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Charles Charlemont’s Students Demonstrate Savate and la Canne (1928)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 5th August 2017 This newly-released sound film from the Fox Movietone Archive shows training drills and bouting by students of Professor Charles Charlemont. At the turn of the 20th century, Charlemont had … Continue reading →

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Johannes Josefsson: Iceland’s Colourful “King of Wrestling”

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 7th August 2017 Due in no small part to the publicity surrounding Bartitsu circa 1899-1902, the first decade of the 20th century saw some substantial popular interest in “exotic” fighting styles.  Japanese … Continue reading →

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Captain Laing’s “1st Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting (#3), with Additional Notes

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 7th August 2017 Here is the third basic drill from Captain F.C. Laing’s 1902 article The “Bartitsu” Method of Self-Defence, illustrated with photographs adapted from E.W. Barton-Wright’s Self-Defence with a Walking Stick (1901). Follow these … Continue reading →

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“Entente Cordiale Fencing: the Art of Defence with a Walking Stick” (Pall Mall Gazette – 14 November, 1907)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 8th August 2017 A hitherto unexpected development of the Entente Cordiale is the increasing interest that being taken by Englishmen and Englishwomen in the French school of fencing established in London. So … Continue reading →

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Captain Laing’s “Third Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 10th August 2017 Here follows an interpretation of Captain Laing’s “3rd Practice” as described in his 1902 article on The Bartitsu Method of Self-Defence. 3RD PRACTICE. From “rear guard.”–Guard face sideways, then head … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Stickfighting Seminar at Alte Kampfkunst (Wuppertal, Germany)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 14th August 2017 The Alte Kampfkunst historical martial arts school will be offering a two-day seminar on Bartitsu stickfighting between September 16-17. Click here for more details.

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Captain Laing’s “Third Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 10th August 2017 Here follows an interpretation of Captain Laing’s “3rd Practice” as described in his 1902 article on The Bartitsu Method of Self-Defence. 3RD PRACTICE. From “rear guard.”–Guard face sideways, then head … Continue reading →

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“A man without a stick rushes at you with his fist”: an Interpretation of Captain Laing’s Second Bartitsu Set-Play

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 18th October 2016 Captain F.C. Laing of the 12th Bengal Infantry (Kelat-I-Ghilzai Regiment) spent several months doing intensive training at the London Bartitsu Club.  He then produced a uniquely useful article, The “Bartitsu” Method of … Continue reading →

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An Interpretation of Captain Laing’s “4th Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 26th August 2017 Of all of the exercises described in Captain F.C. Laing’s 1902 essay The Bartitsu Method of Self-Defence, the “4th Practice” is the most difficult to follow. It is presented as a training drill … Continue reading →

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Captain Laing’s “Third Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 10th August 2017 Here follows an interpretation of Captain Laing’s “3rd Practice” as described in his 1902 article on The Bartitsu Method of Self-Defence. 3RD PRACTICE. From “rear guard.”–Guard face sideways, then head … Continue reading →

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