Vintage Victorian photo album offers a gentleman’s guide to self-defense maneuvers, 1895

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These vintage photographs come from an untitled album from the 1890s which records various self-defense hand-to-hand maneuvers. The two finely dressed gentlemen demonstrate a variety of defensive moves that involve chokeholds, body slams, kicks, chops, and arm twists. Each two-picture spread depicts the moment of confrontation between two glowering men followed by the appropriate maneuver, […]

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