Categories
- Academia
- Antagonistics
- Baritsu
- Bartitsu School of Arms
- Biography
- Boxing
- Canonical Bartitsu
- Documentary
- E. W. Barton-Wright
- Editorial
- Edwardiana
- Exhibitions
- Fencing
- Fiction
- Hooliganism
- Humour
- In Memoriam
- Instruction
- Interviews
- Jiujitsu
- Mysteries
- Physical Culture
- Pop-culture
- Reviews
- Savate
- Seminars
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sparring
- Suffrajitsu
- Uncategorized
- Video
- Vigny stick fighting
- Wrestling
Author Archives: BartitsuSociety
Alex Kiermayer Seminar in Nürnberg
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 23rd October 2017 A photo from instructor Alex Kiermayer’s recent Bartitsu seminar for the Zanchin Kampfkunst martial arts club in Nürnberg, Germany.
Posted in Savate, Seminars, Vigny stick fighting
Comments Off on Alex Kiermayer Seminar in Nürnberg
“The Fall Guy”: S.K. Eida
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 29th October 2017 The first generation of Japanese jiujitsuka to arrive in London included Kaneo Tani, Seizo Yamamoto and Yukio Tani, all of whom had been invited to the England by Bartitsu … Continue reading
“The Champion Lady Fencer”: Marguerite and Pierre Vigny Demonstrate Walking Stick Defence (1908)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 12th November 2017 This newly-discovered image of Marguerite and Pierre Vigny shows the former demonstrating a double-handed thrust to the throat. Note that Pierre Vigny, left, is holding what appears to be … Continue reading
Posted in Vigny stick fighting
Comments Off on “The Champion Lady Fencer”: Marguerite and Pierre Vigny Demonstrate Walking Stick Defence (1908)
The Redoubtable Toupie Lowther
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 19th November 2017 Bartitsu has received an unusual shout-out in the new biography Toupie Lowther: Her Life, by English author Val Brown. Born to a wealthy, aristocratic family in 1874, May Lowther – … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Fencing, Reviews, Suffrajitsu
Comments Off on The Redoubtable Toupie Lowther
“Ju-Jitsu Corps”: A Novel Venture Which Has The Official Sanction (1914)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 19th November 2017 This little-known initiative was widely publicised during December of 1914 and January of 1915: A new corps has just been formed with the unusual title of the “Ju-Jitsu Corps.” … Continue reading
Posted in Edwardiana, Jiujitsu
Comments Off on “Ju-Jitsu Corps”: A Novel Venture Which Has The Official Sanction (1914)
Vigny Cane Vs. Doble Bastón
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 25th November 2017 In this experimental sparring match, Chilean Andres Morales (in the fencing mask with the white trim) employs the Vigny cane style opposed to the doble bastón (double stick) sub-system … Continue reading
Posted in Sparring, Video, Vigny stick fighting
Comments Off on Vigny Cane Vs. Doble Bastón
“The Umbrella: A Dangerous Weapon” (1900)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 26th November 2017 This article from the Bristol Mercury of May 14, 1900 is typical of many hundreds of newspaper reports illustrating the deadly potential of umbrella thrusts, whether delivered accidentally or deliberately. In days … Continue reading
Posted in Edwardiana
Comments Off on “The Umbrella: A Dangerous Weapon” (1900)
“Ju-Jitsu For The Police: Its Possibilities”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 17th December 2017 Cartoonist Ralph Cleaver imagines the ways in which jiujitsu might transform the policeman’s lot, and that of wider Edwardian society, in this series of cartoons for The Sketch.
Posted in Edwardiana, Humour, Jiujitsu
Comments Off on “Ju-Jitsu For The Police: Its Possibilities”
“Miyake, the Champion of Japan: an Interesting Interview” (1907)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 17th December 2017 This interview from the Midland Daily Telegraph of August 1, 1907 offers some further details on the life and career of Taro Miyake. A prominent member of the “second generation” … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Interviews, Jiujitsu
Comments Off on “Miyake, the Champion of Japan: an Interesting Interview” (1907)
“A Sort of Collective Santa Claus”: Sir C. Arthur Pearson and the Poor Children’s Yuletide Association
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 20th December 2017 This holiday-season article offers a departure from our usual focus on Edwardian-era martial arts and combat sports to briefly illuminate a much kinder and, therefore, more important endeavour from … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Edwardiana
Comments Off on “A Sort of Collective Santa Claus”: Sir C. Arthur Pearson and the Poor Children’s Yuletide Association