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“Gaby Deslys as a Jiu-jitsu Artist” (1907)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 21st November 2016 French music hall star Gaby Deslys – famous for her “Jiujitsu Waltz” – is shown throwing Sorekichi Eida in this 1907 publicity photo. Note that the term “Jap” held no pejorative meaning … Continue reading
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Bartitsu Announced as “Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate” Achievement
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 19th September 2015 Fans of Victorian-era action/adventure are looking forward to the October 23 release of Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, which will feature “Bartitsu” as a special achievement. The achievement award will be unlocked if players master … Continue reading
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Bartitsu Kicks Posterior in FX’s “The League”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 19th September 2015 Bartitsu has been both parodied and showcased on the FX Network’s popular comedy series, The League, which concerns the misadventures of a group of fantasy football league players. In the recent episode … Continue reading
Miss Phoebe Roberts, “Champion Lady Ju-Jitsu Wrestler of the World”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 15th April 2017 Alongside Edith Garrud and Emily Diana Watts, Phoebe Roberts (1887-1955) must be accounted as one of the first female jiujitsu instructors in the Western world. She was certainly the youngest; Miss Roberts … Continue reading
Bartitsu in “Tweed” Magazine
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 8th October 2013 The Bartitsu Club: Isle of Wight has been featured in Tweed Magazine, a German-language periodical of the Anglophile lifestyle.
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Introductory Bartitsu with James Garvey at the Idler Academy (London)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 3rd October 2013 James Garvey will be offering a comprehensive 6-week introductory Bartitsu course via London’s Idler Academy. The course will cover a progression of the Bartitsu skill-sets of jiujitsu, fisticuffs/atemiwaza and cane fighting, … Continue reading
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“A Striking Exhibition” (Grantham Journal, Nov. 1, 1902)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 29th September 2013 On Tuesday night, in London, Professor Vigny gave a striking exhibition the possibilities of self-defence afforded by simple walking-stick. Holding his malacca cane by one hand at each end, … Continue reading
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Bartitsu in “Black Belt Magazine”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 19th September 2013 Congratulations to Elizabeth Crowens of the Bartitsu Club of New York City, whose article Bartitsu: Reviving the “Mixed” Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes appears in the October/November 2013 issue of Black Belt Magazine.
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“A New School of Self-Defence” (1902)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 26th May 2018 From The Referee of 21 September 1902: I have been asked to notice the New School of Self Defence and Salle D’Escrime, opened at 18, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and the … Continue reading
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