Jailhouse rock (fighting style)
The Jailhouse rock or JHR is the name of a fighting style that was developed by black prisoners, sometimes even of membership in street gangs, and became established in U.S. prisons.
General
There are regional styles of JHR, which differ in their type or which developed on the basis of affiliation to different ethnic groups or gangs in the various detention centers within the United States. JHR is comparable to the Brazilian Capoeira movement and the French Savate. Most experts agree that this idiosyncratic variation does not represent " street fighting " gangs a committed form of martial arts in general, but should be seen as a " street art ", as for example, skateboarding, parkour or breakdancing.
Directions
Among the various directions of the Jailhouse Rock include:
- 52 Hand Blocks
- Comstock Style
- Bum Rush
- San Quentin Style
- Mount Meg
- 42nd
- Closing Gates
Origin theories
Corresponding to the researchers and fighters of this style, according to the roots of JHR in the 17th or 18th century, when the first slaves were institutionalized from the black continent and had to defend themselves in this way.
According to oral tradition, however, this skill was developed in the U.S. prison system for decades to come. This theory led to the assumption that JHR by a merger between the African and European / American Faustkampfart bare- knuckle where the slave Tom Molineaux (see also: Tom Cribb ) was a champion, and the little -known African- American combat style " Knocking and Kicking " could be.
Alternatively, others argue that JHR was not created in the prisons, but a further development of the African martial arts or combat games, which were held by the slaves within their community.
The term is also known by an eponymous single by Elvis Presley, as well as the eponymous film Jailhouse Rock - Jailhouse Rock.
Stilentwickelungen
Although supposedly modern styles of JHR exist (eg Bum Rush in Chicago), it is as if the original fighting style extinguished in the U.S. prison system and has given way to more modern boxes nowadays seems.
The recent declaration of " 52 Hand Blocks", or "The 52s " revealed that JHR is to have developed in the course dominated suburbs of Brooklyn and New York City during the 70s and 80s.