Category Archives: Boxing

A Photo Gallery from Day 2 of BartitsuCon 2018

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 30th November 2018

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Another Video of Pugilistic Sparring in the 19th Century Style

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 8th December 2018 Here’s another take on “classic pugilism” sparring, this time by participants at the 2018 HEMAC event in Dijon, France.  In contrast to the recently-posted video of a generic mid-late 19th … Continue reading

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“The Mechanical Prizefighter” (1906)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 13th December 2018 An ingenious solution to the problem of finding (or simply wearing out) sparring partners is detailed in this short article from the Scientific American of July 7, 1906. To … Continue reading

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The Tactics of Bartitsu (Kick)Boxing

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 18th November 2016 E.W. Barton-Wright was fulsome in his praise of boxing, which was virtually synonymous with the idea of “self defence” in London at the turn of the 20th century. In introducing … Continue reading

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Bartitsu Club Instructor Yukio Tani in Action?

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 31st December 2012 This newsreel clip was shot at a gala day at London’s Kensington Palace Field in the year 1928. The first half features a boxing exhibition by Alf Mancini, who was … Continue reading

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For Your Listening Pleasure: “Eugen Sandow, Victorian Strongman” and “The Bare Fists of Boxing”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 3rd February 2012 The Art of Manliness website presents a podcast interview with David Waller, author of the new biography The Perfect Man: the Muscular Life and Times of Eugen Sandow, Victorian Stongman.  Sandow … Continue reading

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“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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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

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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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“Victory of the Foreigner”: Pierre Vigny vs. Professor Perkins (May, 1899)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd September 2017 This newly-discovered article from the Sporting Life of 24 May, 1899 records one of Pierre Vigny’s first public forays into the London antagonistics scene.   Professor Perkins (England) vs. Professor Vigny (Switzerland) … Continue reading

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