Author Archives: BartitsuSociety

“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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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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