Category Archives: Exhibitions

“Bartitsu at the Tivoli Theatre” (1901)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 12th May 2017 From the Morning Post of 23 August, 1901: Yesterday afternoon Mr. Barton-Wright gave a private exhibition of Bartitsu, his system of self-defence, which, though mainly founded on Japanese methods, is not exclusively … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Exhibition at Shorncliffe Army Camp (1902)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 17th May 2017 During early 1902, the instructors of the Bartitsu School of Arms and Physical Culture hit the road for a series of touring martial arts exhibitions in Oxford, Cambridge and Nottingham. This … Continue reading →

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Suffrajitsu at the Royal Armouries Museum

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 9th February 2018 Images from the upcoming “suffrajitsu” display (courtesy of Charlotte Graham Photography) at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, England, and their Edwardian-era antecedents:

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The Bamboo Pole Trick

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 12th March 2018 This photo published in the Italian journal La Stampa Sportiva (November, 1903) shows former Bartitsu Club instructor Sadakazu Uyenishi wheeling out an old favourite.  The “bamboo pole trick” had been a … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu at Sherlockon Poland 2018

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 23rd June 2018 Bartitsu demonstrations will be part of the festivities at the second Sherlockon Poland convention, taking place between June 30-July 1 2018 at the Ursynów Culture Center in Warsaw, Poland.

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“Self Defence with Sherlock Holmes” at the Royal Armouries Museum (Leeds, UK)

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 17th July 2018 The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, UK will be offering hands-on Bartitsu classes for children as part of an upcoming series of workshops in various historical martial arts.  The classes will … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Demonstration at the Polish Army Museum

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 30th September 2018 Members of the Club L’Extreme Est of Warsaw, Poland exhibited Bartitsu at the Polish War Museum on Saturday, September 23.  The demonstration was based on the martial arts journey of Edward Barton-Wright … Continue reading →

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“The Art of Self-Defence by Jiu-Jitsu Methods” (1918)

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 13th December 2018 A full-page, colour ad for a 1918 film starring the notorious Captain Leopold McLaglen, whose martial arts misadventures are detailed in this article (note that his name was frequently spelled “McLaglan” … Continue reading →

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Pierre and Marguerite Vigny at the Royal Albert Hall (1904)

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 10th January 2019 In early 1904, former Bartitsu Club instructor Pierre Vigny set up his own self-defence school in London.  By July of that year he and his wife/associate instructor Marguerite (a.k.a. “Miss … Continue reading →

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“Japanese Wrestling” (27 October, 1898)

Posted on December 17, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 14th December 2012 A report from the Morning Post newspaper on one of E.W. Barton-Wright’s early jiujitsu demonstrations in London. Mr. Barton-Wright’s demonstration of Japanese wrestling at the St. James’s Hall last … Continue reading →

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