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Category Archives: Jiujitsu
“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
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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Sadakazu “Raku” Uyenishi Caricatures
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 14th February 2014 Two caricatures of Bartitsu Club instructor Sadakazu Uyenishi, who used the stage name “Raku”, first published during his 1907/08 exhibition tour of Spain.
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Jujitsu, “the Newest Suffragette Terror”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd February 2014
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“Ju-ji-tsu” at Aldershot (April, 1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 13th May 2014 This illustration by artist L. Daviel represents a jujitsu exhibition by former Bartitsu Club instructor Sadakazu Uyenishi at the Public Schools Gymnasium, Aldershot. It’s difficult to parse exactly which technique the … Continue reading
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Policewomen Training in Jiujitsu (1914)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 13th May 2014 With the outbreak of the First World War, many British men enlisted as soldiers and many British women took occupations that had, until then, been considered strictly “men’s work”. … Continue reading
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“Safeguards” (Punch Magazine, Nov. 18, 1914)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 30th May 2014 Note: with the outbreak of the First World War, jiujitsu instructor William Garrud became the self-defence instructor for the Special Constables. It was the special terms to Special Constables … Continue reading
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“… the Latest Trick in Jiu-jitsu”: Cartoons from Punch Magazine (1905-12)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 14th October 2015 During the decade following E.W. Barton-Wright’s introduction of jiujitsu to England, the Japanese martial art was thoroughly absorbed into English popular culture – most famously when Sherlock Holmes made use … Continue reading
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