Category Archives: Jiujitsu

The Jiu-Jitsu Waltz (“The Scrap Book”, Vol. 4, 1907)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 31st May 2014 A FRENCH WOMAN AND A JAPANESE MANAMAZE LONDON WITH A NEW STUNT. The novelty of the summer in London is the jiu-jitsu dance in which Mlle. Deslys and S. … Continue reading

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Armand Cherpillod in 1905

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 16th June 2014 A promotional postcard featuring Bartitsu Club wrestling and physical culture instructor Armand Cherpillod, shown posing in typical early 20th century jujitsu garb. According to his 1929 biography, Cherpillod was invited … Continue reading

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Inside the “Hilltop Dojo” of W.E. Steers (1909)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 10th July 2014 These excerpts from the article “The Dwelling-House of an Apostle of Health” (“The House Beautiful”, Sept. 1909) offer a further glimpse inside the extraordinary dojo constructed in W.E. Steers’ Hilltop … Continue reading

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“Jujitsu For Ladies” (1905)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 23rd July 2014 Originally published in the Lady’s Realm magazine, Annesley Kenealy’s article offers considerable insight into the women’s jujitsu classes offered by former Bartitsu Club instructor Sadakazu Uyenishi. IF Desdemona had … Continue reading

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Barton-Wright Demonstrates Jiujitsu (October 1898)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 23rd August 2014 A Morning Post report on one of Bartitsu founder E.W. Barton-Wright’s earliest jiujitsu demonstrations, which took place at St. James’s Hall in London on October 26, 1898. The journalist … Continue reading

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“The Gentle Art of Chucking-Out and Midnight Murder”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 27th July 2015 From “The Truth”, March 16, 1899: Very interesting indeed was the display of Elizabethan sword-play at the Bath Club last week. Messrs. Fraser, Johnson, Cooke, Gate, and the President, … Continue reading

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A Video Interview with English Judo and Bartitsu Research Pioneer Richard Bowen (1926-2005)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 5th August 2015 Richard (Dickie) Bowen was born in Belgravia, London in 1926. His father was English and his mother was from Wexford, Ireland. His early training was in bacteriology and, after … Continue reading

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“If a Bold Bad Man Attacks You, Jiu-Jitsu Him!”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 6th August 2015 A selection of classic jiujitsu “tricks” as women’s self-defence in this photo-feature from the Chicago Tribune of June 20, 1915.

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“Directly You Are Seized, Strike Your Assailant”: the Atemi-waza of Canonical Bartitsu

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 9th August 2015 The Bartitsu canon consists of the close-combat techniques presented as Bartitsu by E.W. Barton-Wright and his colleagues between the years 1898-1902. Most notably, they include the various jiujitsu kata … Continue reading

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Yukio Tani (1904)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 18th December 2015 A rare and unusual 1904 photograph of Bartitsu Club jiujitsu instructor and champion music hall challenge wrestler Yukio Tani.

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