Eskrima Kombat

Captain Alfred Hutton was a member of the Bartitsu Club committee and also taught fencing at the Club.  E.W. Barton-Wright encouraged his instructors to learn from each other and Hutton did so enthusiastically, studying jiujitsu with Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi and also walking stick defence with Pierre Vigny. In November of 1901 Hutton was … Continue reading “Captain Hutton demonstrates Pierre Vigny’s walking stick defence (London Daily Telegraph, Nov. 20, 1901)”