Rough Riders Combat System & Manly Arts

Teddy Roosevelt was an avid sportsman and fighter, who was always open to a new challenge, some liked him, others not so much but it was
Undeniable he made an impact.

A.C.Cunningham was specifically ask by T.R. to develop a manual for saber and bayonette fighting , much of these techniques he appeared to aply to his book the cane as a weapon, making his writing essential for an art inspired by Theodore Roosevelt...

Would F.S.Lewis, weaponless defense, 1907, A.C. Cunningham, combat and self defense writings 1907,1912, and the boy scouts master of arms 1911, be considered WW1 era self defense & personal combat?

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In any style footwork is of utmost importance!

“Speaking here in a great educational institution I wish to extend my profound sympathy to the teachers and instructors who are continually brought into contact with what I may call the cuckoo style of parent — the parent who believes that when he can once turn his child into school he shifts all responsibility from his own shoulders for the child’s education, the parent who believes that he can buy for a certain sum — which he usually denounces as excessive — a deputy parent to do his work for him.

There is no profession in this country quite as important as the profession of teacher, ranging from the College President right down to the lowest paid teacher in any one of our smallest country public schools. There is no other profession so important. But not the best teacher can wholly supply the want of what ought to be done in the home by the father and the mother.”