Category Archives: Exhibitions

Bartitsu Display at the 2016 Festival of Steam and Transport

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 1st April 2016 This recent event in Chatham, Kent, England included a dashing Bartitsu demonstration by members of the Metropolitan Bartitsu Club …

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“Fencing and Bartitsu at the Bath Club” (Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, March 18, 1899)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 15th April 2016 On Thursday, the 9th inst., “ladies’ night”, an amusing and instructive evening was spent by the members and their friends, gathered in considerable numbers. The first part of the … Continue reading →

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The Art of Self Defence (Illustrated London News, Nov. 30, 1901)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 12th August 2016 The various methods of self-defence adopted by followers of the Bartitsu system were demonstrated at their School of Arms on Nov. 23, when they were opposed by English and … Continue reading →

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The New Art of Self Defence (St James’s Gazette – Tuesday, 18 April, 1899)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 26th August 2016 On Monday, the 24th of April, at 9.15 p.m., Mr. E. W. Barton-Wright will give a demonstration of his system of Bartitsu, which has aheady been shortly described in … Continue reading →

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New Discoveries and Speculations re. the Submission Grappling of British Jiu-Jitsu

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

This article summarises, and presents some recent research into the origins of the “mixed styles” submission grappling matches that took place in London circa 1900.  The term “British jiujitsu” is sometimes used to describe the eclectic blend of jiujitsu styles … Continue reading →

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La Savate at the Alhambra Music Hall (The Graphic – 29 October, 1898)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 2nd October 2016 Events during the years immediately preceding E.W. Barton-Wright’s Bartitsu initiative had not predisposed the average Londoner to look kindly upon the French arts of self-defence. In October of 1899, … Continue reading →

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“Self-Defence as a Fine Art” (London Daily News, 29 October, 1902)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 11th October 2016 Last night, his School Arms at 18, Berners-street, Professor Pierre Vigny gave a striking exhibition of the possibilities self-defence afforded by a simple walking-stick. In these days, when the … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu in the Sporting Times (March-April 1899)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 28th October 2016 Note – The March, 1899 antagonistics exhibition at the London Bath Club was widely reported upon in the media.  Most accounts agree that the advertised Bartitsu contest between E.W. … Continue reading →

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“How To Meet Hooligans” (London Daily News – Friday 23 August 1901)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 28th October 2016 The Tokio and Osaka professors of the Japanese art of self-protection are in England, ready, under guidance of Mr. Barton-Wright, not only to display their skill, but to meet any … Continue reading →

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“As Active as a Wild Cat” (Dublin Daily Express – 17 March, 1899)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 19th December 2016 “Bartitsu.”  We have not had time to visit the National Library or T.C.D. in order to look up the derivation of this uncanny word, but we are assured that … Continue reading →

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