Eskrima Kombat

“Mr. Barton-Wright and his Japanese Wrestlers” In  developing his “New Art of Self Defence”, Bartitsu founder E.W. Barton-Wright sought to blend the best of European fighting styles, including boxing and the Vigny method of stick fighting, with Japanese jiujitsu.  Barton-Wright himself was among the first Europeans to have studied martial arts in Japan and, in 1900, he … Continue reading “The Original BJJ: New Discoveries and Speculations re. the Submission Grappling of British Jiu-Jitsu”