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Monthly Archives: December 2020
“Actual Self-Defence” (from “The Complete Boxer”, 1914)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 21st February 2019 Some sound advice from author J.G. Bohun Lynch, on the subject of street self-defence particularly from the boxer’s point of view. Mr. Lynch’s recommended defence against a kicking attack … Continue reading
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“Ring-Combat” – A Novel 1920s Wrestling Sport
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd December 2017 In this ingenious and curious style of wrestling, athletes contend over the possession of a solid rubber ring, with the winner being the grappler who is able to wrest … Continue reading
Martial Exotica: Kusarigamajutsu in London (1919-23)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 12th November 2017 Founded by Gunji Koizumi in 1918, the London Budokwai remains the oldest Japanese martial arts club in Europe. Former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio Tani taught there for many years, shaping the … Continue reading
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Extreme Stick Fighting
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 6th November 2017 Worth bearing in mind when one’s martial practice starts to become too academic; there is gently going through the motions, and then there is Extreme Stick Fighting (click here … Continue reading
“Jiu Jitsu For Mental Nurses” (1911)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 6th November 2017 A historical curiosity from the Aberdeen Press and Journal of 4 January, 1911, detailing the self-defence training of psychiatric nurses via the game of “Indian wrestling” and some basic jiujitsu techniques. Interestingly, … Continue reading
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La Savate vs. Boxing in London (The Sportsman, 26 March, 1904)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 7th October 2017 Given the traditional rivalries between France and England, it’s unsurprising that savate vs. boxing contests around the turn of the 20th century should have attracted considerable interest and generated … Continue reading
The Athletic Jagendorfer (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 2nd October 2017 According to a report in the Birmingham Daily Gazette of 12 October, 1905, the celebrated wrestler, strongman and club-swinging champion Georg Jagendorfer would shortly begin instructing the Viennese police in the gentle … Continue reading
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“The Claims of Ju-Jitsu” (The Sportsman, 4th May 1906)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd September 2017 The following letter to the editor of The Sportsman was written during the ongoing “jujitsu vs. boxing” controversy of 1906-7. The “boxing vs. jujitsu” debate was typically argued from a theoretical … Continue reading
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