Eskrima Kombat

This sketch series by Percy F.S. Spence records moments from former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio Tani’s matches at the Royal Albert Hall on July 2, 1904.  The sketches were originally published in the Illustrated London News two days after the event. The main event that night featured a “best two out of three” heavyweight Graeco-Roman wrestling … Continue reading “Yukio Tani at the Royal Albert Hall (1904)”