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“The Sword-Lance: a Suggestion” (1903)

Posted on February 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 13th June 2011 Captain F.C. Laing was a soldier serving in India with the 12th Bengal Infantry (Kelat-I-Ghilzai Regiment), who in 1902 had spent an intensive several months training at E.W. Barton-Wright’s … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Class/Demo. at the 1900 Chautauqua (Rockford, Illinois)

Posted on February 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 12th June 2011 Instructor Allen Reed (left), in character as a circa 1900 “Professor of Antagonistics”, teaching Bartitsu stick fighting at the 1900 America Chautauqua event at the Midway Village Museum, Rockford, Illinois. Spectators were invited … Continue reading →

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Battersea Bartitsu (London, UK)

Posted on February 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 11th June 2011 Announcing a new Bartitsu study group based in Battersea, S.W. London. Training is free and interested parties should contact the organisers for details. Week A (alternate weeks from 19.06.11): “Canonical Bartitsu”Stretching … Continue reading →

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“… the value of the ordinary walking-stick ..” (1901)

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 30th May 2011 An interesting snippet from a review of one of E.W. Barton-Wright’s Bartitsu exhibitions at London’s Tivoli Theatre during August 1901. After a jiujitsu demonstration … … Mr Barton-Wright, to … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Lecture in Zagreb, Croatia

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 29th May 2011 Bartitsu enthusiast Goran Dimic recently delivered an illustrated lecture/demonstration on Bartitsu for the Parni Zakon steampunk conference in Zagreb, Croatia. The lecture included information on the origins and nature … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Classes at the 1900 America Chautauqua (Rockford, IL)

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 12th May 2011 Instructor Allen Reed will be teaching Bartitsu classes at the 1900 America Chautauqua. The Chautauqua (June 11-12, Midway Village Museum, Rockford, IL) is set during the year 1900 and will offer numerous … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Training at WMAW 2011

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 10th May 2011 Instructor Tony Wolf will be teaching two intermediate/advanced level Bartitsu sessions at the Western Martial Arts Weekend conference in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. The conference runs between September 15-18. The WMAW is the premiere … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu at the Gaslight Gathering

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 9th May 2011 Thanks to The Convention Fans Blog for this picture and accompanying report on San Francisco-based Bartitsu instructor Tom Badillo’s demo./class at the recent Gaslight Gathering event in San Diego.

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May 14th is Worldwide Undershaw Preservation Day

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 6th May 2011 “I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu …” – Sherlock Holmes on his defeat of Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls While the real martial art of Bartitsu was almost … Continue reading →

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The “Soft Art” of Japan (1902)

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 30th April 2011 An excerpt from an article published in the Vancouver Sun of January 21st, 1902: At the exhibition given at the “Bartitsu” School of Arms in London recently some remarkable … Continue reading →

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