Resources
Below are links to vintage and historical martial arts articles, documenting the techniques of the past, which have been transcribed for this website.
WESTERN MARTIAL ARTS:
STICK DEFENSE:
A History of Cane Self-Defense in America: 1798-1930
Stick Defense for Women in New York: The “Royal Cane” Fencing of Regis Senac, 1898
The Cane Self-Defense of Maitre d’Armes Justin Bonnafous, 1898
French “La Canne” stick defense in the New York Sun, 1887
Cane and Umbrella Self-Defense, by the Marquis of Queensberry
Cane Defense Against Stick-, Knife-, and Gun-Wielding Thugs in the New York Tribune, 1903
PUGILISM:
A Visit with Colonel Thomas Monstery, and a Conversation About the Art of Defense, 1886
Vintage Boxing Techniques in the New York World and Daily Eagle, 1895
GRAPPLING:
Cornish Wrestling and Grappling in America, by a New York City Professor
Boxing Versus Wrestling: Proposal for an Early MMA Contest, 1922
JIU JITSU:
“How the President is Taught Jiu Jitsu”
ASIAN MARTIAL ARTS:
JAPANESE SWORD ARTS (KENJUTSU):
Jigen-Ryu Swordsmanship, by a New York City-based Japanese Kenjutsu Master, 1903
Jigen-Ryu Swordsmanship, by a New York City-based Japanese Kenjutsu Master, 1903. PART 2
Japanese Sword Technique in the New York Sun, 1904
Japanese Sword Technique in the American News, 1906
FILIPINO MARIAL ARTS (KALI / ARNIS):
Filipino Martial Arts Reported in a New York Newspaper, 1900
Martial Arts New York 
