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Bartitsu Article and Video Featured in the Wall Street Journal

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 24th May 2013 Click here to read reporter Angus Loten’s Wall Street Journal article on Bartitsu. The accompanying video (above) features instructor Mark Donnelly’s classes at the recent Steampunk World’s Fair event in Piskataway, New Jersey. The print version … Continue reading →

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Indian Clubs in “Doctor Who”

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 31st May 2013 The malicious minions of the evil Mrs. Gillyflower (Dame Diana Rigg) wield Indian clubs as weapons in this nicely-researched scene from the Doctor Who episode, The Crimson Horror. In reality, Indian clubs … Continue reading →

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Edith Garrud’s Portrait Sculpture

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 1st June 2013 “Portrait sculptures” of Jujitsuffragette trainer Edith Garrud (above), along with health pioneer Florence Keen and music producer Jazzie B, have been installed outside London’s Finsbury Park bus and tube station.

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Introductory Bartitsu via the Idler Academy (London)

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 10th June 2013 Instructor James Garvey will be teaching a six-week introductory Bartitsu course via the Idler Academy in London – course details and online registration here.

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Electrical Stun Gloves (1913)

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 12th June 2013 As reported in “Popular Electricity and the World’s Advocate”, 1913: Now electricity comes to the policeman’s aid. Jeremiah Creedon, a resident of Philadelphia and an engineer on the Philadelphia … Continue reading →

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More Bartitsu Action from the “Book of Shadows” Webcomic

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 1st July 2013 An extended Bartitsu fight scene from Christoph Roos’ Buch der Schatten (Book of Shadows) webcomic:

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“Suffragette City: the Curious Influence of Jiu-jitsu in Early 20th Century England”

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 2nd July 2013 Click here to read Steven Marrocco’s new article for FIGHT! Magazine, detailing some of the colour and variety of the c1900 self defence scene in England.

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The Victorian Martial Arts Symposium

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 15th July 2013 A dynamic throw demonstrated at the recent Victorian Martial Arts Symposium at the Gear Con 2013 steampunk event in Portland, Oregon.

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The Cowford Steampunk Bartitsu Seminar Report

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 25th July 2013 Steampunk Bartitsu: A Dignified Response to altercations involving Pirates, Cads, Bureaucrats, and General Thuggery Noted Lecturer, Historical Hoplologist and Antagonistics Enthusiast William ‘Battlin’ Bill’ Trumpler made an appearance at … Continue reading →

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“The Great Anglo-Japanese Tournament”: Bartitsu in Nottingham (March 1902)

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 29th July 2013 The best evidence indicates that E.W. Barton-Wright’s Bartitsu Club in London closed down during the early months of 1902, for reasons that are still mysterious.  A recently-discovered series of … Continue reading →

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