Author Archives: BartitsuSociety

Bartitsu Stick Fighting in Bavaria, Germany

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 9th August 2018 Some highly skilled Vigny-style cane play in this unarmoured demonstration bout by Bartitsu instructor Alex Kiermayer (suspenders and flat cap) and his colleague-at-arms Christoph Reinberger.  Kiermayer and Reinberger have … Continue reading

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Canne Vigny Tutorials from the Gemeiner Academy

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 11th August 2018 In these tutorial videos, members of Craig Gemeiner’s academy  demonstrate the utility and versatility of the high front guard and the double handed guard in the Vigny stick fighting style.

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“The Repair Shop” Restores a Portrait of Yukio Tani

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 18th August 2018 A unique oil painting of former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio Tani has been restored in commemoration of the London Budokwai’s centenary anniversary. Tani was among the original group of … Continue reading

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Bayonet Thrust

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 30th August 2018 Members of the Aisle O’Var Backswording Club experiment with the “bayonette thrust” of Bartitsu cane fighting during a recent seminar. As described by E.W. Barton-Wright in Self-Defence with a Walking Stick (1901): It … Continue reading

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“The Preliminaries of Jiu-Jitsu”: Armand Cherpillod on Atemi-Waza

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 30th August 2018 Hailing from the Alpine village of St. Crois, wrestler Armand Cherpillod was the last full-time instructor to join the staff of the London Bartitsu Club.  According to Cherpillod’s memoirs, … Continue reading

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Bartitsu Featured on Japanese TV

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 5th September 2018 This six-minute Bartitsu featurette recently screened on the Japanese television show Sekai Kurabete Mitara  (“See the World in Comparison”).  Playing to the pop-culture notion of the “gentlemanly martial art” via the Sherlock … Continue reading

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“An English Style of Jujitsu” (1905)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 18th September 2018 This anonymous letter to the editor of the St. James’s Gazette was originally published on March 9th, 1905.  The author’s objection to submission wrestling on moral and nationalistic grounds … Continue reading

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Bartitsu Quiz

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd September 2018 Test your general Bartitsu knowledge with these ten questions (answers given below): 1: In his lecture for the Japan Society of London, E.W. Barton-Wright defined Bartitsu as A) “the … Continue reading

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Antagonistics at THEMA 2016

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd September 2018 A video memoir of fisticuffs/savate, French wrestling, self-defence and Bartitsu classes at the December, 2016 Toulouse Historical Martial Arts gathering:

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Bartitsu Demonstration at the Polish Army Museum

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 30th September 2018 Members of the Club L’Extreme Est of Warsaw, Poland exhibited Bartitsu at the Polish War Museum on Saturday, September 23.  The demonstration was based on the martial arts journey of Edward Barton-Wright … Continue reading

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