The article describes a Mr F.I. Norman giving an informal lecture and demonstration at "Marlborough-hall, the Polytechnic, in Regent Street", and rather downplays the importance of ken-jitsu as opposed to Ju-jitsu. Here's an extract:
Ken-jitsu, sword play with the Japanese two-handed sword, was illustrated by Mr. Norman and Mr. Miyake to the great amusement of the spectators - for etiquette seems to ordain that the Japanese sowrdsman should bark like a dog over the attack, and crow like a cock when he gets a blow home. Mr. Norman also tried a bout with Sergeant-Major Betts, who used a single-stick against his sword, with the result that the sergeant-major was metaphorically bissected once or twice and the Mr. Norman got some shrewd blows. But the impression produced was that Ken-jitsu is not really or nearly so important an exercise as Ju-jitsu.
We presume this is F.J. Norman - given that he was the first to study ken-jitsu in any great depth, the coincidence seems too great to be otherwise. This confirms he was in the UK by the end of 1905, when Fighting Man was published.
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