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Jiu-jitsu

Japanese martial art

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Images referencing Jiu-jitsu

4 images from works
  • Two men demonstrating jiu-jitsu, wearing formal attire. Photographic postcard, ca. 191-.
  • Two men demonstrating jiu-jitsu, wearing formal attire. Photographic postcard, ca. 191-.
  • Two men demonstrating jiu-jitsu, wearing formal attire. Photographic postcard, ca. 191-.
  • Two men demonstrating jiu-jitsu, wearing formal attire. Photographic postcard, ca. 191-.

Works from the collections

7 works

    • Ephemera

    Free! If you act at once : my outline courses, telling the secrets of jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling, balancing and performing feats of strength ... / Charles Atlas.

    Atlas, Charles, 1893-1972. | Date: [1939]
    • Ephemera

    Are you a walking target just because of your sexuality : gay ju jitsu and self-defence.

    | Date: [1992?]
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Two men demonstrating jiu-jitsu, wearing formal attire. Photographic postcard, ca. 191-.

    | Date: [ca. 191-?] | Reference: 2060400i
    Part of: James Gardiner Collection: Romantic fantasy and comic postcards, and photographs on gender and masculinity.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Two men demonstrating jiu-jitsu, wearing formal attire. Photographic postcard, ca. 191-.

    | Date: [ca. 191-?] | Reference: 2060398i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
    • Books
    • Online

    Japanese physical training : the system of exercise, diet, and general mode of living that has made the Mikado's people the healthiest, strongest, and happiest men and women in the world / by H. Irving Hancock.

    Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving), 1868-1922. | Date: [1903]

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Physical Education and Training

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