Mike Gibbons, Middleweight Champion, and Geo. Blake demonstrating the art of hand-to-hand fighting on the grounds of the Army War College in Washington, This image showcases a knife defense technique where a man stabs upward. The photograph was taken by photographer Recio on January 10, 1919, and is part of the Signal Corps' collection of photographs during World War One. 024122 is the issued identification number for this image.

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