martial arts
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The Grizzly Bear Boxing Club Collection
This is a one-off collection of images centred around The Grizzly Bear Boxing Club which operated in Haggerston, London during the latter years of the 19th century. The members who were courageous enough trained solely to fight a grizzly bear. This was often a life or death event, and in the club’s history only 8…
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Photographs of Interesting Victorians Collection #3
Back by popular demand, we have another collection of Victorian eccentrics. This time we will only comment on Photograph #1. Hu the three-legged kung fu master came to England in 1875 after stowing away on a cargo ship. He travelled to London by foot and earned his crust by fighting all manner of bare knuckle…
