Martin "Farmer" Burns
Publicado: 01 Jun 2008 02:07
Parece que hoy los manuales de principio del siglo XX se están poniendo de moda, así que pongo la dirección de uno que me encontré cuando leía una reseña del GURPS Martial Arts (si, un suplemento de un juego de rol).
El llama a su tipo de lucha libre "catch-as-can-wrestling".
Solo lo he mirado por encima.
Además de técnicas de lucha, vienen ejercicios de acondicionamiento, levantamiento de peso, carrera, descanso y dieta. Incluye una entrada con ejercicios de respiración profunda. También aconseja la práctica del boxeo.
Como curiosidad, el último capítulo se dedica al Jiu-Jitsu comentando las semejanzas y diferencias que él ve y a la autodefensa, con algunas técnicas más apropiadas que las deportivas.
El libro: "Wrestling and Physical Culture" http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition ... sson01.htm
Más información sobre Martin Burns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Burns
Y la referencia a Burns en la reseña del suplemento que decía (está en inglés, no tengo ganas de traducirla):
Martin "Farmer" Burns (1861-1937)
Martin Burns earned his nickname when he wrestled in a $25-prize challenge match in Chicago in 1889. His overalls and obvious rural upbringing marked him as someone from the sticks, hence the moniker. Burns wrestled two matches, winning both despite being outweighed by his professional opponents.
Burns continued to wrestle for the rest of his adult life, fighting an estimated 6,000 matches and losing only seven. He weighed a relatively modest 175 lbs. yet had a 20" neck. Pure muscle, Burns credited his development to a youth spent at hard labor and wrestling practice. He later came into demand as a trainer, and taught champion wrestlers such as Frank Gotch.
In the early 20th century, Burns published a mail-order fitness manual that he sold for the then-tremendous sum of $35. It covered weightlifting, calisthenics, and self-defense using wrestling and jujutsu. It also described the "deep breathing" that he believed was so critical. These breathing exercises and the benefits Burns claimed for them were almost indistinguishable from Chinese qi gong. Unlike jujutsu, qi gong was unknown in the West. Burns' explanations didn't mention chi, but rather the invigorating and strengthening effects of deep breathing!
El llama a su tipo de lucha libre "catch-as-can-wrestling".
Solo lo he mirado por encima.
Además de técnicas de lucha, vienen ejercicios de acondicionamiento, levantamiento de peso, carrera, descanso y dieta. Incluye una entrada con ejercicios de respiración profunda. También aconseja la práctica del boxeo.
Como curiosidad, el último capítulo se dedica al Jiu-Jitsu comentando las semejanzas y diferencias que él ve y a la autodefensa, con algunas técnicas más apropiadas que las deportivas.
El libro: "Wrestling and Physical Culture" http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition ... sson01.htm
Más información sobre Martin Burns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Burns
Y la referencia a Burns en la reseña del suplemento que decía (está en inglés, no tengo ganas de traducirla):
Martin "Farmer" Burns (1861-1937)
Martin Burns earned his nickname when he wrestled in a $25-prize challenge match in Chicago in 1889. His overalls and obvious rural upbringing marked him as someone from the sticks, hence the moniker. Burns wrestled two matches, winning both despite being outweighed by his professional opponents.
Burns continued to wrestle for the rest of his adult life, fighting an estimated 6,000 matches and losing only seven. He weighed a relatively modest 175 lbs. yet had a 20" neck. Pure muscle, Burns credited his development to a youth spent at hard labor and wrestling practice. He later came into demand as a trainer, and taught champion wrestlers such as Frank Gotch.
In the early 20th century, Burns published a mail-order fitness manual that he sold for the then-tremendous sum of $35. It covered weightlifting, calisthenics, and self-defense using wrestling and jujutsu. It also described the "deep breathing" that he believed was so critical. These breathing exercises and the benefits Burns claimed for them were almost indistinguishable from Chinese qi gong. Unlike jujutsu, qi gong was unknown in the West. Burns' explanations didn't mention chi, but rather the invigorating and strengthening effects of deep breathing!
lo bajo ya mismo
Y lo de que le colgasen del cuello y aguantase a base de tensarlo mientras silvaba Yankee Doodle... es una macarrada, vale, pero una macarrada muy chula. 
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Es curioso, porque ha salido varias veces en el foro. En fin, para que puedas "deleitarte" con él, aquí te dejo un par de enlaces. En el primero, el de 
