Ju-Jitsu Self-Defence. The Bruce Sutherland System. A Selection Of Ju-Jitsu And Other Secret Holds, Locks And Throws.

This is a very early Jujitsu text written by William Bruce Sutherland a Scottish physical education specialist. Sutherland was part of the second generation of European jiujitsu instructors. By 1915, he was teaching classes for the Special Constables and the 17th Royal Scots Battalion (Rosebery Bantam Battalion). He is known to have advocated jiujitsu training for the Boy's Brigade, the Cadet Corps, Junior Officers' Training Corps, Scottish police, and the 12th Company City of Edinburgh Boy Scouts. This very early text captures a particular time period in the UK when jiujitsu was beginning to develop outside of Japan. Well worth reading for martial artists, historians, or collectors.