Alfred Hutton

United Kingdom
Born 1839-03-10, Beverley, Yorkshire
Died 1910-12-18

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)

  • Henry Charles Angelo
    sports_martial_artsEuropean fencing Probable
    Probable
    Wikipedia only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    (1851)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    Wikipedia only.
    “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 (English)link history info
  • William McTurk
    sports_martial_artsEuropean fencing Probable
    Probable
    Wikipedia only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    (1865)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Wikipedia only.
    “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 history info
  • Pierre Vigny
    sports_martial_artsVigny method Probable
    Probable
    Single source; it names the method, and Vigny taught it at the club.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    location_onBartitsu Club badge (1899–1902)
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    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)

  • Jūjutsu
    location_onBartitsu Club (1899–1902)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    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 info

Possible teachers, inferred from place/event staff records:

Students (1)

  • Esme Beringer
    sports_martial_artsEuropean fencing Probable
    Probable
    Wikipedia only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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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 (English)link history info
    “Actress and stage fencer Esmé Beringer, a student of Hutton's.”
    — Alfred Hutton - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
    “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.”
    — Bartitsu - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info

Learned from documents

  • menu_bookOpera Novainfo
    Bolognese school
    Probable
    Probable
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    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_check2 sources expand_more
    “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 history info
    alt_routeIndirect
    “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 history info

Authors of these documents:

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 info
Alfred Hutton - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGX5YEF3ZQ1VS18V32G
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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.
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@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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