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British superintendent of the Indian Police who wrote The Walking Stick Method
of Self Defence (1923), drawn largely from Pierre Vigny's system, which he
learned from Vigny's student Percy Rolt. In the 1940s the book was the basis
of self-defence training for Jews in Mandatory Palestine.
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person
Percy Rolt
sports_martial_artsVigny method
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“which drew largely from the Vigny system via Lang's training with
Vigny's student Percy Rolt.”
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person
Pierre Vigny
sports_martial_artsVigny method
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One source says so; another gives the line through Rolt.
“codifié en 1923 par son élève H.G. Lang pour le corps de police des scouts
indiens.”
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“which drew largely from the Vigny system via Lang's training with
Vigny's student Percy Rolt.”
Sources
“In 1923, Superintendent H. G. Lang (dates unknown), a British officer of the
Indian Police, wrote a book entitled The Walking Stick Method of Self Defence,
which drew largely from the Vigny system.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). H. G. Lang. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JGQAC7PJ9VKAVJ5PXQ7TD0 - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JGQAC7PJ9VKAVJ5PXQ7TD0, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {H. G. Lang}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JGQAC7PJ9VKAVJ5PXQ7TD0}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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