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Monthly Archives: December 2020
Captain Hutton Demonstrates Pierre Vigny’s Walking Stick Defence (London Daily Telegraph, Nov. 20, 1901)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 30th December 2016 Captain Alfred Hutton was a member of the Bartitsu Club committee and also taught fencing at the Club. E.W. Barton-Wright encouraged his instructors to learn from each other and Hutton … Continue reading
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“The Victorian Gentleman’s Self-Defence Guide”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 9th January 2017 This amusing take on Bartitsu is available as a wall poster from this site.
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“The Gentle Methods of the Berlin Police: Manners of ‘Moving On’” (1910)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 17th January 2017 During early 1910, after the success of the Berlin police in quelling a labour dispute that had escalated into a riot, several British newspapers published feature articles on the … Continue reading
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“The Bold Suffragette” (1910)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 18th January 2017 This caricature of suffragette jujitsu trainer Edith Garrud, and accompanying poem titled “The Bold Suffragette”, first appeared in the Wednesday, 13 July 1910 edition of The Sketch.
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“’Engagement’” Rings: Knuckle-Duster Jewellery” (1911)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 18th January 2017 Subtitled “Ingenious Weapons Favoured by Apaches – for ‘Engagements’ with Law-Abiding Citizens”, these pictures were originally published as a photo-feature in The Sketch of Wednesday, 1st March 1911. Nick-named in honour … Continue reading
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“Injudicious Ju-Jitsu” (circa 1910)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 25th January 2017
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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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The Belt as a Weapon (1890)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 17th February 2017 Bartitsu founder E.W. Barton-Wright frequently referred to the utility of Pierre Vigny’s stick fighting art against common street weapons, including the fearsome, heavy-buckled belt favoured by gangsters in large … Continue reading
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