Category Archives: Edwardiana

E.W. Barton-Wright on “How to Pose as a Strong Man”

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 16th January 2011 Bartitsu founder E.W. Barton-Wright’s article How to Pose as a Strong Man was first published in the January, 1899 edition of Pearson’s Magazine. Presented as an instruction manual of eleven parlour … Continue reading →

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“Bartitsu Boxer”

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 30th December 2010 This unique Bartitsu-inspired artwork, incorporating a page from an 1880s book on gentlemanly etiquette, is available from this site.

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“Society Women Wrestlers: Ladies’ Craze for Japanese Ju-jitsu” (Daily Mirror, April 4, 1904)

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 13th December 2010 Impressed by the success of the Japanese system of wrestling – the Ju-jitsu — President Roosevelt has ordered it to be adapted in the. Naval Academy, where it is … Continue reading →

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Edwardian Jiujitsu Ephemera

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 21st November 2010 Thanks to Steve Childs for these early 20th century illustrations. It’s hard to tell who is the aggressor in this card by Will Adams: A rare colourised photograph of … Continue reading →

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“Wrestling Wizard Of Iceland Defies All Highwaymen” (New York Tribune, April 4, 1920)

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 6th November 2010 Johannes Josefsson, Who Fights With His Feet in Ringling’s Circus, Craves Meeting With Bandits A certain degree of timidity is excusable in almost any person, owing to the increase … Continue reading →

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“Father Frank’s Trick”

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 26th September 2010 Text from “The French Scotland Yard: About the Paris Detective and his Work” by Alder Anderson and H. de Noussanne; The London Magazine, Volume 9, 1903. Has the reader … Continue reading →

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“One Man, One Suffragette”

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 11th September 2010 A 1907 Punch Magazine cartoon offers a satirical training suggestion to those London bobbies whose duties brought them into conflict with radical Suffragettes. The following year, under the tutelage … Continue reading →

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“Jiu Jitsu Lessons For Youths” (1906)

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 30th August 2010 From “The Foolish Almanack for the Year 1906 A.D.” By observing the following six rules any boy of twelve can easily protect himself from the attacks of a full-grown … Continue reading →

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“The Umbrella as a Weapon of Defence” (1908)

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 24th August 2010 From Popular Mechanics Magazine, Vol. 10 Issues 1-12: In one of the women’s fencing schools of Paris instruction in the art of attack and defense with foils has been discontinued … Continue reading →

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William E. Steers and the Hilltop Dojo

Posted on February 8, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 14th August 2010 (With thanks to the late Richard Bowen as well as to John Bowen and Joe Svinth.) William E. Steers is one of the “mystery men” of the early British … Continue reading →

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