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Category Archives: Jiujitsu
Yukio Tani (?) at a Budokwai Demonstration (1937)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 27th July 2010 A British Pathe newsreel from 1937, including a brief shot (0:25-27) that may be the only surviving film footage of the then 56 year old former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio … Continue reading
“The Secret Lock: A Splendid Yarn of Jiu-Jitsu” (1911)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 27th July 2010 GoogleBooks has made available this thrilling 12-page tale for red-blooded boys of all ages by Percy Longhurst (author of Jiu-Jitsu and Other Methods of Self Defence). Originally published in the August … Continue reading
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Yukio Tani’s flying armbar
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 30th June 2010 A promotional postcard (circa 1905) showing former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio Tani demonstrating a flying armbar (juji gatame) on his manager, the strongman William “Apollo” Bankier: … and here’s a compilation … Continue reading
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“Jiu-Jitsu and Other Methods of Self Defence” Republished
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 26th June 2010 Announcing Kirk Lawson‘s re-publication of Percy Longhurst’s “Jiu-Jitsu and Other Methods of Self Defence” (1906) from a copy of the original located by Dr. Milo Thurston of the Linacre School of Defence. The … Continue reading
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“A little Joo-Jitsoo” (Punch Magazine, 1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 21st June 2010
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Yukio Tani’s Kaeshi-No-Kata
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 15th June 2010 An interpretation of the kaeshi-no-kata (forms of countering) devised by former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio Tani during his time as an instructor at the London Budokwai.
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“More Jiujitsu Tricks” (Punch Magazine, 1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 5th May 2010 During the first “jiujitsu boom” of the early 20th century, Punch Magazine made great sport of the novel art of self defence and of the claims made by jiujitsu enthusiasts. In … Continue reading
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Sadakazu Uyenishi in Action (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 21st April 2010 From an article in the Illustrated London News of March 1905; former Bartitsu Club instructor Sadakazu Uyenishi demonstrating jiujitsu restraint holds and throws for members of the Aldershot Military … Continue reading
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“The Gentle Art of Ju-Ju-Tsu” (1907)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 4th February 2010 This article, originally written by G.G. Chatterton and published in vol. 84 of Chambers’s Journal in 1907, provides a glimpse into the Golden Square School of Jujutsu. Founded by former Bartitsu … Continue reading
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