A Blast from The Past - Shanghai Municipal Police Self-Defense Manual

And here we come to another edition of my favourite show, A Blast from The Past.

The show where we showcase ancient, venereal (honestly though, I don't know what that means, lest whether that word is actually appropriate here) self-defense knowledge from masters of old.

Remember W.E. Fairbairn with his classic book on self-offense, Get Tough? Here's one from his tenure as the Shanghai Municipal Police Chief, The Shanghai Municipal Police Self-Defense Manual, so kindly provided by our friends from Judo Info website.

If the Judo Info guys do not take kindly of me directlinking to files on their site, then they should come and get me! HAH *hides under a rock*

You will find many more thingies from that site. Enjoy.

Anyways, we leave you with a snippet of wise words mauled from the mouth of Kyokushinkai's Grand Poobah himself, Mas Oyama:

"SELF-DEFENSE is for WOMEN and SISSIES. REAL MEN would throw a STRAIGHT PUNCH to the MOUTH!"

As a note, that is one statement I won't be bothered to research the veracity of. I leave it as homework for you kiddies.

Keep safe.