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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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Suffrajitsu – Now in Print!

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 29th July 2015 The Suffrajitsu trilogy is now available in Blood and Honor, a printed collector’s edition from Jet City Comics. This new print anthology also features two other Foreworld Saga trilogies; The Dead God and Symposium. Inspired by … Continue reading →

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A Video Interview with English Judo and Bartitsu Research Pioneer Richard Bowen (1926-2005)

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 5th August 2015 Richard (Dickie) Bowen was born in Belgravia, London in 1926. His father was English and his mother was from Wexford, Ireland. His early training was in bacteriology and, after … Continue reading →

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“If a Bold Bad Man Attacks You, Jiu-Jitsu Him!”

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 6th August 2015 A selection of classic jiujitsu “tricks” as women’s self-defence in this photo-feature from the Chicago Tribune of June 20, 1915.

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“Directly You Are Seized, Strike Your Assailant”: the Atemi-waza of Canonical Bartitsu

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 9th August 2015 The Bartitsu canon consists of the close-combat techniques presented as Bartitsu by E.W. Barton-Wright and his colleagues between the years 1898-1902. Most notably, they include the various jiujitsu kata … Continue reading →

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A Bartitsu Cartoon from 1976

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 17th August 2015 Originally published in the Xenia (Ohio) Gazette of July 27, 1976, this cartoon is a curiosity of recent history in that E.W. Barton-Wright’s martial art was almost completely forgotten during the … Continue reading →

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Defense dans la Rue Vol. 2: Fundamental Striking Skills

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 26th August 2015 The second volume of Craig Gemeiner’s Defense dans la Rue (“street self-defence”) instructional DVD series is now available: During the later decades of the 19th century Parisian citizens experienced the … Continue reading →

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Dubious “Self-Defence Umbrella” Initiative by Vodafone India

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 27th August 2015 Although they’re presumably well-intentioned, one hopes that Vodafone India and their ad agency will also be shelling out for the extensive training these women will need in order to … Continue reading →

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