D’Eliscu’s training methods were sufficiently unorthodox for Life magazine to send a photographer to Fort Meade for a feature on what it called his “dirty fighting” system.

D’Eliscu’s training methods were sufficiently unorthodox for Life magazine to send a photographer to Fort Meade for a feature on what it called his “dirty fighting” system. (Everett Collection Inc./Alamy Stock Photo)

Everett Collection Inc./Alamy Stock Photo