Eskrima Kombat

Ralph Cleaver’s fifth cartoon for The Sketch (March 8, 1905) returns to the cops-and-robbers theme, imagining a confounding stalemate between a police constable and a burglar who are equally trained in the art of jujitsu.  The motto “When Greek meets Greek” refers to a line from The Rival Queens, a 1677 tragedy by English dramatist … Continue reading ““Ju-Jitsu For The Police: Its Possibilities” (#5)”