phonology's prohibition on consecutive non-nasal consonants; it may even have been a typographical error, a concern about copyright, or a deliberate alteration to match the aforementioned Japanese phonological pattern. A newspaper report on a Bartitsu demonstration in London, published in 1900, had likewise misspelled the name as "baritsu". Japan Sherlock Holmes Club This club, formed in 1977, evolved from the "Baritsu Chapter" founded 1948. The club currently (2009) has around 1000 members. The Japanese club erected the first plaque to Holmes in London, in 1953. In 2011 they erected a plaque to Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration behind Holmes' character. References Bibliography Alan Fromm, Nicolas Soames, Judo: The gentle way, Routledge, 1982, , pp. 7–8 Hirayama, Yuichi and John Hall. Some Knowledge of Baritsu: An Investigation of the Japanese system of wrestling used by Sherlock Holmes. Huddersfield (Northern Musgraves Sherlock Holmes Society, 1996. Musgrave Monograph Number Seven) Mamatas, Nick, "Bartitsu: The Martial Art for the Steampunk Set", Clarkesworld 39, December 2009 Noble, Graham. "An Introduction to E. W. Barton-Wright (1860–1951) and the Eclectic Art of Bartitsu". Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 1999, v. 8:2, pp 50–61 Webb, James. Obvervations on Bartitsu: Monograph, 2002 Wolf, Tony (Ed.) The Bartitsu Compendium, (Lulu Publications, 2005) Fictional elements introduced in 1903 Baritsu Baritsu