hello,
i vaguely recall in the old forum, someone (was it Call Me Al?) asked about JHR. or maybe it was a different forum?
my inquiries/research has turned up some info. i have been in email contact with an author Doug Century. he wrote a book STREET KINGDOM which is available through
www.bn.com, amazon.com, borders, etc. it is about his experiences with the Flatbush Ave Posse (Brooklyn NYC). in it, one of his protagonists, Big K, uses a little known system called 52 hand blocks aka 52 blocks. the older name (from the 70's) is called jailhouse rock. Century is also writing a DETAILS magazine article due out in Aug 2001 about 52.
JHR was brought to the public's attention through Dennis Newsome's involvement in choreographing part of the fight scenes in LETHAL WEAPON 1 with Mel Gibson and his set of 4 techniques in MARTIAL ARTS AROUND THE WORLD pub'd by Unique Publications. also if you check out Wu-Tang Clan (and its offshoots), they often have references to 52.
check out my site
http://stickgrappler.tripod.com
specifically
http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/52/52jhr.html
and
http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/52/isthisjhr.html
for older info, check out:
http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/ug/jhr1.html http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/ug/jhr2.html http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/ug/jhr3.html http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/ug/jhr4.html http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/ug/jhr5.html http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/ug/jhr6.html http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/ug/jhr7.html
at first, it seems this may be a made up style to promote Newsome, but with Doug Century's research, it seems it may be real.
feel free to post/email questions if you have any for Doug Century. i will be sure to forward to him.
i was wondering if anyone had new info on JHR/52 hand blocks. TIA.