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Category Archives: Edwardiana
Martial Arts Displays at the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 28th January 2017 Although jiujitsu had been introduced to England circa 1900 via the efforts of E.W. Barton-Wright, Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi, the Japan-British Exhibition was the first opportunity for many British citizens … Continue reading
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“Fearsome Armour of the ‘Human Porcupine’” (1910)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 20th February 2017 From the Dundee Evening Telegraph of 10 January, 1910: ARMOURED RUFFIAN HAS DESPERATE STRUGGLE WITH POLICE. One Killed and Three Wounded. Paris is no stranger scenes of violence in the streets, … Continue reading
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“Why Not Invent an English Art of Ju-jitsu?” (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 2nd March 2017 The following anonymous letter to the editor was originally published in the St. James’s Gazette of March 9th, 1905. Sir, —Jujitsu seems to be the fashionable graven image of … Continue reading
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“How to Carry a Walking-Stick” (1889)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd April 2017 Words of warning from the Pall Mall Gazette of 2 September, 1889: THE art of carrying a walking-stick, or even an umbrella, properly, is one that has to be acquired, and does … Continue reading
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“What Every Woman Ought to Know” Reviewed (Daily Mirror, March 29, 1911)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 24th April 2017
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The Apache’s Foe (The Bystander, 12 September 1906)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 10th May 2017 Burglaries in Paris and the provinces, wherein the revolver and the knife, as a rule, play an important role, are becoming more and more frequent. The police seem powerless, … Continue reading
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“The Ballad of Tarro Myake” (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 19th May 2017 The following poetic tribute to the skill of jiujitsuka Taro Miyake was first published in Punch Magazine of June 7, 1905. Miyake’s name was frequently rendered as “Tarro Myake” … Continue reading
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Personally, I would have tried to keep a hold of the stick …
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 3rd August 2017
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Johannes Josefsson: Iceland’s Colourful “King of Wrestling”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 7th August 2017 Due in no small part to the publicity surrounding Bartitsu circa 1899-1902, the first decade of the 20th century saw some substantial popular interest in “exotic” fighting styles. Japanese … Continue reading
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