Description
E. W. Barton-Wright's club and academy for Bartitsu and physical therapy in a basement hall at 67b Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho. Its instructors included the jujutsuka Yukio Tani, Sadakazu Uyenishi and Seizo Yamamoto, the Swiss wrestler Armand Cherpillod and the stick-fighting master Pierre Vigny; Alfred Hutton's historical fencing group also met there. It closed in 1902–1903.
Also known as
Bartitsu School of Arms and Physical Culture · Bartitsu Academy of Arms and Physical Culture
Locations (1)
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location_onLondon
67b Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, Londonfact_check2 sources expand_more
“Inspired by this success, Barton-Wright established a full-time health club and training academy in London’s Soho District that he called the Bartitsu School of Arms and Physical Culture.”
Founder
Instructors (8)
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Edward William Barton-WrightHead instructor1900 – 1902ConfirmedConfirmedIndependent sources state it.The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkIndependent sources state it.“Inspired by this success, Barton-Wright established a full-time health club and training academy in London’s Soho District that he called the Bartitsu School of Arms and Physical Culture.”
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Tani YukioInstructorsports_martial_artsJūjutsuProbableProbableOne source states it; the other implies it.The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkOne source states it; the other implies it.alt_routeIndirect“Bowen shared his findings with fellow martial arts researcher Graham Noble, who subsequently published some more accessible articles about Barton-Wright and his former employee Yukio Tani”
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Uyenishi SadakazuInstructorsports_martial_artsJūjutsuProbableProbableWikipedia only.The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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Yamamoto SeizōInstructorsports_martial_artsJūjutsuProbableProbableWikipedia only.The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkWikipedia only. -
Pierre VignyInstructorsports_martial_artsVigny methodConfirmedConfirmedIndependent sources state it.The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkIndependent sources state it. -
Armand CherpillodInstructorsports_martial_artsWrestling1901ProbableProbableWikipedia only.The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkWikipedia only. -
Alfred HuttonInstructorsports_martial_artsEuropean fencing1899 – 1902ProbableProbableWikipedia only.The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkWikipedia only.“In addition, the Bartitsu Club became the headquarters for a group of fencing antiquarians led by Captain Alfred Hutton, and it served as their base for experimenting with historical fencing techniques, which they taught to members of London's acting elite for use in stage combat.”
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Marguerite VignyInstructorsports_martial_artsEuropean fencingProbableProbableSingle source.The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkSingle source.“He spent the next several years promoting jujitsu and other martial arts, and he invited women to learn his brand of self-defense. The teachers of his women’s classes included other women. For instance, “Miss Sanderson” (the wife of Pierre Vigny, the founder of la canne, a mode of self-defense using a walking-stick) gave demonstrations of fencing techniques.”
Trained here (2)
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Alfred Huttonsports_martial_artsJūjutsu ProbableProbableSingle source; it does not name the instructors.The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkSingle source; it does not name the instructors.sports_martial_artsVigny method ProbableProbableSingle 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.under Pierre Vigny (1899 – 1902)fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkSingle source; it names the method, and Vigny taught it at the club. -
Armand Cherpillodsports_martial_artsJūjutsu ProbableProbableOne source states it; the other implies it.The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.under Uyenishi Sadakazu (1901)
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkOne source states it; the other implies it.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.”
sports_martial_artsJūjutsu ProbableProbableOne source states it; the other implies it.The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.under Tani Yukio (1901)fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkOne source states it; the other implies it.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.”
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bartitsu · jujutsu · united-kingdom
Sources
“Between 1899 and 1900, Barton-Wright hired self-defense specialists from Japan and Switzerland to help him promote and teach his “antagonistics,” as self-defense methods were then known.”
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Bartitsu Club. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JGQAC7XV79MRCH8733JRZ4 - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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title = {Bartitsu Club}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JGQAC7XV79MRCH8733JRZ4}, urldate =
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