This artbook is a compilation of seventy-one illustrations from "Clear Education in the Magnificent Art of Wrestling" originally published in 1674. Asluctorius Wrestling: Art Book of Nicolaes Petter "Art of Wrestling" Illustrations by Romeyn de Hooghe.

The book is created as an artbook without the explanations for the movements since the illustrations appear to accurately demonstrate the circumstances deriving the technique/s in question. The purpose of this reprint, is for the enjoyment of the art, as the illustrator was one of the most renown artists and engravers of his era as evidenced by the included front piece.

The artbook is a good gift for wrestling enthusiasts, jujitsu and martial artists. It will be also a superb addition to the library of wresting clubs, martial art studios, fitness coaches, Do-Jyo's.

From the Introduction:The preamble and forward in the first publication of this manual has been included in this reprint However, explanations for the movements were not included as the illustrations appear to accurately demonstrate the circumstances deriving the technique/s in question. The purpose of this reprint, is for the enjoyment of the art, as the illustrator was one of the most renown artists and engravers of his era as evidenced by the included frontispiece Nicolaes Petter 1624 1672 was a 17th century German wine merchant and wrestling master He was born in Mommenheim Germany, and took on an apprenticeship in Amsterdam, Netherlands as a young man He then joined the wine guild and went on to become a successful wine merchant Petter practiced a style of grappling known asluctorius and was known in his time as an undefeatable wrestler His clientele seems to have consisted mostly of upper class gentlemen, and the techniques he taught were considered more " than common wrestling Petter wrote an extensive treatise on grappling as a means of urban self-defense titled Klare Onderrichtinge der Voortreffelijke Worstel Konst ("Clear Education in the Magnificent Art of Wrestling"), but did not publish it before his death in 1672 His widow inherited the manuscript and published it with illustrator Romeyn de Hooghe in 1674 and it was reprinted and translated many times in the following centuries Sydney Anglo describes this text as "historically speaking,speaking,[one of] the [two] most important treatises on unarmed combat ever printed", and notes that "in many ways, the finest of all wrestling books and deservedly the most famous was the treatise by Nicolaes Petter and Romeyn de Hooghe.

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