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Bartitsu at Home: Tommy Joe Moore Teaches Pugilism and Atemi-Waza

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety
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Bartitsu at Home: Tommy Joe Moore Teaches Savate Hand Strikes

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety
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Yukio Tani in 1920

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

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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Introduction to the Bartitsu Lab

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

In this short video, Bartitsu Lab founder Tommy Joe Moore introduces his approach to reviving E.W. Barton-Wright’s “New Art of Self Defence”. We have long argued in favour of pressure-testing conclusions via hard sparring and endorse this approach as the … Continue reading →

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Concerning the Bartitsu Compendium, Volumes 1 and 2

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 11th September 2018 By Tony Wolf This article offers a brief “history” of the Bartitsu revival movement, especially via the production of the two volumes of the Bartitsu Compendium in 2005 and … Continue reading →

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Miss Blanche Whitney, the World’s Champion Lady Wrestler (1911)

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 26th November 2016 This gallery of images from an article in the Oregon Daily Journal (April 30, 1911) showcases the combative talents of Miss Blanche Whitney. Between 1908-11, the Philadelphian Miss Whitney travelled the … Continue reading →

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“Engaging Toughs”: Pressure Testing and Sparring in Neo-Bartitsu Training

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 2nd September 2013 “I learned various methods including boxing, wrestling, fencing, savate and the use of the stiletto under recognised masters, and by engaging toughs I trained myself until I was satisfied … Continue reading →

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W. Bruce Sutherland Teaches Jiujitsu in WW1-era Edinburgh

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 3rd January 2017 Along with Percy Longhurst and William and Edith Garrud, W. Bruce Sutherland was one of the most prominent members of the “second generation” of British self-defence experts. A Scotsman, … Continue reading →

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A Letter by Pierre Vigny Sheds New Light on an Old Feud

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 17th August 2018 A newly-discovered letter written by Pierre Vigny illuminates both the style of savate he taught at the Bartitsu Club and his feud with Parisian savateur Charles Charlemont.  Although Vigny … Continue reading →

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By Hook or By Crook: A New Weapon for the Millwall Dock Police (1903-05)

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 30th October 2017 During the first decade of the 20th century, the Millwall Dock area of London’s East End was a notoriously attractive target for all manner of plunderers, who found easy entrance and … Continue reading →

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