The evening world., 1916-04-22

While Il seems almost absurd to
tireiy unarmed man can defend him
self against swordsman. tho jlu
Jitsu men have often shown that u ~
entirely possible. Naturally. tiu Jitsu
isn't pleasant and gentle exercise.
II is intended 10 be deadly, and II Is
deadly. I'd rather stamp on rattle.
snake than attack a jiu titsu expert
lying on his back on the ground. l
have known n number OF very skilful
flu jitsu men, and they have taught
me some Of their tricks and shown me
many that are used only In the
greatest emergencies. Self control is
the nrst thing taught to the tiu 5itsu
pupil. and II Is only after he has been
trained for years and his temper put
70 severe tests that he In taught the
mysteries OF the deadly tricks. 1t II
an absolute fact that a skilled
master Of jiu jitsu can kill any
ordinary man In q few seconds with
his bare hands, or break his legs and
render him helpless with his kicking
tricks. Beside jiu jitsu tho French
savate ts like school boys primary
schooling in addition and subtraction
compared to an engineers course In
higher mathematics.
EVERAL alleged matches" be-
- tween tiu jitsu men and wres-
tiers have been staged in this
country. But 20 any one who knows
anything about the real jiu jitsu
they have been farclcal. Tho real
Au jitsu cannot be used in pub
lie matches or exhibitions, because
the real jiu itsu is "A very deadly
method OF hghting. which Kills
or cripples the defeated man. Against
u wrestler in public match the jiu
5ttsu artist can use only the simplest
tricks and cannot even carry these to
q conclusion. For instance. years ago
George Bothner wresued against
a japanese named Nigashi. While
NigaShi was only pupil in Jiu Jitsu
not a master-he showed what he
could have done TO Bothner. Catch
ing Bothner's jacket In both hands
he fell backward and dragging Both
ner with him placed his foot against
Bothner's stomach and sent him fly
ing head first TO the mat with a sud
den push. That was merely the be-
ginning OF one of the simplest Jiu
utsu tricks Nm real fight 1t would
have been completed with "A kick de-
Mvered IN a certain way while Both
ner was flying through the air In a
defenseless position, and that Kick
might have been fatal. The jiu titsu
hibitions. For one thing, demonstrat-
ing tricks that break bones or cause
fatalities il impossibl For another.
they are not allowed to show the Sc
cret tricks in their art, which are so
carefully guarded that only highly
trained students are taught them. IL
some OF the simple gripping or Kill
ing tricks OF jiu jitsu were publicly
shown. unskilled people would try
them, and many serious or fatal ac-
cidents would follow,
In Australia a couple OF years ago
white man who had studied jtu
jitsu In Japan matched himself
against sam McFey, the negro heavy
weight fighter. The white man
weighed 2?5. Tho white man tried tc
have the match postponed because
he was weak from a severe fcver, but
was compelled TO 30 on. Twice the
jiu jitsu man got ;IcNey into a posi-
tlon that forced him 70 quit to save
his bones. In the third bout MCNey
knocked BIN down, and before b,
could get up jumped or him and
banged his head against the floor un.
III no was unconscious.
Several years ago | knew a Japan
ese iiu jitsu artist who wa'
Bumped" by a gang up In Harlem Al
night. He threw himself to IN,
ground and the ganrsters tried Il
Kick his head on. | don't renemb"l
Just how many legs he broke. out h'
cleaned out the gang very effectively
and the next day called upon mo
suave and smiling as ever. ana vita
out scratch.
~ SIAM the natives have a fightin
style almost exactly Ike savar,
They kick with the ball Of Ia
foot, drawing the toes up, and wit
heel. also using knee when convcn
tent. They have great tournament
and annual championships The
have practised this art ana held thei
contests for hundreds ot years.
fast and clever boxer can dctes
q savate artist. There was one ldugf
able instance about ten years az
when hid Mccoy visited France an
was matched against tho haVa
champion. Mccoy always took d'
light In winning boy strategy. As ~
savate man approached him and r.
into MS tightiug pose, Mccoy dropp'
his hands and, pointing 10 one sid
asked IN natural tone; What
that lady saying to your" The sava
man turned 20 look. When the
brought him 90 consciousness an hOl