NOT QUEENSBURY RULES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 April 1926, Page 5

NOT QUEENSBURY RULES

In Japan a InKxer chooses his second with as much care as an English pugilist bestows upon the selection of an opponent. writes D. Compton-.lames in the. Daily Mail. Ring experience and LovvelHappirg ability arc not necessary ; the Japanese second is required to be expert in one tiling only—the restoration of life. Boxing, us practised in England, is practically unknown in Japan. Jujitsu is the national art of sell-defence, and although concerned mainly with paralysing bolds and tricky throws the system also includes a section devoted to the .science of punching. The Japanese uses his fist, as a last resort when all oilier methods have Sailed. He has discovered that the smaller the striking .surface the greater the effect mi his opponent, and he clenches Ids list sii that the second knuckle of the second linger projects beyond the others. With that tiny surface he can do more damage than an English heavy weight wliosi fist is cm |os-d in an eight - ounce glove. The English boxer is limited in his choice of vulnerable

spots because be mnv not bit below the bell. The Japanese lias no such "quixotic” scruples. lie would see nothing outrageous in aiming a paralysing blow at. the instep of his opponent's foot while belli whip writhing on the Hour. When one eonsideis I hat the opponent may h“ employing a leg bre.ikii g hold a foul blow does uni seem such an enormity. In addition to 1 1 is researches in the science ol delivering blows the Japanese lias also delved deeply into the mysteries of human anatomy, lie knows the ex act position of all the important nerve G. litres of the body, and can plant a blow in any of these spots with precise ri. The effect of such a blow is peculiar m the extreme. The receiver i? "knocked cut” to such an etxent. that unless reslnmi ivc method", are imme diatcly applied death will ensue. It is ml surprisi "g. therefore, that (lie Ja panes" boxer chooses Ins second with great care. H the latter were not. an '•Xpert in "laiatsii." the restoration of life, bis principal might be killed in the i curse of a contest. In actual practice, although i lie second is frequently called upon to make use of his ski'l fatal results are ext remclv ra re.