Author Archives: BartitsuSociety

Bartitsu Stick Sparring

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 3rd October 2013 A short video showing some technical stick sparring from the 2012 Bartitsu School of Arms. In this type of sparring, the mask, gloves, forearms, thighs and calves are all … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Article in “His Vintage Life”

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 5th October 2013 G.M. Norton‘s article Bartitsu: the Gentlemanly Way to Deal with Ruffians appears in the Autumn 2013 issue of His Vintage Life Magazine.

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Bartitsu and Edwardian Antagonistics at the Sherlock Seattle Convention

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 17th October 2013 Members of BWAHAHAHA (the Barton-Wright/Alfred Hutton Alliance for Historically Accurate Hoplology and Antagonistics) demonstrate Bartitsu, cutlass fencing, pugilism and the use of the long stick for the audience at the recent Sherlock … Continue reading →

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Flossie Le Mar, the “World’s Famous Ju-Jitsu Girl” (1913)

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 17th October 2013 Florence “Flossie” Le Mar was a pioneering advocate of jujitsu as feminist self defence. Flossie and her husband, professional wrestler and showman Joe Gardiner, toured vaudeville theatres throughout New Zealand … Continue reading →

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Sneak Preview of “Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons” at the Jet City Comic Expo

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd November 2013 Visitors to this weekend’s Jet City Comics exposition in Tacoma, WA will get a sneak peek at some of the artwork for Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons, the upcoming graphic novel trilogy written by … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Demo on “Sunday Brunch” (UK)

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 3rd November 2013

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Bartitsu Featured in “The Libertine”

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 5th November 2013 Click here to read Hannah Thompson’s article on Bartitsu for The Libertine, featuring commentary by instructor James Garvey: “Jiu jitsu was about being ruthless on the battlefields, but Bartitsu is about experimentation, … Continue reading →

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“How I taught Holmes baritsu …”

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 23rd November 2013 The following essay is a translation, by the author of the Hmm Yes Perfect blog, of a memoir by Russian fight choreographer Nikolay Vaschilin. Mr. Vaschilin staged the climactic Holmes/Moriarty battle … Continue reading →

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Lecture: “The History of Bartitsu, the Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes” (London)

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 29th November 2013  Sip on a G&T while you hear the fascinating story of this almost forgotten martial art. Bartitsu is called many things: the lost martial art of Sherlock Holmes, the … Continue reading →

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“… every young fellow ought to learn baritsu.”(Watchman, Sydney, 1903)

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 5th December 2013 Originally appearing in the Saturday 27 June 1903 edition of the Watchman newspaper, this short piece is curious in that it consistently misspells Bartitsu as “baritsu” (q.v. Arthur Conan Doyle’s identical … Continue reading →

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