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Elizabethan Sword-Play and Bartitsu at the Bath Club (1899)

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 29th July 2013 A tongue-in-cheek review of the famous Bath Club exhibition of March 1899, from “The Truth” newspaper: Very interesting indeed was the display of Elizabethan sword-play at the Bath Club last … Continue reading →

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Self-defence from “The Wrinkle Book” (1921)

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 4th August 2013 An illustration from The Wrinkle Book, edited by Archibald Williams and published by Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., London. These techniques were probably inspired by those described in Percy Longhurst’s Jiu-jitsu … Continue reading →

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You know you’ve made it when …

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 9th August 2013 The Level 1 and Level 2 incarnations of Flint, the Bartitsuka flamingo “Flint” is a new character in Urban Rivals, which is a “free multiplayer online trading card game (MMO … Continue reading →

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More “Peace Scouts” Self Defence Training

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 21st August 2013 Founded by Muriel Cossgrove in 1908, the New Zealand Peace Scouts were a precursor to the Girl Guide movement in New Zealand. Peace Scouts were encouraged to eschew corsets, … Continue reading →

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“Policewoman Uses Jiu-jitsu on Mashers” (Chicago American, 1923)

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 23rd August 2013 One of the most famous and colourful “characters” of Chicago during the roaring ’20s was Detective Alice B. Clement, whose sharp wits, snappy dress sense and enthusiastic use of … Continue reading →

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“GENTLEMEN, DIE STÖCKE HOCH”

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 25th August 2013 Click here for a PDF of Oliver Lang’s 2011 German-language article on Bartitsu for Schwert & Klinge magazine, featuring technical demonstrations by Stefan Dieke.

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“No Bois Man No Fraid”

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 4th September 2013 The new documentary No Bois Man No Fraid explores the stick fighting art of kalinda as a vibrant modern martial art with roots embedded deeply in Trinidadian and African cultures. Kalinda also has … Continue reading →

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“Reviving Bartitsu: The Way English Gentlemen Fought”

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 6th September 2013 Click here to read the new article Reviving Bartitsu: The Way English Gentlemen Fought, featuring the Bartitsu Club of New York City.

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“Bartitsu: the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes” Documentary

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 9th September 2013 Bartitsu: the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes is the first and only feature documentary on Bartitsu, the “gentlemanly art of self defence”. At the end of the Victorian era, … Continue reading →

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The Bartitsu School of Arms 2013: a Memoir

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Alternating annually between Europe and North America, the Bartitsu School of Arms and Physical Culture is the Bartitsu Society’s international seminar and conference event. The 2013 SoA was held between September 13-15 at Beamish Museum near Newcastle, UK. Unfortunately, instructor … Continue reading →

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