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Author Archives: BartitsuSociety
“Hurricane Fighting”: the Hooligans of London, Circa 1900
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 9th January 2013 An excerpt from The hooligan nights : being the life and opinions of a young and unrepentant criminal by Clarence Rook (1901): The average Hooligan is not an ignorant, hulking ruffian, … Continue reading
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“Philosophy of the Walking Stick” (1899)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 11th January 2013 This excerpt from the Liverpool Mercury (Friday 5th May, 1899) may be among the first news reports in English concerning Professor Pierre Vigny, who would thereafter become a key instructor at … Continue reading
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M. Vigny’s School of Self Defence (1904)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 11th January 2013 From the Daily News, May 27, 1904: All good citizens will rejoice to learn that a new and efficacious method of abolishing those pests of the streets known as Hooligans … Continue reading
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Bartitsu Featured on InnerSPACE
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 19th January 2013 Click this link to watch a short demo. and explanation of Bartitsu courtesy of the Riot A.C.T. stunt team, towards promoting author Adrienne Kress’s new steampunk/girl-power novel, The Friday Society. The item … Continue reading
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Bartitsu and Umbrella Self Defence at the Academie Duello (Vancouver, Canada)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 23rd January 2013 Click this link to watch a short video report by Vancouver Province reporter Stuart Derdeyn, interviewing Academie Duello Bartitsu instructor David McCormick.
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April Bartitsu Seminar with Mark Donnelly in New York City
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 29th January 2013 Click here for more information on this upcoming seminar with Mark Donnelly, hosted by the Bartitsu Club of New York City.
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Protecting History: Vandalism at the Historic Hegeler-Carus Mansion Gymnasium
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd February 2013 The Hegeler-Carus Mansion in the town of La Salle, Illinois, contains what is believed to be the oldest preserved residential gymnasium in the United States. As the only known remaining example of … Continue reading
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“Tano Matsuda”?!
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 10th February 2013 In Paris on December 31st, 1908, this very distinctly European gentleman (who was nevertheless billed as “Tano Matsuda, Japanese World’s Champion of Ju-jitsu”) represented Japanese wrestling in a mixed-styles … Continue reading
Ambushed! (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 11th February 2013 A dramatic sketch of French jujitsu pioneer Ernest Regnier, who operated under the quasi-Japanese nom de guerre of “Professor Re-Nie”, being headbutted by “Witzler”, a professional wrestler. The assault apparently … Continue reading