The E.W. Barton-Wright Memorial Project
E.W. Barton-Wright, the founder of Bartitsu, died in 1951 at the age of ninety and was buried in what the late martial arts historian Richard Bowen described as a “pauper’s grave”, an unmarked,...
View ArticleVote for Edith!
We all now have an opportunity to vote for a memorial plaque to record Edith Garrud’s memory as a pioneer of Jujutsu and a suffragette. Islington Council in London will erect a plaque on one of the...
View ArticleIn memoriam: Roger Lafond (1913-2011)
We regret to announce the death of savate and la canne master Roger Lafond on April 8th, 2011. He was 97 years old. Roger Lafond’s martial arts and combat sports lineage can be traced back to the...
View ArticleE.W. Barton-Wright commemorated at the Marylebone Library (London)
The Martial Arts of Sherlock Holmes The Bartitsu Society has donated a wall display commemorating E.W. Barton-Wright to the Sherlock Holmes Collection at Marylebone Library in London. The display...
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