jkdberlin
22-04-2022, 10:11
Habe ich gerade im Netz gefunden und fand es für mich als "Historiker" ganz interessant:
Rough and Tumble
In rural areas of America during the 18th and 19th centuries, there existed a form of street fighting know as ‘Rough and Tumble’. Common among the poor and never an organized sport, these were mixed martial arts fights with virtually no rules. Striking (both standing and ground fighting), wrestling and all types of submission holds were allowed, as was biting, striking to the groin and eye-gouging. When used to settle a dispute in the manner of a duel, combatants could agree to fight by prizefighting rules or opt to go Rough and Tumble, with victors often becoming local legends or heroes. The barbaric fighting style was most common throughout the South and in the working-class communities throughout Kentucky, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The savagery exhibited by Rough and Tumble fighters was shocking to European observers, and an act passed by the Virginia Assembly in 1752 refers to these men by stating ‘many mischievous and ill disposed persons have of late, in a malicious and barbarous manner, maimed, wounded, and defaced, many of his majesty's subjects’.
Philip Vickers Fithian would describe Rough and Tumble in 1774 as follows:
“…like prize-fighting, two men would meet at a space, surrounded by a cheering and typically inebriated crowd, and start off by boxing. However, the fights would quickly deviate from standard pugilistic decorum, for the rules that kept boxing confined to rules of engagement, Rough and Tumble fights were truly anything goes. When one man would go to the ground, the other man could kick, stomp, strike, or gouge. In Rough and Tumble fights, there were no-holds barred as part of the 'gentlemanly' agreement. The only thing that was not permitted was the use of weapons, although that did not deter many fighters from turning their own bodies into weapons”.
Rough and Tumble
In rural areas of America during the 18th and 19th centuries, there existed a form of street fighting know as ‘Rough and Tumble’. Common among the poor and never an organized sport, these were mixed martial arts fights with virtually no rules. Striking (both standing and ground fighting), wrestling and all types of submission holds were allowed, as was biting, striking to the groin and eye-gouging. When used to settle a dispute in the manner of a duel, combatants could agree to fight by prizefighting rules or opt to go Rough and Tumble, with victors often becoming local legends or heroes. The barbaric fighting style was most common throughout the South and in the working-class communities throughout Kentucky, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The savagery exhibited by Rough and Tumble fighters was shocking to European observers, and an act passed by the Virginia Assembly in 1752 refers to these men by stating ‘many mischievous and ill disposed persons have of late, in a malicious and barbarous manner, maimed, wounded, and defaced, many of his majesty's subjects’.
Philip Vickers Fithian would describe Rough and Tumble in 1774 as follows:
“…like prize-fighting, two men would meet at a space, surrounded by a cheering and typically inebriated crowd, and start off by boxing. However, the fights would quickly deviate from standard pugilistic decorum, for the rules that kept boxing confined to rules of engagement, Rough and Tumble fights were truly anything goes. When one man would go to the ground, the other man could kick, stomp, strike, or gouge. In Rough and Tumble fights, there were no-holds barred as part of the 'gentlemanly' agreement. The only thing that was not permitted was the use of weapons, although that did not deter many fighters from turning their own bodies into weapons”.