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Author Archives: BartitsuSociety
Bartitsu Sparring
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 9th October 2013 Highlights from several rounds of recreational medium/hard contact sparring at the Bartitsu Club of Chicago. The object of this type of sparring is to pressure-test one’s skills while (re-)discovering the … Continue reading
Posted in Sparring, Video, Vigny stick fighting
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Fun and Games at the London Bath Club
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 7th December 2012 The famous Bath Club features significantly in the history of Bartitsu. Founded at #34 Dover Street in 1894, the Club was named for its large indoor swimming pool, which was a … Continue reading
Posted in Edwardiana
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Tommy Joe Moore Teaches the 52 Hand Blocks
Editorial note: several years ago I had the privilege of traveling with my adult son and my teenage nephew to a boxing gym in the Bronx, NYC and meeting with Daniel Marks, who had, over the previous decade, done much … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing, Instruction, Video
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“Self-Defence as a Fine Art” (1904)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 16th December 2013 From The World’s News, Saturday 15 October 1904: Some little time ago an illustrated article was published in “The World’s News” giving some valuable hints on the use of … Continue reading
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“The best self defence” (1910)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 11th December 2013 From The Northern Star newspaper, 25 November, 1910: Although boxing is called “the noble art of self-defence,” there are forms of attack against which it would require the co-operation … Continue reading
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“Wrestling or Ju-jitsu?” (E. B. Osborn, T.P.’s Weekly, 1914)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 24th August 2011 WRESTLING OR JU-JITSU? On the whole, catch-as-catch-can wrestling is not a sport to be recommended to amateur athletes. It is true that a knowledge of the chief holds and … Continue reading
“Self Protection on a Cycle”, Courtesy of Riot A.C.T.
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 22nd August 2011 Longtime Bartitsu aficionados are well aware of Marcus Tindal’s eccentric 1901 article Self Protection on a Cycle, which appears to have been inspired both by E.W. Barton-Wright’s articles on self … Continue reading
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“… the loaded hunting crop …”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 9th August 2011 I was not surprised when Holmes suggested that I should take my revolver with me. He had himself picked up the loaded hunting-crop, which was his favourite weapon. – … Continue reading
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