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Category Archives: Edwardiana
“Wrestler vs. Boxer”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd November 2014 A series of promotional photographs, subjects unknown, dating to the first decade of the 20th century.
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An Exhibition of Ju-Jitsu at Aldershot: A Lady Throws a Man (The Graphic – Saturday, 08 April 1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 5th March 2016 Ju-jitsu or the Japanese scientific wrestling, now being taught by a Japanese professor, Professor Uyenishi, of Seibouhan, Japan, to the Aldershot Gymnastic Staff, formed, perhaps, the greatest attraction at … Continue reading
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“Making the ‘Knock-Out’ Safe” (The Sketch, September 18, 1907)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 20th December 2016 In 1907 this unusual ring design – equipped with nets reminiscent of the safety equipment used in circus acts – was tested as a way to reduce the danger … Continue reading
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Happy Holidays
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 25th December 2016
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“The Bold Suffragette” (1910)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 18th January 2017 This caricature of suffragette jujitsu trainer Edith Garrud, and accompanying poem titled “The Bold Suffragette”, first appeared in the Wednesday, 13 July 1910 edition of The Sketch.
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“’Engagement’” Rings: Knuckle-Duster Jewellery” (1911)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 18th January 2017 Subtitled “Ingenious Weapons Favoured by Apaches – for ‘Engagements’ with Law-Abiding Citizens”, these pictures were originally published as a photo-feature in The Sketch of Wednesday, 1st March 1911. Nick-named in honour … Continue reading
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“Injudicious Ju-Jitsu” (circa 1910)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 25th January 2017
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