I think this photo is of Charlemont, excecuting a beautiful chasse bas above the knee.
This is the same rangy stop hit used by (all time best?) MMA fighter, Jon Jones
http://i49.tinypic.com/2rzw32x.png
Form follows function, and the human body really hasn't changed that much (at all?!) in 100 years or so.
What worked then, works now- and what works now, worked then.
That's why it puzzles me, when my 'Nouveau-Bartitsu' is accused of not being 'historical' enough (or people say that Bartitsu/DDLR are not functional fighting methods for the modern day...)
Form follows function, and the human body really hasn't changed that much (at all?!) in 100 years or so.
What worked then, works now- and what works now, worked then.
That's why it puzzles me, when my 'Nouveau-Bartitsu' is accused of not being 'historical' enough (or people say that Bartitsu/DDLR are not functional fighting methods for the modern day...)
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