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Category Archives: Jiujitsu
“Jiu-Jitsu in the Navy” (1907)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 3rd April 2017 From the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News – Saturday 21 September, 1907: Jiu-Jitsu was first taught in the Navy officially about a year ago to a selected number of … Continue reading
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“Barnard College Girls Becoming Experts in Jiu Jitsu Art” (Allentown Leader, Feb. 9, 1916)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 26th January 2016
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“Chucker-Out of the Unwanted: Muscular Maude” (1917)
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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Mary Russell, the “Flying Duchess”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 7th October 2018 Emily (Diana) Watts‘ 1905 book The Fine Art of Jujutsu is historically significant as the first Japanese unarmed combat manual to have been written by a woman, and also the first … Continue reading
“Jiu-jitsu Against Boxing” (1906)
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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Yukio Tani vs. the Cornish Wrestlers (Western Morning News, 12/11/1926)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 7th August 2018 There follows a detailed account of three encounters between former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio Tani and a trio of Cornish wrestling champions. Although the rules aren’t entirely clear, they … Continue reading
“The Man They Cannot Hang” vs. Sadakazu Uyenishi
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 19th May 2018 In common with most athlete/showmen of his time and place, John Clempert (1878-1940) was not averse to spinning some tall tales about his past exploits. He claimed, among other … Continue reading
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