Category Archives: Jiujitsu

“What Every Woman Ought to Know” (1911)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 20th April 2017 A short review from The Stage of 14 September, 1911, concerning a one-act polemic play that featured fight choreography by Edith Garrud: On Monday evening Mr. Martyn Roland and Miss Eva Quin appeared … Continue reading

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“Hot, Towzled, and Flabbergasted” (1901)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd April 2017 An amusing account of a Bartitsu challenge contest from the Sporting Times of 7 September, 1901. Noting as usual that the term “Jap” was used as a non-pejorative abbreviation in Edwardian English. … 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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George Dinnie vs. Yukio Tani (1908)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 27th April 2017 The following dramatic and highly detailed account is taken from the Sheffield Independent of Monday 3rd February, 1908.  It’s particularly interesting as it represents a hard-fought jujitsu-style contest taking place … Continue reading

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“The Unknown Wrestler: Jiu-Jitsu Constables Defeated” (1906)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 5th May 2017 From the Shipley Times and Express of 23 February, 1906: An exciting, though impromptu, jiu-jitsu contest was witnessed in the early the hours of Monday morning at Snow Hill Police … Continue reading

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“Bartitsu at the Tivoli Theatre” (1901)

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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“How I Became a Ju-Jitsu Champion” by Taro Miyake (1905)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 18th May 2017 This detailed interview with Taro Miyake was published in the Sunday Times of September 3, 1905. Miyake, who rose to fame by defeating former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio Tani … 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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“Giving In to Get Your Way”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 27th May 2017 The “sacrifice throw” in which a wrestler drops to the ground, using his own falling weight to throw his opponent, was almost unknown in Europe during the late 19th century. … Continue reading

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“Weird and somewhat horrible”: the Novelty of Submission Wrestling in 1901 London

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 23rd June 2017 Although E.W. Barton-Wright had been lecturing upon and demonstrating jiujitsu since his return to England from Japan in late 1898, it was not until September of 1901 that London music … Continue reading

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