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Upcoming Bartitsu Stick Fighting DVD
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 30th September 2016 German Bartitsu instructor Alex Kiermeyer is teaming with production company Agilitas.TV to create an instructional DVD on the art of Bartitsu stick fighting. Agilitas.TV has produced a series of high-quality historical martial arts … Continue reading
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Allen Reed on Bartitsu
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 2nd October 2016
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La Savate at the Alhambra Music Hall (The Graphic – 29 October, 1898)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 2nd October 2016 Events during the years immediately preceding E.W. Barton-Wright’s Bartitsu initiative had not predisposed the average Londoner to look kindly upon the French arts of self-defence. In October of 1899, … Continue reading
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Boxing as Street Defence Cartoons (La Petit Journal, 12 September, 1925)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 26th September 2017 A gallery of cartoons from “L’Art de se Defendre dans la Rue si l’on est Attaque par les Apaches”, an article written by French bantamweight boxing champion Charles Ledoux. The … Continue reading
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More Vigny/Bartitsu Stickfighting in Chile
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 21st October 2017 In the above experimental sparring bout, Andres Morales (wearing the fencing mask with white trim) sticks closely to the Vigny style in contending with an opponent fighting in a … Continue reading
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“Self-Defence as a Fine Art” (London Daily News, 29 October, 1902)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 11th October 2016 Last night, his School Arms at 18, Berners-street, Professor Pierre Vigny gave a striking exhibition of the possibilities self-defence afforded by a simple walking-stick. In these days, when the … Continue reading
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Shades of Esme Beringer: Double-Weapon Fencing in “Penny Dreadful”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 12th October 2016 The final season of the popular dark fantasy/drama series Penny Dreadful introduced the character of Catriona Hartdegen, a historian, thanatologist and expert swordswoman played by actress Perdita Weeks. As the series … Continue reading