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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
“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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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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