Categories
- Academia
- Antagonistics
- Baritsu
- Bartitsu School of Arms
- Biography
- Boxing
- Canonical Bartitsu
- Documentary
- E. W. Barton-Wright
- Editorial
- Edwardiana
- Exhibitions
- Fencing
- Fiction
- Hooliganism
- Humour
- In Memoriam
- Instruction
- Interviews
- Jiujitsu
- Mysteries
- Physical Culture
- Pop-culture
- Reviews
- Savate
- Seminars
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sparring
- Suffrajitsu
- Uncategorized
- Video
- Vigny stick fighting
- Wrestling
Author Archives: BartitsuSociety
Sherlock’s Bartitsu Stick Fighting
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 14th September 2011 Spanish illustrator Luis Miguez’s renditions of Sherlock Holmes in various Bartitsu-inspired “attitudes of defence”:
Posted in Sherlock Holmes, Vigny stick fighting
Comments Off on Sherlock’s Bartitsu Stick Fighting
“A Fight in the Gymnasium”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 29th September 2011 A curious illustration of unknown provenance, presumably from a circa 1900 book or “Boy’s Own” magazine story. Either the fellow in the red shirt is far stronger than he … Continue reading
Posted in Antagonistics, Edwardiana, Physical Culture
Comments Off on “A Fight in the Gymnasium”
“Chinese Fighting: Part of a Gentleman’s Education” (1845)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 19th November 2011 For some time prior to the introduction of Bartitsu in London, Western travellers offered reports on the curious fighting skills they had encountered in Asia. Published in the year 1845, … Continue reading
Posted in Antagonistics
Comments Off on “Chinese Fighting: Part of a Gentleman’s Education” (1845)
Bartitsu/Defensive Tactics Seminar to Benefit Charity (UK)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 20th November 2011 A day of defensive tactics, including Bartitsu, the lost martial art of Sherlock Holmes, will be held on Sat. December 10 to benefit the Christopher’s Smile charity. Instructors will include Stewart … Continue reading
Posted in Antagonistics, Seminars
Comments Off on Bartitsu/Defensive Tactics Seminar to Benefit Charity (UK)
BWAHAHAHA
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 21st November 2011 A tip of the hat to the Barton-Wright/Alfred Hutton Alliance for Historically Accurate Hoplology and Antagonistics. A branch of the Seattle-based Lonin historical martial arts group inspired by E.W. Barton-Wright and by … Continue reading
Posted in Antagonistics
Comments Off on BWAHAHAHA
“A Guide to Gentlemen’s Self Defence”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 24th November 2011 An article on Bartitsu and related gentlemanly antagonistics designed by the It’s Great Grafik Design Studio, from issue #7 of the sadly inactive print version of Rugged Magazine. Rugged celebrates “the grand and … Continue reading
Posted in Antagonistics
Comments Off on “A Guide to Gentlemen’s Self Defence”