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Category Archives: Edwardiana
Self Defence Training of the New Zealand Peace Scouts (1910)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 2nd May 2012 The Peace Scouts, a precursor to the Girl Guide movement in New Zealand, were active between 1908 and 1923. They may well have been the first national organisation to promote … Continue reading
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Antagonistics at the Royal Albert Hall (1904)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 23rd October 2012 Demonstrations of Pierre Vigny’s self defence with a walking stick and of jiujitsu were included alongside this July, 1904 Graeco-Roman wrestling championship bout between George Hackenschmidt and Tom Jenkins.
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“Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society: From Dagger-Fans to Suffragettes”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 21st November 2012 The topic of women and danger has long fascinated historians. Emelyne Godfrey’s new book, available now from Palgrave Macmillan, innovatively situates both well-known and more obscure themes within the cultural … Continue reading
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An Interview with Emelyne Godfrey
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 4th December 2012 Emelyne Godfrey is the author of the books Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and its newly published sister volume, Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society. Q – Emy, … Continue reading
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“The Year of the Bodyguard” (1982): Summary
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 21st March 2013 For a number of years, the 1982 docudrama The Year of the Bodyguard, directed by Noel Burch, was one of the sasquatches of Bartitsu/Edwardian antagonistics research. There was tantalising evidence that … Continue reading
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“Une interpellation ou le Jiu-Jitsu” (circa 1907)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 14th April 2013 A French cartoon warns of what might happen if the jiujitsu craze is taken up by members of the legal profession.
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Political Jujitsu Cartoon by E.T. Reed (1902)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 25th April 2013 Possibly inspired by E.W. Barton-Wright’s coining of the word “Bartitsu”, Punch cartoonist E.T. Reed imagines the martial arts of British politicans including Joseph Chamberlain’s “Jo-jitsu” and Arthur Balfour’s “Balf-itsu”, a “peculiar method of contortionist gymnastics … Continue reading
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The Grand Opening of the Captain Alfred Hutton Lounge in Pictures …
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 20th May 2013 Images from the grand opening of the Captain Alfred Hutton Lounge at the Forteza Fitness and Martial Arts studio in Ravenswood, Chicago:
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