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Pierre Vigny's academy

categoryAcademy
calendar_month1903
location_onLondon United Kingdom

Description

Pierre Vigny's self-defence academy and salle d'armes at 18 Berner Street, London, opened in 1903 after the Bartitsu Club closed. His wife, née Sanderson, was assistant instructor, and Sadakazu Uyenishi taught jujutsu classes there.

Locations (1)

  • location_onLondon United Kingdom
    18 Berner Street, London
    fact_check2 sources expand_more
    “In 1903, Vigny opened his own self-defence academy in London, based at #18 Berner Street.”
    — Pierre Vigny - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
    “En 1903, il ouvre sa propre salle d'armes au 18 Berner street à Londres.”
    — Pierre Vigny - Wikipédia (fr). Wikipedia (French) link history info

Founder

Pierre Vigny

Instructors (3)

  • Pierre Vigny
    Head instructorsports_martial_artsVigny method
    1903
    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
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Wikipedia only.
    “In 1903, Vigny opened his own self-defence academy in London, based at #18 Berner Street.”
    — Pierre Vigny - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
  • Marguerite Vigny
    Instructor
    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
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Wikipedia only.
    “In 1903, Vigny opened his own self-defence academy in London, based at #18 Berner Street. During this period, he also married a young woman named Miss Sanderson, who became his assistant instructor.”
    — Pierre Vigny - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
  • Uyenishi Sadakazu
    Instructorsports_martial_artsJūjutsu
    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
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Wikipedia only.
    “After the Bartitsu Club closed down (circa 1902), Uyenishi continued his work as a professional wrestler and also taught jiujitsu classes at the self defence academy that had been established by his former Bartitsu Club colleague, Pierre Vigny.”
    — Sadakazu Uyenishi - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Tags

bartitsu · jujutsu · united-kingdom

Sources

Pierre Vigny - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Pierre Vigny's academy. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGXQKD8G670C6RXC533 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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