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The 2017 Ken Pfrenger Memorial Pugilism Symposium

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 23rd February 2017 Announcing the Ken Pfrenger Memorial Pugilism Symposium, a historical pugilism workshop to be held on Saturday June 17 and Sunday June 18, 2017 in Arlington Heights, IL., USA. Background … Continue reading →

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R. G. Allanson-Winn on “The Umbrella as a Weapon of Self-Defence” (1890)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 24th February 2017 Rowland George Allanson-Winn, the 5th Baron Headley, was a man of diverse interests and an interesting man. Born in London in 1855, he went on to study mathematics at … Continue reading →

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Defence a la Walking Stick (The Tatler, December 4 1901)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 26th February 2017 The president of the Bartitsu Club (that most interesting school of self-defence in all its forms, which is located in Shaftesbury Avenue) has taken up the cudgels in favour … Continue reading →

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“The Art of Self Defense with a Walking Stick” (1900)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 27th February 2017 From the New Orleans Times-Democrat of Sunday, December 30, 1900: “Baritsu”, as the comparatively new form of self-defense is called, would appear, says the London Free Lance, to be … Continue reading →

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“Ju-ji-tsu Champion: Interesting Display and Interview with Professor Uyenishi” (1905)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 2nd March 2017 From the Hastings and St Leonards Observer of 15 April, 1905: The local Companies of Engineers are to congratulated on affording the Hastings public their first experience the wonderful Japanese style of … Continue reading →

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“Why Not Invent an English Art of Ju-jitsu?” (1905)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 2nd March 2017 The following anonymous letter to the editor was originally published in the St. James’s Gazette of March 9th, 1905. Sir, —Jujitsu seems to be the fashionable graven image of … Continue reading →

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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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