Author Archives: BartitsuSociety

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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Announcing the Bartitsu Club of Chicago

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 19th January 2012 Located in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood, the Bartitsu Club of Chicago offers regular, progressive training in the “lost martial art of Sherlock Holmes”. History At the end of the Victorian era, E. W. … Continue reading

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Bartitsu seminar with Tony Wolf at Forteza Fitness and Martial Arts (Chicago)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 23rd January 2012 A short “video impression” of the June 22nd Bartitsu seminar at the new (and still under development) Forteza Fitness and Martial Arts studio in Ravenswood, Chicago. Instructor Tony Wolf led a … Continue reading

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Bartitsu at CombatCon 2012

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 25th January 2012 Bartitsu instructor Tony Wolf (left) will be teaching an introductory class among the many attractions of CombatCon 2012 at the Tuscany Suites hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada (July 6-8). A confluence … Continue reading

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Upcoming Bartitsu Seminars with Mark P. Donnelly

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 26th January 2012 Bartitsu instructor Mark Donnelly will be teaching an intensive seminar for the Bartitsu Club of New York City on Sunday, March 11, 2012. See this page for all details. Professor Donnelly … Continue reading

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“A sphere of deadliness” – More Stickfighting Action from Hammett’s “Nightmare Town”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 27th January 2012 Our second and final excerpt from Dashiell Hammett’s 1924 pulp classic, “Nightmare Town”, featuring hard-bitten adventurer Steve Threefall and his trademark weapon – an ebony fighting cane. Men filled … Continue reading

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“The Kangaroo as Prize Fighter” (1893)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 15th February 2012 Among the recent developments in the world of sports, in Australia, is the training of the kangaroo to stand up and spar or box with a human antagonist. We … Continue reading

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Bartitsu seminar in Veldhoven, Holland

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 18th February 2012 Announcing a seminar in Bartitsu, a mixed martial art system created the late 19th century, which combined French boxing with the Vigny system of stick fighting, English bareknuckle boxing … Continue reading

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“Ancient Swordplay: the Revival of Elizabethan Fencing in Victorian London”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 22nd February 2012 During the final decades of the 19th century, a cabal of fencers and historians led by Captain Alfred Hutton and his colleague, the writer Egerton Castle, undertook a systematic study and practical … Continue reading

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Experimental Bartitsu Sparring in Naucalpan, Mexico

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 27th February 2012 Members of the Elite Fencing Club in Naucalpan, Mexico experiment with a set of point-based rules for Bartitsu stick fighting.

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