Colonel Anthony Biddle was an eccentric millionaire and an amateur boxer, he was also a pioneer of bayonet and hand-to-hand combat training in the US Marine Corps based on his training in the sport of fencing. He began his career with the Marine Corps as a bayonet instructor in World War I. Interestingly, Biddle was also a promoter of W.E. Fairbairn's Defendu system after WWI. He went on to instruct US Marines and FBI agents in use of the bayonet, knife and hand-to-hand fighting through to the end of World War II.
Biddle was friends with Teddy Roosevelt, and led just as interesting a life. As an amateur boxer, the bald, mustachioed millionaire fought under the name of "Tim O'Biddle." The great Ruby Bob Fitzsimmons called him one of the best amateur fighters he ever saw.
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