Bartitsu—The Compendium Approach to Martial Arts
Bartitsu is the martial art your weird Uncle Archibald practices every evening after he's watered his collection of rare orchids, and fed his Azawakh, which he's named Eunice, after his long-dead wife, because she has Eunice's winsome looks.It's hard to take Bartitsu* seriously. There's a Pythonesque quality about ...
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Edith Garrud—The Small But Mighty Ninja Who Protected Mrs. Pankhurst
According to most sources, Edith Margaret Garrud (1872-1971) stood slightly under five foot tall in her stockinged feet. She was small but mighty.Garrud was the first woman to become an instructor in the martial arts (specifically jujitsu, which was then known as jujutsu) in the Western world. Some sources ...
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Alice Legh—The Best Archer Of Her Generation
Miss Alice Legh was very probably the finest British archer of all time (men and women both). She won the National Women's Championship in England a total of twenty-three times, between 1881 and 1922. She was sixty-seven years old when she won her last title.According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: ...
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