Eskrima Kombat

Sadakazu Uyenishi was the last of four Japanese jujitsu instructors to be employed at the Bartitsu Club.  During 1901, Uyenishi frequently partnered Yukio Tani in Club demonstrations, alternated with Tani in challenge contests and taught self-defence at the Shaftesbury Avenue school of arms. After the Club’s closure in mid-1902, Uyenishi and Tani largely went their … Continue reading ““Raku, the Japanese Wrestler” (1907)”