengthened it your arms your leg or your chest are weak you must pay particular artl cular attention to these parts until you feel that they are as strong is as the rest of your body after this has aas been you are fairly upon the road to the making of a 49 perfect physical man now comes he the dally daily routine of regular training A lesson in street deferie Def erue e no 1 11 an opponent threaten to start a fight with e lo 10 not forget that thial this routine must lever never be overdone it is e ju just 1 I Z a 3 harmful to in fact more harmful than it la is not to train at all fou ou may mity easily ascertain just how much exercise your system can stand then regulate your work accordingly gradually not all at once must you work your system up to the point where it is capable of standing the strain which you desire to place upon it how to train it if you are training to be a runner you must strengthen your legs and thighs you must also see that dour wind is good if you want to wrestle you must have a good strong back chest and neck muscles as well as strong arms and legs this ta also the case with a boxer every one of his muscles must be well developed in addition to all this he lie must learn to be quick quick on his feet and quick with his hands and aims different A lesson in street defense no 2 1 I grasp his coat by the collar whip it down over his back and arms thus leaving leavina him powerless forms of athletics require entirely diffrient styles of training some do not squire t as much headwork as others perhaps the boxer has more need for clear cool headwork than any other kind of an athlete he has so many lessons to learn before he can be bo rated as even a fair boxer that it takes a long while to reach any sort of perfection he has not only his body and muscles to build ui ut but his brain must be properly prop cily eily trained all of this takes time and cau cal be done only by long careful systematic and faithful training and muscle building one thing that I 1 want nant particularly to impress upon the tile soung athlete Is the priceless value of a good a od home and pleasant home surroundings 0 some bot bos and young med have an idea that an athlete must be taugh this Is all iiona and it haa ha been proved time and again that the athlete whether a anner i wrestler brings into play so many qualities and helps to develop so many traits of I 1 boxer or una thing else can best fit himself fo manly sports if ho he leads a clean wholesome goo gooi af if and ant this I 1 can best ve found amid pleasant home surroundings first lesson in boxing cool head and good essential to slices sucro Suc rM boxing is one of the bet be t exercises that a man can up tho the art of self defense as it II Is called character ebar acter which figure in ones dally daily life that it furnishes quite a moral training in itself an even cien peaceable temperament is developed by boin boing patience Is j taught e by the same samp A boj cool clear head in moments ox 01 danger and confusion is always alay fount in the man who knows knos how to use nis als fists for pleasure or protection pi election as the case u may be in boxing as in everything else there is 19 a right and a wrong way it Is a long road to travel before one can be called even een a fairly good boxer at the start however U is a good plan to memorize certain rules rule i which aich must be strictly followed three cardinal rules keep cool do not get rattled do not lose our temper tempee if it a person Is iq cool and anti good natured when boxing he lie has an nd vantage at once oi over er one who loes ills head licad gets angry and rushes headlong into dan ger if voit are inning boxing for exercise and pleasure a cool clear head will tip you to aeo see every opening which your opponent offers keep your temper do not got excited and you will not lose a single chance of scoring a point at the same time you are good natured and leady to laugh at any hard knocks vou may receive yourself all this is training for the moment of real danger you may be attacked in the street by footpads they intend to rob you and you may be in a lonely dark locality of course their first efforts are directed to rendering you helpless now take the man NN who ho does not know how to box who has never been drilled to keep cool and calm in moments of danger what happens to him he is probably found lying in the gutter in the gray light of early morning his pockets rifled and with possibly a fractured skull then look at the man who nho as a boy learned to protect himself who knows the science of self protection and who he can stand firm and true before a couple of fast flying fists he is probably pitted against a couple of burly clumsy coNN cowardly ardly ruffians they come at him with murder in their hearts does he lose his self pos session on the contrary he lie waits for the attack selects the tou toughest lies looking one with the idea of getting him out of the way inay fart measures his roan man carefully and then sends lu in a well directed blow right or left as the case may be ten to one mr ruffian goes down that leaves ample time to vanquish footpad no 2 this is only one picture to illustrate the great advantage of a knowledge of or the art of self defense and the qualities which go with it A thousand instances might be quoted where the qualities which saved saed sa ed this man from the footpads would come into play therefore There foze foie I 1 say everyone should larn loarn to bo box let all parents encourage their boys to learn to protect themselves with their fists it does not make ruf ruffians flans ot 01 them it does not teach them to bo be vicious it does not turn them into bullies but it does make of them manly upright self possessed clearheaded clear headed wen men they know their power and can afford to lie be merciful they are cool and therefore do not fear danger they are mild tempered and therefore lovable when they are right they advance with a determination which nooks no obstacle when they are giong 0 they hold their peace learn to box but be sure aou ou learn the right N w a ay y soft and cupple muscles the kind that gives athletes speed strength and lasting power A professional strong man came into my gymnasium one day and said 1 I would like to be a boxer A boxer boier eh I 1 replied what makes in akes you think you would make malte a good boxer why I 1 am as strong as a lion A V right kind of muscles long and sinewy not bunched and knotty just come in here and I 1 will show shoy OU and then this strong man inan went into in ami aim took the heavy eighth and the heavy punching ba bat and tossed them around like feathe feathers s in a moment he lie was wiffing and blow i ing like a porpoise but he stepped back and looked at me with a smile ho lie certainly was a picture of strength the muscles stood out all over his body in big knots from head to foot he lie was one mass of knotty prot protruding cords how is that for a starter ho he said I 1 did not say a word nord his ills ignorance was pitiful to me walking over to one side of the room I 1 took a net met ot 0 boxing gloves from the wall and handed him a pair following my lead ho he put them on it took me about two minutes to show that man how useless unwieldy and impracticable his muscles were he ile handled himself like a cart horse he lie was mas as slow on hia his feet teet as a mesa dw NA lesson in street defense no 3 H Is la now at my mercy boy his brain acted as did hie his muscles slowly and stiffly although a big man weighing perhaps two hundred pounds he lie did not mate as good a showing hosing with me as many amateur lightweights with noth whom I 1 had put on the loves I 1 think I 1 showed him clearly the uselessness of heavy weightlifting weight lifting muscles they were good tor for one thing the bernice sen ice for which they had bad been trained like every athlete in his bis profession he was muscle bound those huge hugo masses masse of muscle gained at the expense of many hours of hard work were for all practical purposes of no more use than a band organ would bo be to a shipwrecked sailor on a raft la in the middle of the atla atlantic I 1 it IC 0 ocean C ean in fact such muscles serve to help shorten ones life the muscle bound man with every fiber of his body drawn to a tension that pulls at the tho very ery heartstrings heart hoart strings most frequently dies with that la 1 known as an athle athletes tei heart A muscle bound man Is worse than a skin shin bound horse he lie Is as awkward and ungainly as a crocodile would be in a ballroom take him away from his chosen profession and ho be Is I 1 all at sea he is a frightful object lesson against the use of heavy dumbbells dumb bells or heavy weights of any kind the man or boy who wants to come quick strong and clever mut must avoid anold the use of heavy weights aa as carefully caie fully as though they were poisonous anah snakes es they completely destroy all that suppleness and agility which mark every detail of the clever athletes work A man who Is a runn runner r jumper boxer in fact fact an anything thing except a heavyweight heavy heasy weight lifter litter can have no use for Ic knotty notty unwieldy masses of strength even our best wrestlers nowadays recognize the fact that muscles of that kind are of no use to them they know that there are right and ani wrone wrong muscles just as well as they know there Is a right and wrong way to wrestle wre atle they know that such muscles bring them premature old ago age and early death thus it is that every ambitious oung athlete at lileto should strive to train his fils muscles in the proper way light dumbbells dumb bells indian clubs and other muscle building weights should never be forsaken do not use ais heavy weights do not ex exercise erese too much copyrighted 1901 by A J dretel 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