There has been some usage of the word 'koryu' (old school or old tradition) in various e-mails. I've been guilty of using it myself. According to Dave Lowry, ...
Tony- Do you possess, and intend to web, the Transactions of the Japan Society article? I ask simply because I won't bother trying to dig it up if you are ...
... Society ... you are ... possess it, ... Jason, sorry for the delay - no, I don't have that article but I'd like to read it. The only Bartitsu material in...
I'll get right on it. ... Society ... you are ... possess it, ... Jason, sorry for the delay - no, I don't have that article but I'd like to read it. The only...
No luck, I'm afraid. WorldCat, the international library catalog, does not list either book, but as the site said, they are rare. Also, I believe the Cat is...
This is an open appeal to all you martial artists, in England especially. We're looking for information on E. W. Barton-Wright. There has to be more...
All going well I should be receiving a copy of Longhurst's "Jiujitsu and Other Forms of Self Defence" in a few weeks. Someone on the Western Arts list pointed...
PREFACE the ability to defend oneself successfully against sudden attack anywhere and at any time is of prime importance to all, and therefore the Author ...
Thanks, Jason. You are a useful fellow to have around :) ... England ... of the ... jitsu ... lived a ... exercise in ... cities of ... art, ... purposes ... ...
I found the following site in French, while searching through Google: http://perso.club-internet.fr/efauroux/judoboulogne/ffjda1.htm It mention two Frenchmen,...
... Hmm... I'm not exactly sure how to answer that. His chapter "Simple Tricks of Self-Defence" is about 20 pages long and includes maybe a handful of pages...
From: jason-couch@... ... Apologies for the late reply as Jason mentioned Longhurst's book includes information on the use of Jiu-Jitsu, the chips of...
Just a note, for those of you that know me. My two novels were just picked up by a major publisher, so big I'm not even able to name them while the contract is...
In the 'tricks ' BW does, I noticed there is almost no striking, much like almost all the texts I have from around 1900. Bartitsu is probably based upon...
Hi Will, ... Er ... I dunno, nearly half the "New Art" techniques feature atemi, including a straight right cross to the breadbasket (the overcoat trick,) rear...
http://ejmas.com/jmanly/articles/2003/jmanlyart_cturner_0403.htm New this month at the EJMAS Journal of Manly Arts, Charles Turner's 1891 article on "How Old...
Gents- I'm looking at a bibliography that indicates that the New Art series was 3 articles, 2 of which I know are up on EJMAS. I can't recall if we discussed...
... The only items I still have to web are the Mary Nugent interview for "Health and Strength" and B-W's article on strong-man feats. If there is another part...
... "Health ... citation ... The cite came from Robert W. Smith's "A Complete Guide to Judo" bibliography, which is quite good, but not infallible. The thing...
... same isses ... at him ... we go, I ... Yeah, I want to reprint that one sometime for the Journal of Manly Arts. ... still like ... acces to ... when ... ...
http://www.judo-educazione.it/Judo/franciajujitsu/francia.html An Italian page on the early French Jiujitsu scene, complete with B-W reference and a number of...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bartitsu_Forum/files/ Courtesy of a student of Craig Gemeiner's savate school, this c. 1902 article has been translated from the...
here is one i have worked on [ one of many] --------left vertical jab, right cross [ vertical fist] then kick his lead shin with youir rear foot [ coup de pied...