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Category Archives: Edwardiana
Hooligans, Beware!
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 14th March 2011 Perhaps the ultimate expression of self defence for bicyclists was the Simms Motor Scout, which rolled off the production line in 1898. While intended for wartime use, the Motor Scout would have … Continue reading
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“The Hooligan and the Lady”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 26th January 2011 A fight scene/Edwardian-era self defence demonstration from the upcoming play The Hooligan and the Lady by Pauleen Hayes, premiering on February 24th at BATS Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand. The play is based … Continue reading
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“Bartitsu Boxer”
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)
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
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)
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”
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”
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)
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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