Armand Cherpillod

Description

Swiss wrestling champion who taught gymnastics and freestyle wrestling at the Bartitsu Club in London from 1901, where Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi taught him jujutsu, and fought in the music-hall challenge matches. Back in Switzerland he taught physical education and self-defence to police forces.

Teachers (2)

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  Tani Yukio

  sports_martial_artsJūjutsu Probable

  Probable

  One source states it; the other implies it.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  location_onBartitsu Club badge (1901)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  One source states it; the other implies it.

  “où il enseigne aux côtés de deux jeunes Ju-Jitsuka, Yukio Tani (en) et Sadakazu Uyenishi (en) qui lui apprennent le ju-jitsu.”

  — Armand Cherpillod - Wikipédia (fr). Wikipedia (French)link history info

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  “Cherpillod (1880–?) was Swiss (the German title translates as “Self-Help: Jiu Jitsu for Women”), but he had learned his jujitsu methods at Barton-Wright’s academy.”

  — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info
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  Uyenishi Sadakazu

  sports_martial_artsJūjutsu Probable

  Probable

  One source states it; the other implies it.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  location_onBartitsu Club badge (1901)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  One source states it; the other implies it.

  “où il enseigne aux côtés de deux jeunes Ju-Jitsuka, Yukio Tani (en) et Sadakazu Uyenishi (en) qui lui apprennent le ju-jitsu.”

  — Armand Cherpillod - Wikipédia (fr). Wikipedia (French)link history info

  alt_routeIndirect

  “Cherpillod (1880–?) was Swiss (the German title translates as “Self-Help: Jiu Jitsu for Women”), but he had learned his jujitsu methods at Barton-Wright’s academy.”

  — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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