When I bought this book I didn't know that it was a photocopied reprint of H. Irving Handcock's 1906 Jiu-jitsu combat tricks. Even though the text is a little out dated; it is one of the first English written books on Jiu-jitsu which makes it valuable to anyone interested in the roots of Jiu-jitsu. It gives the reader an incite into what Jiu-jitsu was at the turn of the century, way before Gracie Jiu-jitsu or Judo was ever heard of in America. This book has excellant vintage photos of old Jiu-jitsu guys showing some common and uncommon techniques. This isn't what I expected but it is well worth the money to have it in my collection.

This book is a copy of three other books each of which is about 100 years old. I'm not kidding!