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A User’s Guide to the Bartitsu Society Website 2.0

Posted on January 1, 2021 by BartitsuSociety

The original Bartitsu Society website – www.bartitsu.org – was established by James Marwood in October of 2008, and that site served as the premiere online resource for the contemporary Bartitsu revival until it suffered a catastrophic technical failure in April … Continue reading →

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“To invite an attack”: tactical guards in canonical Bartitsu stick fighting

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

It is always most desirable to try to entice your adversary to deliver a certain blow, and so place yourself at a great advantage by being prepared to guard it, and to deliver your counter-blow. – E.W. Barton-Wright, Self-Defence With a … Continue reading →

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“Baritsu” to feature in new Sherlock Holmes movie

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 3rd September 2008 Robert Downey, Jr., who is to star in an upcoming Sherlock Holmes feature film being directed by Guy Ritchie, was quoted in Premiere Magazine as saying: “We’re both martial … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu mini-documentary

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 20th September 2008 A new 6.5 minute mini-documentary on the history and mixed fortunes of Bartitsu, from E.W. Barton-Wright’s training in Japan in the late 1800s to the modern Bartitsu revival.

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Basic Bartitsu demo. at ISMAC ‘07

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally posted on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 25th September 2008 This footage was recorded at the International Swordfighting and Martial Arts Conference in Michigan, USA, between July 12-15, 2007.  It features a series of mostly canonical Bartitsu unarmed combat … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu at Swordfish

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 27th October 2008 Next weekend James Marwood will be teaching a short Bartitsu class at the Swordfish event in Gothenburg. There’s a fair bit of interest, including this (translated) quote from a Swedish MMA magazine: … Continue reading →

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Science fiction author Neal Stephenson on Bartitsu

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 5th November 2008 Popular science fiction author Neal Stephenson’s comments on Bartitsu, from a recent interview with the UK Daily Telegraph: “So we’d mostly been doing longsword, in my little group,” says Stephenson. Ropes … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu featured in “the Chap” magazine

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 5th November 2008 Congratulations to Bartitsu Society member Anton Krause, whose introductory article on Bartitsu is featured as the cover story of the Autumn 2008 issue of “the Chap” magazine.

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E.W. Barton-Wright’s birthday

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 9th November 2008 November 8th marks the 148th anniversary of the birth of E.W. Barton-Wright, the founder of Bartitsu.  He was born in Bangalore, India in the year 1860, the son of … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu demo. at the Frazier Museum

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 23rd January 2009 A Bartitsu demonstration was presented recently at the Frazier International History Museum (829 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky, USA).  Based on a format developed for a similar demonstration by members of … Continue reading →

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