Picture No | 10282444 |
Date | 1901 |
Description | The art of Bartitsu - taller man |
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A sequence of two photographs illustrating 'A very serviceable way to disable a taller man than yourself when opposed to him under unequal conditions' from 'Self-Defence with a Walking-Stick' an article by Edward William Barton-Wright (1860 - 1951) in Pearson's Magazine, February 1901. Barton-Wright developed his own form of martial art called Bartitsu after studying in Japan.
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Source | Pearson's Magazine, volume XI, January to June 1901, page 138 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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