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Author Archives: BartitsuSociety
“I am a Woman, but no Weakling” – Judith Lee, Lady Detective
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 29th November 2011 He stopped – there was silence. The bell rang again. I was just about to suggest again that he should go and see who was at the outer door … Continue reading
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Paintball, Edwardian-Style – “Bloodless Duelling” with Wax Bullets, Circa 1908
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 6th December 2011 The origins of the combat-simulation game of paintball are usually traced back to the early 1980s, when air-powered paint pistols used by foresters to mark difficult-to-reach trees were adapted for sporting … Continue reading
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A Happy Holiday Season
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 24th December 2011 In the same spirit, we offer what is possibly the only historical example of Bartitsu poetry – from the Western Times newspaper, Thursday 22nd of August, 1901:
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Bartitsu at Forteza Fitness, Physical Culture and Martial Arts (Chicago, IL)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 29th December 2011 Tony Wolf will be teaching an intensive introductory Bartitsu seminar, with the option of an ongoing six-week training course, among the many attractions of the new Forteza Fitness, Physical Culture … Continue reading
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“A whirling black arm of the night”: an Excerpt from Dashiell Hammett’s “Nightmare Town” (1924)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 16th January 2012 Thanks to Chris Amberger (The Secret History of the Sword) for unearthing the adventures of Steve Threefall, the adventurer-hero of Dashiell Hammett’s 1924 novelette “Nightmare Town”, whose fighting cane … Continue reading
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Yukio Tani by George Cooke (1904)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 18th January 2012 Former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio Tani, as caricatured by the artist George Cooke. Cooke compiled hundreds of renderings of Edwardian-era music hall stars during his affiliation with the Grand … Continue reading
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Last of the Jujitsuffragettes (June 19th, 1965)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 18th January 2012 Edith Garrud, former trainer of the English Suffragette movement’s Bodyguard Society, demonstrates a jujitsu wrist-lock on journalist Godfrey Winn during an interview for Woman Magazine. The interview took place on the … Continue reading
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