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“The Lost Art of Self-Defence – Forgotten Methods of Fighting Revived by a Viennese Fencing Club” (1905)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 2nd March 2017 The turn of the 20th century was something of a boom time for academic and popular interest in unusual fighting styles, exemplified by Bartitsu’s eclectic combination of Japanese and … Continue reading →

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“How the East Entertains Us” (The Tatler, October 16, 1901)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 3rd March 2017 If India has not charmed us histrionically, we have to thank Japan for Sada Yacco and several eastern countries for all sorts of entertaining varieties. The Japanese wrestlers now … Continue reading →

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The Behnke System at the Bartitsu Club (1900-1901)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 8th March 2017 Mrs. Kate Behnke was a well-known voice teacher and speech therapist who was also, during the brief Bartitsu Club era circa 1900, a neighbour of Bartitsu founder E.W. Barton-Wright. … Continue reading →

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Selbstverteidigung – Self-Defence Sketches by Edmund Erpf (1920)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 11th March 2017 A series of studies by the German artist Edmund Erpf (1883-1977), drawing inspiration from boxing, savate and jiujitsu:

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Bartitsu Exhibitions in Oxford (February-March 1902)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 30th March 2017 During the early months of 1902, E.W. Barton-Wright and the Bartitsu Club instructors undertook a series of touring exhibitions to venues including Cambridge University and the Mechanics Institute Hall in … Continue reading →

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“What Every Woman Ought to Know” (1911)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 20th April 2017 A short review from The Stage of 14 September, 1911, concerning a one-act polemic play that featured fight choreography by Edith Garrud: On Monday evening Mr. Martyn Roland and Miss Eva Quin appeared … Continue reading →

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“Hot, Towzled, and Flabbergasted” (1901)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd April 2017 An amusing account of a Bartitsu challenge contest from the Sporting Times of 7 September, 1901. Noting as usual that the term “Jap” was used as a non-pejorative abbreviation in Edwardian English. … Continue reading →

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“How to Carry a Walking-Stick” (1889)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd April 2017 Words of warning from the Pall Mall Gazette of 2 September, 1889: THE art of carrying a walking-stick, or even an umbrella, properly, is one that has to be acquired, and does … Continue reading →

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The Circa 1970 Revival of Umbrella and Walking Stick Self-Defence

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 23rd April 2017 Much like the first decade of the 20th century, the late 1960s and early ’70s saw an increased general interest in self-defence due to a perceived rise in street … Continue reading →

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“What Every Woman Ought to Know” Reviewed (Daily Mirror, March 29, 1911)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 24th April 2017

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