Category Archives: Jiujitsu

“Une interpellation ou le Jiu-Jitsu” (circa 1907)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 14th April 2013 A French  cartoon warns of what might happen if the jiujitsu craze is taken up by members of the legal profession.

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“Kano Jiu Jitsu” at the Japan-British Exhibition (1910)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 24th April 2013 Text from “The Official Report of the Japan British Exhibition 1910 at the Great White City, Shepherd’s Bush, London”.  The heavyweight wrestler standing in the top two pictures has been identified … Continue reading

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Political Jujitsu Cartoon by E.T. Reed (1902)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 25th April 2013 Possibly inspired by E.W. Barton-Wright’s coining of the word “Bartitsu”, Punch cartoonist E.T. Reed imagines the martial arts of British politicans including Joseph Chamberlain’s “Jo-jitsu” and Arthur Balfour’s “Balf-itsu”, a “peculiar method of contortionist gymnastics … Continue reading

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“Jujutsu Wrestler in London” (Japan Times, 1903)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 11th May 2013 Yukio Tani, a Japanese in London, recently created quite a sensation by his wonderful wrestling performances at the Oxford Music Hall. Describing the Japanese wrestler, a London journal says: “His … Continue reading

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The Victorian Martial Arts Symposium

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 15th July 2013 A dynamic throw demonstrated at the recent Victorian Martial Arts Symposium at the Gear Con 2013 steampunk event in Portland, Oregon.

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“The Great Anglo-Japanese Tournament”: Bartitsu in Nottingham (March 1902)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 29th July 2013 The best evidence indicates that E.W. Barton-Wright’s Bartitsu Club in London closed down during the early months of 1902, for reasons that are still mysterious.  A recently-discovered series of … Continue reading

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Elizabethan Sword-Play and Bartitsu at the Bath Club (1899)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 29th July 2013 A tongue-in-cheek review of the famous Bath Club exhibition of March 1899, from “The Truth” newspaper: Very interesting indeed was the display of Elizabethan sword-play at the Bath Club last … Continue reading

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“Policewoman Uses Jiu-jitsu on Mashers” (Chicago American, 1923)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 23rd August 2013 One of the most famous and colourful “characters” of Chicago during the roaring ’20s was Detective Alice B. Clement, whose sharp wits, snappy dress sense and enthusiastic use of … Continue reading

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The Bartitsu School of Arms 2013: a Memoir

Alternating annually between Europe and North America, the Bartitsu School of Arms and Physical Culture is the Bartitsu Society’s international seminar and conference event. The 2013 SoA was held between September 13-15 at Beamish Museum near Newcastle, UK. Unfortunately, instructor … Continue reading

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Flossie Le Mar, the “World’s Famous Ju-Jitsu Girl” (1913)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 17th October 2013 Florence “Flossie” Le Mar was a pioneering advocate of jujitsu as feminist self defence. Flossie and her husband, professional wrestler and showman Joe Gardiner, toured vaudeville theatres throughout New Zealand … Continue reading

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