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A Review of “Bartitsu: Historical Self-Defence with a Walking Stick”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 5th January 2019 Here follows a review of the new English-language edition of the instructional DVD Bartitsu: Historical Self-Defence with a Walking Stick According to Pierre Vigny, which was originally released with German-language … Continue reading
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“At Them, Girls!” How the Amazon Defence Corps Trained to Take on Nazi Invaders
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 17th June 2017 During the fraught summer of 1940, the people of England were bracing themselves for a seemingly inevitable invasion by the German army. While politicians dithered over whether women should … Continue reading
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“Guards which are not at all like the guards taught in schools (…)”
In this video, instructor Argent Bracci demonstrates some examples of destructive elbow guards applied to the noble art of fisticuffs: As Edward Barton-Wright noted in the 1901 article Bartitsu: Its Exponent Interviewed, orthodox boxing/savate defences – as typically taught to middle-class … Continue reading
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Percy Longhurst Takes On Yukio Tani (September 11, 1901)
Despite considerable popular interest in the jiujitsu exhibitions of Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi during 1901, many critics declared that they would withhold their judgement until they’d seen the Japanese style in earnest action against a European champion or two. … Continue reading
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Keeping a Safe Distance in Victorian London
The mid-19th century moral panic over garroting gangs (urban street muggers) reached its absurdist conclusion in this Punch Magazine cartoon, suggesting the invention of a reinforced hoop skirt frame to keep garroters at a safe distance. Sadly, while scholars agree … Continue reading
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Andres Morales Demonstrates the Integrated Stick Method
Andres Morales of Santiago, Chile performs a solo drill exhibiting techniques from his Integrated Stick Method, which largely combines the Vigny and Bonafont styles.
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Bartitsu at Home: Tommy Joe Moore Teaches Cane vs. Multiple Opponents
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Bartitsu at Home: Tommy Joe Moore Teaches Pugilism and Atemi-Waza
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Bartitsu at Home: Tommy Joe Moore Teaches Savate Hand Strikes
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Yukio Tani in 1920
Former Bartitsu Club instructor Yuki Tani is shown executing a collar choke against wrestler Jack Madden in this photo from the Sunday Pictorial of January 4, 1920. Tani won the contest in a time of 14 minutes and 4 seconds.
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