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Edwardian Jiujitsu Ephemera
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 21st November 2010 Thanks to Steve Childs for these early 20th century illustrations. It’s hard to tell who is the aggressor in this card by Will Adams: A rare colourised photograph of … Continue reading
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“Wrestling Wizard Of Iceland Defies All Highwaymen” (New York Tribune, April 4, 1920)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 6th November 2010 Johannes Josefsson, Who Fights With His Feet in Ringling’s Circus, Craves Meeting With Bandits A certain degree of timidity is excusable in almost any person, owing to the increase … Continue reading
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“To Conquer by Yielding”; Lafcadio Hearn on Jiujitsu
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 18th October 2010 An excerpt from Lafcadio Hearn’s “Out of the East: Reveries and Studies in New Japan”, 1895. Man at his birth is supple and weak; at his death, firm and strong. So … Continue reading
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An Edwardian Jiujitsu Exposition
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 15th October 2010 (From Womanhood Magazine, 1904) A VERY INTERESTED GATHERING assembled at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on December 20, at the invitation of Mr. Granger, Agent General for Australia, to witness a demonstration … Continue reading
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Edwardian Walking Stick Defence Seminar (Edinburgh)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 14th October 2010 Edinburgh: on the 16th of October, beginning at midday and ending at 5pm, there will be a workshop in Walking Stick Defence given by Phil Crawley. The venue will be … Continue reading
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Neo-Bartitsu Event in Pfarrkirchen, Germany
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 13th October 2010 On October 9th and 10th the Pfarrkirchen branch of the Ochs historical fencing association hosted a “challenge tournament” followed by a neo-Bartitsu seminar. Opening the neo-Bartitsu session, Andy Damms gave a … Continue reading
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More Images from “Bartitsu: the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 12th October 2010
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