The Jailhouse Rock (AKA the 52 blocks)
Chris Tsao
I posted these two above posts in rec.sport.boxing nine years ago when
I thought that the
jailhouse rock (AKA the 52 blocks) was just something that prisoners
had done for fun and recreation. I didn't know that it was a whole
entire fighting system with thousands of moves. Four people explained
it to me in the early '80s and three of them all showed me what I
described in the top link, so I thought that there wasn't much to it.
Someone told me that they used to "play each other for cigarettes" so
I thought that they were doing it just for sport, but it's a whole
entire fighting art based mostly on boxing.
You know how a boxer always keeps his hands moving to make it harder
for his opponent to see where the punches are coming from? They have
their own ways of moving their hands. It looks like they're having a
spastic attack or something. I just came accross (sp.?) it in YouTube
yesterday by chance (keywords "dirty boxing"). This is now my favorite
martial art ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTeyT67qeHg&feature=channel (this guy
in the video does it the way I described in the first post at 1:34
[one minute and thirty-four seconds into the video], but then he lifts
both arms up and crosses his arms)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hQw7-rIaP8&feature=related (Zab Judah
confuses Floyd Mayweather with the 52 blocks at 1:55 into the video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoRUKmX9Mc8&feature=channel (New York
Times video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9XpqkURBg (52 Blocks Prison Fighting
System)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l1q2vBPYEc&feature=related 52
blocks intro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACGiIDGWOqw&feature=related (60
Second Assassin "Remarkable Timing" Discussing the 52 Hand Blocks)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgPy25wOrQ8&feature=fvsr (demonstration
starting at 4:24)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQuOP5MYQLk (demonstration with a
shaving razor starting at 1:11 and a demonstration of razor blade
techniques starting at 2:15)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JoXWsdh7QE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skdd52yXNaU&feature=channel (the
butterfly)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwMBQCbWnAc (explaining hand movements,
techniques, strategies, angles, beating down on the leg etc.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJey7L2ADYg&feature=related (nine-
minute-and-forty-four-second interview)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVbqrz5XGE0&feature=fvw (52 blocks
Staying Alive) [sparring]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38uVH9-DCdk&feature=related (Skull and
Crossbones [the first block of the system])
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jailhouse_rock_(fighting_style)
Chris Tsao
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> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.boxing/browse_thread/thread/...
>
> I posted these two above posts in rec.sport.boxing nine years ago when
> I thought that the
> jailhouse rock (AKA the 52 blocks) was just something that prisoners
> had done for fun and recreation. I didn't know that it was a whole
> entire fighting system with thousands of moves. Four people explained
> it to me in the early '80s and three of them all showed me what I
> described in the top link, so I thought that there wasn't much to it.
>
> Someone told me that they used to "play each other for cigarettes" so
> I thought that they were doing it just for sport, but it's a whole
> entire fighting art based mostly on boxing.
>
> You know how a boxer always keeps his hands moving to make it harder
> for his opponent to see where the punches are coming from? They have
> their own ways of moving their hands. It looks like they're having a
> spastic attack or something. I just came accross (sp.?) it in YouTube
> yesterday by chance (keywords "dirty boxing"). This is now my favorite
> martial art ever.
>
> in the video does it the way I described in the first post at 1:34
> [one minute and thirty-four seconds into the video], but then he lifts
> both arms up and crosses his arms)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hQw7-rIaP8&feature=related (Zab Judah
> confuses Floyd Mayweather with the 52 blocks at 1:55 into the video)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoRUKmX9Mc8&feature=channel (New York
> Times video)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9XpqkURBg (52 Blocks Prison Fighting
> System)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l1q2vBPYEc&feature=related 52
> blocks intro.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACGiIDGWOqw&feature=related (60
> Second Assassin "Remarkable Timing" Discussing the 52 Hand Blocks)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgPy25wOrQ8&feature=fvsr(demonstration
> starting at 4:24)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQuOP5MYQLk (demonstration with a
> shaving razor starting at 1:11 and a demonstration of razor blade
> techniques starting at 2:15)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JoXWsdh7QE&feature=related
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skdd52yXNaU&feature=channel(the
> butterfly)
>
> techniques, strategies, angles, beating down on the leg etc.)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJey7L2ADYg&feature=related(nine-
> minute-and-forty-four-second interview)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVbqrz5XGE0&feature=fvw (52 blocks
> Staying Alive) [sparring]
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38uVH9-DCdk&feature=related (Skull and
> Crossbones [the first block of the system])
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jailhouse_rock_(fighting_style)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jailhouse_rock_(fighting_style)
I accidentally gave a non-existing wikipedia link I somehow put in my
Favorites, this one is the correct one.
Chris Tsao
> shaving razor starting at 1:11 and a demonstration of razor blade
> techniques starting at 2:15)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z3MiaAUgrY&p=82A00814D2ABB012&index=4
(the two-finger knockout)
The two fingers comes into play a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=immr52&aq=f
lord rahmel immr52
This is who they're beefing to, I would not be too happy if these guys
were mad at me, he probably doesn't care I'm guessing.
Chris Tsao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsXKTqTxXiI Short Man's 52 THE
BARBERSHOP
at 1:32 two men describe an old friend crouching waist-level,
punching combinations to the kneecap and rising while punching,
keeping his hands up by his forehead and even weaving.
Fraser Johnston
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>
> I posted these two above posts in rec.sport.boxing nine years ago when
> I thought that the
> jailhouse rock (AKA the 52 blocks) was just something that prisoners
> had done for fun and recreation. I didn't know that it was a whole
> entire fighting system with thousands of moves. Four people explained
> it to me in the early '80s and three of them all showed me what I
> described in the top link, so I thought that there wasn't much to it.
>
> Someone told me that they used to "play each other for cigarettes" so
> I thought that they were doing it just for sport, but it's a whole
> entire fighting art based mostly on boxing.
>
>
> You know how a boxer always keeps his hands moving to make it harder
> for his opponent to see where the punches are coming from? They have
> their own ways of moving their hands. It looks like they're having a
> spastic attack or something. I just came accross (sp.?) it in YouTube
> yesterday by chance (keywords "dirty boxing"). This is now my favorite
> martial art ever.
>
Fraser
YumYumPandaburger
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>
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.boxing/browse_thread/thread/...
>
> I posted these two above posts in rec.sport.boxing nine years ago when
> I thought that the
> jailhouse rock (AKA the 52 blocks) was just something that prisoners
> had done for fun and recreation. I didn't know that it was a whole
> entire fighting system with thousands of moves. Four people explained
> it to me in the early '80s and three of them all showed me what I
> described in the top link, so I thought that there wasn't much to it.
>
> Someone told me that they used to "play each other for cigarettes" so
> I thought that they were doing it just for sport, but it's a whole
> entire fighting art based mostly on boxing.
>
> You know how a boxer always keeps his hands moving to make it harder
> for his opponent to see where the punches are coming from? They have
> their own ways of moving their hands. It looks like they're having a
> spastic attack or something. I just came accross (sp.?) it in YouTube
> yesterday by chance (keywords "dirty boxing"). This is now my favorite
> martial art ever.
>
> in the video does it the way I described in the first post at 1:34
> [one minute and thirty-four seconds into the video], but then he lifts
> both arms up and crosses his arms)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hQw7-rIaP8&feature=related (Zab Judah
> confuses Floyd Mayweather with the 52 blocks at 1:55 into the video)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoRUKmX9Mc8&feature=channel (New York
> Times video)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc9XpqkURBg (52 Blocks Prison Fighting
> System)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l1q2vBPYEc&feature=related 52
> blocks intro.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACGiIDGWOqw&feature=related (60
> Second Assassin "Remarkable Timing" Discussing the 52 Hand Blocks)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgPy25wOrQ8&feature=fvsr(demonstration
> starting at 4:24)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQuOP5MYQLk (demonstration with a
> shaving razor starting at 1:11 and a demonstration of razor blade
> techniques starting at 2:15)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JoXWsdh7QE&feature=related
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skdd52yXNaU&feature=channel(the
> butterfly)
>
> techniques, strategies, angles, beating down on the leg etc.)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJey7L2ADYg&feature=related(nine-
> minute-and-forty-four-second interview)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVbqrz5XGE0&feature=fvw (52 blocks
> Staying Alive) [sparring]
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38uVH9-DCdk&feature=related (Skull and
> Crossbones [the first block of the system])
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jailhouse_rock_(fighting_style)
omg not this shit again
Shuurai
> > You know how a boxer always keeps his hands moving to make it harder
> > for his opponent to see where the punches are coming from? They have
> > their own ways of moving their hands. It looks like they're having a
> > spastic attack or something. I just came accross (sp.?) it in YouTube
> > yesterday by chance (keywords "dirty boxing"). This is now my favorite
> > martial art ever.
>
> How well has it done in the UFC?
Oh, come on... this shit is WAY too dangerous for the UFC.
Chris Tsao
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> > omg not this shit again- Hide quoted text -
http://www.ice-dotcom.com/2010/06/jailhouse-rock-52-blocks-fighting-style-video/
Do you mind if I add just this one video? It's a promo for a
58something-minute documentary called "Jailhouse 52 Blocks Razor
Fighting Movie." I downloaded it on the net. It was very hard to do.
Dan Winsor
> On Sep 30, 3:02 am, YumYumPandaburger <theoriginald...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > > omg not this shit again- Hide quoted text -
>
>
> Do you mind if I add just this one video? It's a promo for a
> 58something-minute documentary called "Jailhouse 52 Blocks Razor
> Fighting Movie." I downloaded it on the net. It was very hard to do.
Of *course* we mind. The nerve!
--
Dan Winsor
Soy un poco loco en el coco.