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Category Archives: Edwardiana
More “Peace Scouts” Self Defence Training
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 21st August 2013 Founded by Muriel Cossgrove in 1908, the New Zealand Peace Scouts were a precursor to the Girl Guide movement in New Zealand. Peace Scouts were encouraged to eschew corsets, … Continue reading
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Flossie Le Mar, the “World’s Famous Ju-Jitsu Girl” (1913)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 17th October 2013 Florence “Flossie” Le Mar was a pioneering advocate of jujitsu as feminist self defence. Flossie and her husband, professional wrestler and showman Joe Gardiner, toured vaudeville theatres throughout New Zealand … Continue reading
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“The Sword and the Pen: Two Swashbuckling Stories”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 13th February 2014 We’re happy to announce the publication of The Sword and the Pen in both print and e-book formats. Egerton Castle, famous as a pioneer of the late-Victorian revival of Elizabethan swordsmanship, … Continue reading
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Sadakazu “Raku” Uyenishi Caricatures
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 14th February 2014 Two caricatures of Bartitsu Club instructor Sadakazu Uyenishi, who used the stage name “Raku”, first published during his 1907/08 exhibition tour of Spain.
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Amateur Constables Trained in Stick Fighting (1912)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 19th February 2014 From the Adelaide Daily Herald, April 13, 1912: One result of the recent disturbance (escalating industrial unrest and strikes) has been to give a real impetus to the civilian … Continue reading
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Policewomen Training in Jiujitsu (1914)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 13th May 2014 With the outbreak of the First World War, many British men enlisted as soldiers and many British women took occupations that had, until then, been considered strictly “men’s work”. … Continue reading
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“Safeguards” (Punch Magazine, Nov. 18, 1914)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 30th May 2014 Note: with the outbreak of the First World War, jiujitsu instructor William Garrud became the self-defence instructor for the Special Constables. It was the special terms to Special Constables … Continue reading
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“… the Latest Trick in Jiu-jitsu”: Cartoons from Punch Magazine (1905-12)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 14th October 2015 During the decade following E.W. Barton-Wright’s introduction of jiujitsu to England, the Japanese martial art was thoroughly absorbed into English popular culture – most famously when Sherlock Holmes made use … Continue reading
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