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Category Archives: Jiujitsu
“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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George Dinnie vs. Yukio Tani (1908)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 27th April 2017 The following dramatic and highly detailed account is taken from the Sheffield Independent of Monday 3rd February, 1908. It’s particularly interesting as it represents a hard-fought jujitsu-style contest taking place … Continue reading
“The Unknown Wrestler: Jiu-Jitsu Constables Defeated” (1906)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 5th May 2017 From the Shipley Times and Express of 23 February, 1906: An exciting, though impromptu, jiu-jitsu contest was witnessed in the early the hours of Monday morning at Snow Hill Police … Continue reading
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“How I Became a Ju-Jitsu Champion” by Taro Miyake (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 18th May 2017 This detailed interview with Taro Miyake was published in the Sunday Times of September 3, 1905. Miyake, who rose to fame by defeating former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio Tani … 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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The Japanese School of Ju-jitsu in Oxford Street (1904-08)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 11th July 2017 After the closure of the Bartitsu School of Arms in mid-1902, the various specialist instructors went their separate ways. Wrestling and physical culture tutor Armand Cherpillod returned to Switzerland, … Continue reading
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How “Re-Nie’s” Jiujitsu Won Against Dubois’ Savate (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 24th July 2017 In the wake of his stunning six-second victory against savateur Georges Dubois in their 1905 style-vs-style challenge fight, jiujitsuka Ernest Regnier (a.k.a. “Re-Nie”) posed for the following series of technical photographs. … Continue reading