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Re: Public Screenings of “Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 23rd January 2018 Just a reminder that the 2011 documentary Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes cannot legally be screened at venues such as public libraries, nor at events such as steampunk … Continue reading
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“The Eight Olympians”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 15th January 2018 By 1907 the art of jiujitsu was becoming thoroughly integrated into English popular culture. It had been written into plays and novels and was the subject of greeting cards, … Continue reading
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More from the Santiago Stickfighters
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 12th January 2018 Andres Morales (in the fencing mask with white trim) demonstrates the Vigny style in action against an opponent using a more generic style in this recent sparring match: In … Continue reading
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Gentlemanly Fisticuffs in Seattle
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 11th January 2018 An academic exhibition of the manly art of pugilism from a 19th century history event in Seattle. Note the use of the milling guard with elbow covers rolling into … Continue reading
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“Women and Self-Protection” (1922)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 6th December 2017 This article from the Pall Mall Gazette of March 17, 1922 offers self-defence advice according to the system of Professor Padian, who is described as “the Master at Arms … Continue reading
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Bartitsu Avec L’Ost du Griffon Noir
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 2nd October 2017 Members of l’Ost du Griffon Noir historical martial arts club in Toulouse, France pose in quasi-Edwardian garb after a recent Bartitsu seminar. The club has been offering periodic Bartitsu training sessions … Continue reading
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The Aerial Wrestling Girls (1905)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 9th June 2017 By 1905 the novelty of mixed-style wrestling matches was beginning to wear thin for London music hall audiences, so some creative developments were deemed to be in order. Thus, the … Continue reading
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“Self Defence for Women” by Nohata Showa (1914) Now Translated and Re-Published
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on June 3rd, 2017 Although Emily Diana Watts’ Fine Art of Jujutsu was first published in 1906, Self Defense for Women (1914) may well have been the first booklet written by a female author to specifically deal with jujutsu … Continue reading
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“Girl of Whom Footpads Should Beware” (Daily Mirror, January 22, 1914)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on November 20, 2017 Hetty Beard, the young lady demonstrating umbrella self-defence above, may have been among Pierre and Marguerite Vigny’s students. The Vignys themselves, however, had long departed England for their native Switzerland … Continue reading
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