Category Archives: Boxing

La Savate vs. Boxing in London (The Sportsman, 26 March, 1904)

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 7th October 2017 Given the traditional rivalries between France and England, it’s unsurprising that savate vs. boxing contests around the turn of the 20th century should have attracted considerable interest and generated … Continue reading →

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“The Claims of Ju-Jitsu” (The Sportsman, 4th May 1906)

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

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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“Victory of the Foreigner”: Pierre Vigny vs. Professor Perkins (May, 1899)

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd September 2017 This newly-discovered article from the Sporting Life of 24 May, 1899 records one of Pierre Vigny’s first public forays into the London antagonistics scene.   Professor Perkins (England) vs. Professor Vigny (Switzerland) … Continue reading →

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“Clever and Adroit”: More on the 1902 Nottingham Bartitsu Exhibitions

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 5th April 2017 The following article from the Tuesday, 25 March 1902 edition of the Nottingham Journal is the most detailed report yet discovered on the short series of Bartitsu exhibitions held in … Continue reading →

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“Chucker-Out of the Unwanted: Muscular Maude” (1917)

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 20th October 2018 Actress Doris Lytton puts up her dukes as Maude Bray, a supporting character in the 1917 theatrical farce Wanted: a Husband.  Hilarity ensues when one of Maude’s friends advertises for … Continue reading →

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Bartitsucon 2018 Classes and Instructors

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 20th October 2018 Participants in the upcoming Bartitsucon 2018 event will experience the full range of Bartitsu training, along with some related skills, as taught by no fewer than six instructors.  In … Continue reading →

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“Jiu-jitsu Against Boxing” (1906)

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 2nd October 2018 Victor Breyer’s rather intricate article from La Vie au Grand Air of January 12, 1906 illustrates some of the puzzles faced by European fighters in adapting to Japanese jiujitsu.   … Continue reading →

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An Exhibition of Old-School Fisticuffs

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 7th August 2018 Bartitsu instructor Alex Kiermayer (in black pants) and his colleague Christoph Reinberger perform an exhibition of bare-knuckle pugilism at the Coburg Zeitreise 2018. Although this is clearly a friendly demonstration rather … Continue reading →

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The Bartitsu School of Arms: Beamish Museum, 2013

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 12th February 2013 Announcing the third international Bartitsu symposium, to take place at Beamish Museum near Newcastle, UK, between September 14th and 15th, 2013. Update: the Google Groups email list for the … Continue reading →

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“Mongrel Sports” (1906)

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

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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