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“Japanese Ways of Chivalry” (Illustrated London News, May 1919)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 8th October 2014 This Illustrated London News article describes some of the unusual Japanese martial arts displayed at the Aeolian Hall on May 31, 1919. As well as jujitsu, the visiting kendo master Sonobe … Continue reading
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“Wrestler vs. Boxer”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd November 2014 A series of promotional photographs, subjects unknown, dating to the first decade of the 20th century.
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“Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons” Coming in Early 2015
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd November 2014 The graphic novel trilogy Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons, written by Tony Wolf with art by Joao Vieira, will be published by Jet City Comics in early 2015: London, 1914: with Europe on … Continue reading
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Bartitsuesque Action in “Gotham”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 26th November 2014 A notably Bartitsuvian fight scene from the hit TV series Gotham, in which Alfred Pennyworth (Sean Pertwee) demonstrates his credentials as a retired badass. Readers of a certain age and proclivity … Continue reading
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Action, Adventure and Intrigue in “Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 11th December 2014 The Suffrajitsu graphic novel trilogy (coming in early 2015) now has its own official website, Facebook page and Twitter account! Suffrajitsu.com Suffrajitsu.com is your one-stop-shop for all matters Amazonian. Designed as something … Continue reading
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A Little Impromptu Riverbank Bartitsu …
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 15th December 2014
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Self-Defence with a Bicycle, Italian Style (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 18th December 2014 This sequence of photographs from a 1905 edition of the Italian journal La Stampa Sportiva is clearly based on Marcus Tindal’s amusing and eccentric article Self-Protection on a Cycle (1901), which may in … Continue reading
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The Addams-Dewey Gymnasium
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 24th December 2014 Artist Pablo Helguera’s Addams-Dewey Gymnasium was part of the Art Institute of Chicago’s recent exhibition, titled A Proximity of Consciousness: The gymnasium invites visitors to engage in turn-of-the-century exercises designed to promote health and … Continue reading
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