Author Archives: BartitsuSociety

Speculations on Bartitsu (Kick)Boxing

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 30th July 2010 Update: since the following article was written, the Bartitsu Society has come across this 1901 interview with E.W. Barton-Wright that offers some more information on his conception of “Bartitsu kickboxing”. E.W. Barton-Wright … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes movie update

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 18th October 2008 Since our early September update, the Bartitsu Society has been in contact with the upcoming Sherlock Holmes movie production and has donated copies of both volumes of the Bartitsu Compendium to … Continue reading →

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Self-Defence With An Umbrella (Daily Mirror, Jan. 9 1902)

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 13th June 2009 The dangers unprotected ladies incur when they travel alone was not long ago strikingly illustrated by a terrible assault perpetrated in a railway train. It is all very well … Continue reading →

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Self-Defence Historian Emelyne Godfrey on Suffrajitsu and Bartitsu

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Paul Bowman of the Martial Arts Studies Research Network interviews Dr. Emelyne Godfrey, the author of Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society, on the subject of self-protection in Victorian … Continue reading →

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Self Defence with a Walking Stick (Animated)

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 20th October 2010 Pierre Vigny and E.W. Barton-Wright demonstrate a selection of canonical Bartitsu stick fighting sequences from Barton-Wright’s classic Pearson’s Magazine article, “Self Defence with a Walking Stick” (1900). Animated GIFs … Continue reading →

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Self Defence for Bicyclists (1901)

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 25th June 2010 Longtime Bartitsu aficionados are well aware of Marcus Tindal’s eccentric and amusing article Self Protection on a Cycle, which was published in Pearson’s Magazine in 1901. There has been speculation … Continue reading →

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Secret Histories and Outlaw Suffragettes: an Interview with “Suffrajitsu” Author Tony Wolf

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 19th December 2013 We’re pleased to be able to present this interview with Tony Wolf, the author of the upcoming graphic novel series Suffrajitsu.  Tony’s books will be part of the Foreworld Saga created by Neal … Continue reading →

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Review: “100 Years of Judo in Great Britain”, Volume 1

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 20th July 2011 This review is specific to Volume 1 of a two-part series of books by the late judoka and historian Richard Bowen (1926-2005), whose extensive private collection of judo/jujitsu books … Continue reading →

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Review of Eugene, Oregon Bartitsu seminar

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 15th March 2010 Classical fencing maestro and historical fencing instructor Sean Hayes offers a review of the recent Bartitsu seminar in Eugene, Oregon: We had a fantastic seminar with Tony this past … Continue reading →

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Report on Bartitsu Classes at the Steampunk World’s Fair

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 27th May 2011 Thanks to Rachel Klingberg for this detailed report on Mark Donnelly’s three Bartitsu classes at the recent Steampunk World’s Fair conference in New Jersey.

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