Mike Gibbons, Middle weight Champion, and geo. Blake demonstrate hand-to-hand fighting techniques at the Army War College in Washington in November 1918. In this photo, they demonstrate knife defense as one opponent strikes downward. This image is part of the Signal Corps' collection of photographs documenting American military activities during World War I.

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