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Category Archives: E. W. Barton-Wright
A “New” Bartitsu Article: “Ju-Jitsu and Ju-do”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 19th July 2009 The article from the New Zealand “Auckland Star” newspaper on April 11, 1901 was written shortly after E.W. Barton-Wright’s successful lecture and demonstration for the Japan Society. JU-JITSU AND … Continue reading →
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“Bartitsu: the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes” Preview Trailer
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 31st December 2009 A special preview of our upcoming feature-length documentary exploring the cultural history, rediscovery and modern revival of E.W. Barton-Wright’s “New Art of Self Defence”. Founded in London in 1899, Bartitsu was an early … Continue reading →
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“About Martial Arts, E.W. Barton-Wright and Yukio Tani”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 25th January 2010 Marcus Rowland’s short article About Martial Arts, E.W. Barton-Wright and Yukio Tani was first published in Valkyrie magazine in 1996, and accompanied a CD-Rom which included all five of the articles … Continue reading →
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Today in history – “Jujitsu and Judo: The Japanese Art of Self Defence from the British Athletic Point of View”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 10th February 2011 One hundred and ten years ago today, E.W. Barton-Wright presented his seminal lecture, Jujitsu and Judo: The Japanese Art of Self Defence from the British Athletic Point of View for the Japan … Continue reading →
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The E.W. Barton-Wright Memorial Project
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site Saturday, 23rd August 2008 E.W. Barton-Wright, the founder of Bartitsu, died in 1951 at the age of ninety and was buried in what the late martial arts historian Richard Bowen described as a “pauper’s … Continue reading →
Bartitsu Founder Featured in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 22nd June 2012 Edward William Barton-Wright, the founder of Bartitsu, has been commemorated with an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, the standard work of reference on notable figures from British history.
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Bartitsu (sort of …) to be Featured in “The Friday Society”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 1st November 2012 This interview with author Adrienne Kress re. her upcoming young adult steampunk/superhero/girl power novel The Friday Society reveals that one of the protagonists, a Japanese teenager named Michiko, works as a martial arts … Continue reading →
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E.W. Barton-Wright’s Birthday
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 9th November 2012 Today marks the 152nd anniversary of the birth of Bartitsu founder E.W Barton-Wright, who was born in Bangalore, India in the year 1860. Cheers!
“Jiu-jitsu: An Editor’s Experience” (1917)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 5th December 2013 The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial, Monday, 32 April, 1917 – In Sir Arthur Pearson’s reminiscences in the January number of Pearson’s Magazine, is his account of how he … Continue reading →
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Bartitsu and Suffrajitsu in “Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting: The Rise of the Martial Arts in Great Britain”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 5th March 2013
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