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NYC Bartitsu in the New York Times

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 27th February 2015  Members of the Bartitsu Club of NYC pose for the recent New York Times article Regilding the Gilded Age in New York.

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Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons #3 Available Now!

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 25th March 2015 The climactic chapter of the Suffrajitsu graphic novel trilogy is now available from Amazon.com and comiXology! In Issue #3, Persephone Wright and her team of Bartitsu-trained Amazons must race to prevent a terrorist attack … Continue reading →

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“Self-Defence with a Cane” (1928)

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 14th April 2015 From the Friday, 27 July 1928 edition of the Motherwell Times:

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Bartitsu at the Steampunk World’s Fair

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 23rd May 2015 Bartitsu instructor Mark Donnelly (centre) teaches an introductory seminar at the recent Steampunk World’s Fair in Piscataway, New Jersey.

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Bartitsu in the Court Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 25th May 2015  Tybalt (Owen Black, left) and Benvolio (Ben Freeth, right) engage in some Bartitsu cane fighting in a rehearsal for the Court Theatre’s (Christchurch, New Zealand) production of Romeo and Juliet. This … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Demonstration and Artisan Fair (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 2nd June 2015 June 20, 201512 pm – 4 pmLuckenbach MillHistoric Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Learn Bartitsu, the gentleman’s form of self-defense popular in Victorian London. Mark Donnelly is an expert in the fighting … Continue reading →

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The Seattle Times features BWAHAHAHA

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 6th June 2015 An entertaining article on BWAHAHAHA, Seattle’s “Barton-Wright/Alfred Hutton Alliance for Historically Accurate Hoplology and Antagonistics”.

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Bartitsu in Toulouse, France

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 11th July 2015 A Bartitsu class at the Ost du Griffon Noir historical martial arts club in Toulouse, France, taught by instructors Claire Hugues and Johann Perrigault (below).

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Allen Reed UK Seminar

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 24th July 2015 Instructor Allen Reed will be in the UK at the beginning of August, and has offered to run a one day seminar in Basingstoke covering the essentials of Bartitsu … Continue reading →

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“The Gentle Art of Chucking-Out and Midnight Murder”

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 27th July 2015 From “The Truth”, March 16, 1899: Very interesting indeed was the display of Elizabethan sword-play at the Bath Club last week. Messrs. Fraser, Johnson, Cooke, Gate, and the President, … Continue reading →

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