A fabulous book, entitled The Complete Jujitsan, by W.H.Garrud, written in 1914. The book has those wonderful instructions with LOTS of photographs typical of early exercise books,
a magnificent picture of W.H. Garrud's Japanese mentor who has the best moustache ever,
and some great text, mentioning that even females can learn this useful sport!
I love W.H. Garrud's expression - in fact, everything about him!
I photographed it quickly with my phone, told a friend about it, and it turns out that her husband is writing a film script that includes as a character none other than W H Garrud! So I sent it to her immediately, before photographing it better, and before I got too fond of him to give away. A brief encounter, you might say.
How wonderful and hilarious, and what a coincidence about your friend writing that script! Though it's a shame you had to part with it.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I don't suspect that the Japanese fellow's moustache isn't false however. And imagine the covert Edwardian eroticism to be derived from practising jujitsu with a female friend!
It's certainly a magnificent moustache, even if detachable!
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