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The Athletic Jagendorfer (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 2nd October 2017 According to a report in the Birmingham Daily Gazette of 12 October, 1905, the celebrated wrestler, strongman and club-swinging champion Georg Jagendorfer would shortly begin instructing the Viennese police in the gentle … Continue reading
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“The Claims of Ju-Jitsu” (The Sportsman, 4th May 1906)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd September 2017 The following letter to the editor of The Sportsman was written during the ongoing “jujitsu vs. boxing” controversy of 1906-7. The “boxing vs. jujitsu” debate was typically argued from a theoretical … Continue reading
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John Steed’s Umbrella-Fu
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd September 2017 Secret agent John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) wields a mean brolly in this training sequence from The Avengers (1998). Choreographed by the great English fight director William Hobbs, Steed’s impeccable umbrella-fu was … Continue reading
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“Le Jiu-jitsu” (11 November, 1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 3rd August 2017 A gallery of cartoons from the Parisian magazine Le Rire, imagining the impact of jiu-jitsu upon French society in the wake of jiujitsuka Ernest Regnier’s victory over savateur Georges Dubois.
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“Tani, the Japanese Wrestler” (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 11th July 2017 From the 1905 omnibus edition of Mind and Body: A Monthly Journal Devoted to Physical Education: JIU-JITSU HAS 300 MOVES THAT AN EXPERT MUST KNOW, AND HE CAN THEN DEFEAT ANY … Continue reading
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The Rear Guard and the Guard by Distance
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 5th July 2017 The rear guard, also referred to by E.W. Barton-Wright as the “left guard”, is one of the signature defensive stances of the Vigny style of stick fighting. It was … Continue reading
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