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Category Archives: Edwardiana
“How to Carry a Walking-Stick” (1889)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd April 2017 Words of warning from the Pall Mall Gazette of 2 September, 1889: THE art of carrying a walking-stick, or even an umbrella, properly, is one that has to be acquired, and does … Continue reading
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“What Every Woman Ought to Know” Reviewed (Daily Mirror, March 29, 1911)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 24th April 2017
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The Apache’s Foe (The Bystander, 12 September 1906)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 10th May 2017 Burglaries in Paris and the provinces, wherein the revolver and the knife, as a rule, play an important role, are becoming more and more frequent. The police seem powerless, … Continue reading
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“The Ballad of Tarro Myake” (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 19th May 2017 The following poetic tribute to the skill of jiujitsuka Taro Miyake was first published in Punch Magazine of June 7, 1905. Miyake’s name was frequently rendered as “Tarro Myake” … Continue reading
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Personally, I would have tried to keep a hold of the stick …
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 3rd August 2017
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Johannes Josefsson: Iceland’s Colourful “King of Wrestling”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 7th August 2017 Due in no small part to the publicity surrounding Bartitsu circa 1899-1902, the first decade of the 20th century saw some substantial popular interest in “exotic” fighting styles. Japanese … Continue reading
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“Baritsu (sic) and Bluff” – a Critical Article on Bartitsu from 1901
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 19th August 2017 The anonymous author of this article from the Pall Mall Gazette of 27 August, 1901 turns a sharply critical eye to E.W. Barton-Wright’s promotion of Bartitsu. Noting for the sake … Continue reading
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The Christmas Truce of 1914
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 20th December 2018 In this holiday season marking one century since the end of the First World War, we depart from our usual coverage of Edwardian-era antagonistics to highlight the events of … Continue reading
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“Ju-Jitsu Corps”: A Novel Venture Which Has The Official Sanction (1914)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 19th November 2017 This little-known initiative was widely publicised during December of 1914 and January of 1915: A new corps has just been formed with the unusual title of the “Ju-Jitsu Corps.” … Continue reading
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