Jailhouse rock
The Jailhouse rock or JHR is the name of fighting style, which was developed by black prisoners, sometimes even of membership in street gangs established, and in US prisons.
General
There are regional styles of JHR that differ in nature or that evolved based on belonging to different ethnic groups or gangs in various prisons throughout the United States. JHR is comparable to the Brazilian Capoeira movement and the French Savate . Most experts agree that this idiosyncratic variation of the "street fights" of the gangs is not a fixed form of martial arts in general, but rather should be viewed as "street art", such as skateboarding , parkour or breakdancing .
Directions
The different styles of jailhouse rock include:
- 52 hand blocks
- Comstock style
- Bum rush
- San Quentin Style
- Mount Meg
- 42nd
- Closing gates
Theories of origin
According to statements by researchers and fighters of this style, the roots of JHR lie in the 17th or 18th century, when the first slaves from the black continent were institutionalized and had to defend themselves in this way.
According to oral tradition, however, this skill was developed over decades in the US prison system. This theory leads to the assumption that JHR through a fusion between the African and the European / American fistfighting style bare-knuckle in which the slave Tom Molineaux (see also: Tom Cribb ) was a champion, and the less well-known Afro-American style of fighting " Knocking and Kicking ”could be.
Alternatively, others claim that JHR was not created in prisons, but is an evolution of the African martial arts or fighting games played by the slaves within their community.
The term is also known from a single of the same name by Elvis Presley , as well as the film of the same name Jailhouse Rock - Rhythm Behind Bars .
Style developments
Although modern styles of JHR supposedly exist (e.g. Bum Rush in Chicago), it seems that the original fighting style in the US penal system has given way to boxing, which is more modern today.
The recent declaration of the "52 Hand Blocks", or "The 52s" revealed that JHR is said to have originated in the gang-dominated suburbs around Brooklyn and New York City during the 1970s and 1980s .
Web links
- Interesting to Jailhouserock (English)