Fascinating article about combatives:
“Low, mobile, lethal target profile minimized, yet still comfortably able to observe. Notice even Jelly’s off hand is ready to grapple with, or even palm-heel an opponent who was too close. He must have run constant what-ifs, based on his extensive history of going at it as a cop, so when he acted, he was ready for anything. And it is all in a perfectly creased, well tailored suit.”
-Shep
Thanks, Shep. This is exactly what boxers do when sucker punching on the street and what I practice for getting off line from a knife attack. A good biography of Bryce can be found in Kirchner’s Deadliest Men, linked below.
Being a Bad Man in a Worse World
Fighting Smart: Boxing, Agonistics & Survival
Segueing from Bryce, Cestari shows (04:30) the danger of taking a Weaver-isosceles stance in close quarters. youtube.com/watch?v=CBoiOjWd1XA
Thanks for the "Deadliest Men" link. Looks like that's going to be a good read.
Looks a lot like Max Hastings book "Warriors" and a couple of the same guys in it, but a different take. Fascinating reading about these men.
Paul published an excellent sequel plus a great book on dueling, which included the story of a dwarf duelist who when challenged wanted pistols from horseback so that he could hide his whole body behind the horse's head!
From the same neck of the woods:
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As Bob says, don't push your gat out away from your body at close quarters.