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Author Archives: BartitsuSociety
“Mongrel Sports” (1906)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 3rd July 2018 The following article was originally published in the December 2nd, 1906 edition of The Referee, a then-popular sports newspaper. The journalist remarks upon a proposed upcoming contest arranged by … Continue reading
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“Sports de Defense” Postcards on Video
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 31st January 2018 Thanks to Rodney Bennett for sourcing and compiling this video, which consists of a series of self-defence postcards featuring French jiujitsu pioneer Ernest Regnier (a.k.a. “Re-Nie”). The caption of postcard … Continue reading
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“Police Jiujitsu at the Crystal Palace” (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 31st January 2018 In this cartoon from the Penny Illustrated Paper of March 4, 1905, the illustrator imagines a jiujitsu contest between two constables at a police fete held at the famed Crystal Palace … Continue reading
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Dr. Emelyne Godfrey Reviews “Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women’s Self Defense Movement”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 29th January 2018 Dr. Emelyne Godfrey has reviewed Wendy Rouse’s history of the women’s self-defence movement in the USA for the academic journal Martial Arts Studies. Dr. Godfrey’s review is available as a free, downloadable PDF via … Continue reading
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Re: Public Screenings of “Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 23rd January 2018 Just a reminder that the 2011 documentary Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes cannot legally be screened at venues such as public libraries, nor at events such as steampunk … Continue reading
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“The Eight Olympians”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 15th January 2018 By 1907 the art of jiujitsu was becoming thoroughly integrated into English popular culture. It had been written into plays and novels and was the subject of greeting cards, … Continue reading
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More from the Santiago Stickfighters
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 12th January 2018 Andres Morales (in the fencing mask with white trim) demonstrates the Vigny style in action against an opponent using a more generic style in this recent sparring match: In … Continue reading
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Gentlemanly Fisticuffs in Seattle
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 11th January 2018 An academic exhibition of the manly art of pugilism from a 19th century history event in Seattle. Note the use of the milling guard with elbow covers rolling into … Continue reading
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