"Be aware, never be surprised" was Emile Andre\'s guiding principle as he worked "to create a new system that is practical in terms of its combat-readiness." Long before the advent of MMA, he asserted that "it seems clear that we ought to study several fighting sports and mold them into one system." Andre had been producing self-Defense manuals since the 1880\'s at a time when street gangs were terrorizing Paris, and he continued to do so after the advent of the Great War.
In this ultimate 1929. "Be aware, never be surprised" was Emile Andre\'s guiding principle as he worked "to create a new system that is practical in terms of its combat-readiness." Long before the advent of MMA, he asserted that "it seems clear that we ought to study several fighting sports and mold them into one system." Andre had been producing self-Defense manuals since the 1880\'s at a time when street gangs were terrorizing Paris, and he continued to do so after the advent of the Great War