Description
British Army officer and antiquarian who led the revival of historical fencing
in England. He learned fencing at the Angelo school in St James' Street,
reconstructed the systems of George Silver and Achille Marozzo, wrote Cold Steel
(1889), and about 1899–1902 taught stage fencing at the Bartitsu Club, where he
learned jujutsu and the Vigny method from the other instructors.
Teachers (3)
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person
Henry Charles Angelo
sports_martial_artsEuropean fencing
Probable
(1851)
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“Hutton started to learn fencing at the age of twelve at the fencing school in
St James' Street from Henry Charles Angelo the Younger (1780–1852)”
— Alfred Hutton - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
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William McTurk
sports_martial_artsEuropean fencing
Probable
(1865)
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“After returning from India in 1865, Hutton had become the pupil and friend of
William McTurk, Henry Charles Angelo's successor at the school of arms in St
James' Street.”
— Alfred Hutton - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
(English)link
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person
Pierre Vigny
sports_martial_artsVigny method
Probable
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Single source; it names the method, and Vigny taught it at the club.
“Circa 1899–1902, Hutton taught stage fencing classes for actors via the
Bartitsu Club, where he also served on the board of directors and learned the
basics of jujutsu and the Vigny method of stick fighting from his fellow
instructors.”
— Alfred Hutton - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
(English)link
history
info
Trained here, teacher unidentified (1)
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Jūjutsu
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Single source; it does not name the instructors.
“Circa 1899–1902, Hutton taught stage fencing classes for actors via the
Bartitsu Club, where he also served on the board of directors and learned the
basics of jujutsu and the Vigny method of stick fighting from his fellow
instructors.”
— Alfred Hutton - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
(English)link
history
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Possible teachers, inferred from place/event staff
records:
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person
Armand Cherpillod
? · Bartitsu Club
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person
Edward William Barton-Wright
? · Bartitsu Club
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person
Marguerite Vigny
? · Bartitsu Club
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person
Pierre Vigny
? · Bartitsu Club
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Tani Yukio
? · Bartitsu Club
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Uyenishi Sadakazu
? · Bartitsu Club
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person
Yamamoto Seizō
? · Bartitsu Club
Students (1)
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person
Esme Beringer
sports_martial_artsEuropean fencing
Probable
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“Beringer was an enthusiastic fencer who studied historical swordplay with
Alfred Hutton as well as his colleague Egerton Castle and was likely a member of
the Bartitsu Club.”
— Esme Beringer - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
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“Actress and stage fencer Esmé Beringer, a student of Hutton's.”
— Alfred Hutton - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
(English)link
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“It is likely that the actors Esme Beringer and Charles Sefton, as well as
fencer Archibald Corble, were among Hutton's historical fencing students at
the Bartitsu Club.”
Learned from documents
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Bolognese school
Probable
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“Hutton's pioneering advocacy and practice of historical fencing included
reconstructions of the fencing systems of several historical masters including
George Silver and Achille Marozzo.”
— Alfred Hutton - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
(English)link
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“The treatise also offered self-defense techniques based on constable's
truncheon and short sword-bayonet, as well as exercise material from 16th
century texts, including Marozzo.”
— Alfred Hutton - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
(English)link
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Authors of these documents:
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person
Achille Marozzo
Bolognese school · Opera Nova
Sources
“antiquarian fencers such as Alfred Hutton (1839–1910) and Egerton Castle
(1858–1920) were carrying out extensive research into archaic systems of
combat.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGX5YEF3ZQ1VS18V32G
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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Alfred Hutton. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGX5YEF3ZQ1VS18V32G - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5KQTRGX5YEF3ZQ1VS18V32G, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Alfred Hutton}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGX5YEF3ZQ1VS18V32G}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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