Categories
- Academia
- Antagonistics
- Baritsu
- Bartitsu School of Arms
- Biography
- Boxing
- Canonical Bartitsu
- Documentary
- E. W. Barton-Wright
- Editorial
- Edwardiana
- Exhibitions
- Fencing
- Fiction
- Hooliganism
- Humour
- In Memoriam
- Instruction
- Interviews
- Jiujitsu
- Mysteries
- Physical Culture
- Pop-culture
- Reviews
- Savate
- Seminars
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sparring
- Suffrajitsu
- Uncategorized
- Video
- Vigny stick fighting
- Wrestling
Author Archives: BartitsuSociety
The Umbrella: a Misunderstood Weapon
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 17th May 2009 This humourous article, written and illustrated by J.F. Sullivan, originally appeared in “The Ludgate Monthly” of 1897, just a few years before E.W. Barton-Wright introduced Bartitsu to London. No … Continue reading
Posted in Antagonistics, Fiction, Humour
Comments Off on The Umbrella: a Misunderstood Weapon
The Oldest Gym in America?
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 21st April 2009 Among the interests of the Bartitsu Society is the study of 19th century physical culture; the panoply of diverse exercise systems that were practiced in public and private gymnasia throughout … Continue reading
Posted in Physical Culture
Comments Off on The Oldest Gym in America?
The Mystery of the “Japanised Englishman”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 13th August 2010 Pieter M.C. Toepoel was, in a sense, the E.W. Barton-Wright of the Netherlands. A boxing and physical culture teacher and something of a free-thinker, attracted to novelties, Toepoel was … Continue reading
The Mysteries of the Embok Kwai (1900-1902)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 4th March 2017 “… he was initiated into the Order of the Embok Kwai, the sole purpose of which is to teach, perpetuate and protect the secrets of jiu-jitsu.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1st … Continue reading
Posted in Edwardiana, Fiction, Humour, Jiujitsu, Mysteries
Comments Off on The Mysteries of the Embok Kwai (1900-1902)
The Eccentric Evolution of Boxing Armour
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 14th June 2010 The first patented suit of boxing armour was registered with the US Patent Office in 1895. Joseph Donovan’s invention offered protection to the most vulnerable parts of the boxer’s … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing, Edwardiana
Comments Off on The Eccentric Evolution of Boxing Armour
The Case of the Imaginary Sensei
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 29th May 2010 Eager would-be students of jiujitsu in early Edwardian England had limited options to learn the mysterious Japanese art of self defence. During the period 1899-1902 they might have trained … Continue reading
The Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 8th November 2010 Located in the town of Belfast, New York, the Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame is situated in the training barns in which William Muldoon trained the great John L. Sullivan for his epic 75-round World … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing
Comments Off on The Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame