Sgt. McGarrigle of the Army captured this photograph on October 31, 1918. The image shows Mike Gibbons, middleweight boxing champion and Army boxing instructor, demonstrating self-defense techniques. Gibbons is seen alongside George Blake exhibiting armed and unarmed self-defense methods at the Army War College in Washington, It is important to note that this photograph, labeled as No. 2 Trip to the left rifle diagramming, is intended for official use only and not for publication purposes.

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