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Category Archives: Wrestling
Glima vs. Three Footpads
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 21st July 2014 Icelandic wrestler and showman Johannes Josephsson, who exhibited the art of glima wrestling in North American and European music halls during the early 20th century, demonstrates self-defence against not one, … Continue reading
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“Wrestler vs. Boxer”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd November 2014 A series of promotional photographs, subjects unknown, dating to the first decade of the 20th century.
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The Life’s Work of Percy Longhurst
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 5th March 2016 Percy William Longhurst (1874-1959) was a lifelong wrestling and antagonistics enthusiast, a prolific writer and a significant figure in the history of Bartitsu. Unfortunately, comparatively little is known of … Continue reading
Martial Arts Displays at the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 28th January 2017 Although jiujitsu had been introduced to England circa 1900 via the efforts of E.W. Barton-Wright, Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi, the Japan-British Exhibition was the first opportunity for many British citizens … Continue reading
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“Why Not Invent an English Art of Ju-jitsu?” (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 2nd March 2017 The following anonymous letter to the editor was originally published in the St. James’s Gazette of March 9th, 1905. Sir, —Jujitsu seems to be the fashionable graven image of … Continue reading
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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
“Fatal Wrestling Bout” (1909)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 25th May 2017 A sad and sobering reminder of the risks inherent in even friendly wrestling, from the Nottingham Evening Post of 22 February, 1909: AMATEUR CHAMPION EXONERATED PROM BLAME. The Westminster’s … Continue reading
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