Category Archives: Jiujitsu

Edwardian Jiujitsu Ephemera

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 21st November 2010 Thanks to Steve Childs for these early 20th century illustrations. It’s hard to tell who is the aggressor in this card by Will Adams: A rare colourised photograph of … Continue reading →

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“To Conquer by Yielding”; Lafcadio Hearn on Jiujitsu

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 18th October 2010 An excerpt from Lafcadio Hearn’s “Out of the East: Reveries and Studies in New Japan”, 1895. Man at his birth is supple and weak; at his death, firm and strong. So … Continue reading →

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An Edwardian Jiujitsu Exposition

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 15th October 2010 (From Womanhood Magazine, 1904) A VERY INTERESTED GATHERING assembled at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on December 20, at the invitation of Mr. Granger, Agent General for Australia, to witness a demonstration … Continue reading →

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“Jiu Jitsu Lessons For Youths” (1906)

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 30th August 2010 From “The Foolish Almanack for the Year 1906 A.D.” By observing the following six rules any boy of twelve can easily protect himself from the attacks of a full-grown … Continue reading →

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William E. Steers and the Hilltop Dojo

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 14th August 2010 (With thanks to the late Richard Bowen as well as to John Bowen and Joe Svinth.) William E. Steers is one of the “mystery men” of the early British … Continue reading →

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Yukio Tani (?) at a Budokwai Demonstration (1937)

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 27th July 2010 A British Pathe newsreel from 1937, including a brief shot (0:25-27) that may be the only surviving film footage of the then 56 year old former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio … Continue reading →

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“The Secret Lock: A Splendid Yarn of Jiu-Jitsu” (1911)

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 27th July 2010 GoogleBooks has made available this thrilling 12-page tale for red-blooded boys of all ages by Percy Longhurst (author of Jiu-Jitsu and Other Methods of Self Defence). Originally published in the August … Continue reading →

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Yukio Tani’s flying armbar

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 30th June 2010 A promotional postcard (circa 1905) showing former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio Tani demonstrating a flying armbar (juji gatame) on his manager, the strongman William “Apollo” Bankier: … and here’s a compilation … Continue reading →

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“Jiu-Jitsu and Other Methods of Self Defence” Republished

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 26th June 2010 Announcing Kirk Lawson‘s re-publication of Percy Longhurst’s “Jiu-Jitsu and Other Methods of Self Defence” (1906) from a copy of the original located by Dr. Milo Thurston of the Linacre School of Defence. The … Continue reading →

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“A little Joo-Jitsoo” (Punch Magazine, 1905)

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 21st June 2010

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