Ernest Regnier has become known as a pioneer of French Jiu Jitsu. Regnier gained some public attention for his craft when he defeated a popular wrestler of the time Georges Dubois. Of course, their match was 112 years ago.
Following the defeat, Dubois would go on to study the martial art of Bartistu for himself, later writing a manual concerning the martial art.
Bloody Elbow’s John S. Nash reported over Twitter, “Regnier was a good but not successful wrestler who then studied jujutsu in London with former Bartitsu instructors Yukio Tani & Taro Miyake. After learning jujitsu he returned to Paris & competed as ‘Professor Re-Nie’. Eventually ran into the 100 pound heavier wrestler ‘Witzler'”
For more details on the story, check out the Twitter posts below:
112 years ago today Jiu-Jitsu defeats savate as Ernest Regnier submits George Debois outside Paris. https://t.co/WO5GY7mN3r pic.twitter.com/QVdOF1w41a
— John S. Nash (@heynottheface) October 24, 2017
Regnier was a good but not successful wrestler who then studied jujutsu in London with former Bartitsu instructors Yukio Tani & Taro Miyake. pic.twitter.com/rdotnBb09Z
— John S. Nash (@heynottheface) October 24, 2017
