Yukio Tani (1881 - 1950) only a young exponent of the Japanese art of Ju-Jitsu and a natural showman, led the two men into touring the Music Hall circuit, where Tani would challenge anyone willing to test his skill.  With the temptation of winning £1 for lasting each minute, for a bout of up-to 5 minutes, or £5 for winning, there was never a shortage of challengers.  
However, at a diminutive 5 feet 6 inches (1.67m) Tani allegedly lost only one music hall match and that was to a fellow Japanese national (Taro Miyake in 1905).
In 1900 Sadukazu Uyenishi, who appeared in the music halls under the name "Raku" (believed to have been brought over to replace Tani’s brother, who returned to Japan), joined the circuit, but soon after began teaching self defence and physical education at the Army Gymnastic HQ in Aldershot.  
Soon, other Japanese experts arrived, those being Taro Miyake, Akhitaro Ohno, and Gunji Koizumi, "The Father of British Judo."

"As I walked off with my arm over the shoulders of the little "Yellow Peril" I asked him if he was really the Japanese Champion. "No, no," came the immediate reply, "that is only publicity talk. In Japan I'm only third rate. The great champions are amateurs and they never give public shows of our art. To the masters of Ju-Jutsu, our science is almost a religion.”

By 1911 some of the Japanese had returned home but the basis for martial arts development had been laid.
The years of the First World War were a difficult time and much of the great impetus for Jiu Jitsu died, most of the well know instructors returned to Japan, it is believed that a few, not so prominent Japanese, stayed on military camps courtesy of HRH. After the War a British Diplomatic figure, E. J. Harrison and W. E. Steers returned from Japan the first of the westerners to be graded shodan in Kodokan Judo. They both consistently campaigned for Kodokan Judo and Harrison gave the impression that Judo was just another term for Jiu Jitsu.

Yukio Tani