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Combat Gymnastics
The 19th century martial art of Jacob Happel.
Due to be published 2024.
A5 format, Perfect-Bound Paperback, Matte finish.
350 pages.
Take a look at a teaser 'The Combat Gymnastics Playbook', outlining the curriculum.
So observed Jacob Happel in 1863.
He proposed gymnastics as an excellent foundation for the martial arts, and vice-versa.
This Belgian System of Gymnastics, was what Happel named âThe Six-lateral and Proportional Systemâ. Circa 80,000 people were trained in this approach, and Happel's school (the Gymnase Normale) was invested in by the King himself.
And then around 1916, just like that, the art was forgotten.
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