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Author Archives: BartitsuSociety
Jiujitsu Film Footage from 1912
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 21st March 2013 This 1912 vintage newsreel footage is among the earliest film recordings of Japanese martial arts techniques. The film, which was probably shot in Paris, begins with a demonstration of … Continue reading
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“The Year of the Bodyguard” (1982): Summary
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 21st March 2013 For a number of years, the 1982 docudrama The Year of the Bodyguard, directed by Noel Burch, was one of the sasquatches of Bartitsu/Edwardian antagonistics research. There was tantalising evidence that … Continue reading
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The Forteza Gymuseum
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 27th March 2013 The Gymuseum at the Forteza Fitness and Martial Arts studio in Ravenswood, Chicago is a unique “living museum” collection of antique physical culture apparatus, mostly dating from the period 1880-1910. Many of the … Continue reading
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Equality
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 29th March 2013
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Jujitsuffragette Photographs?
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 1st April 2013 These three extremely rare photographs featured in the Year of the Bodyguard docudrama (1982) may show Jujitsuffragettes in training. Although it is unfortunately impossible to pinpoint their origin, these pictures were almost certainly … Continue reading
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“Dr. Latson’s Method of Self Defense” (New York City, 1906) and the “God-Man” scandal of 1911
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 12th April 2013 Bartitsu founder E.W. Barton-Wright once expressed the wish to export his “New Art of Self Defence” to the United States, and several of his articles for London magazines were subsequently re-published … Continue reading
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“Une interpellation ou le Jiu-Jitsu” (circa 1907)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 14th April 2013 A French cartoon warns of what might happen if the jiujitsu craze is taken up by members of the legal profession.
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“Woman’s Handiest Weapon”: the Stiletto Hatpin (New York Tribune, 1904)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 16th April 2013 The Hatpin Inflicts a Severe Wound and Can Be Got Ready for Action in a Moment “What shall we do in case we are attacked by some thief or … Continue reading
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Sparring with Crook Canes
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 16th April 2013
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