Category Archives: Boxing

“Ju-Jitsu Vs. Boxing”: Yukio Tani takes on “Young Joseph” (From The Sporting Life, 13 April 1908)

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on February 10th, 2017 In a 1950 interview conducted by jiujitsu sensei Gunji Koizumi, Bartitsu founder E.W. Barton-Wright reminisced about trying to teach Yukio Tani to box, noting that Tani had “no aptitude for … Continue reading →

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The Annotated “Bartitsu: Its Exponent Interviewed” (1901)

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 31st January 2019 The following interview with Bartitsu founder E.W. Barton-Wright first appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette of 5 September 1901, during the height of the Bartitsu Club era.  It was found … Continue reading →

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Fisticuffs!

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Instructor Alex Kiermayer strikes a pugilistic pose during a recent seminar in Germany.

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“Guards which are not at all like the guards taught in schools (…)”

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

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

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety
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“Bartitsu vs. Boxing” (July 1901 – May 1902)

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 11th October 2018 Mid-late 1901 was undoubtedly the heyday of the Bartitsu School of Arms, not least because it was during that period that the School’s champions were put to their greatest … Continue reading →

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Tommy Joe Moore Teaches the 52 Hand Blocks

Posted on June 13, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

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 →

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More Bartitsu SteamPunkery

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 27th March 2011 Allen Reed will be teaching classes at the Oklahoma Steampunk Exhibition in April: Vigny’s Walking Stick Defense Do you know a rogue and a scoundrel who deserves to be thrashed on the steps of … Continue reading →

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“Bartitsu: Fight like a Gentleman”

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 28th February 2011 Thanks to Alex Zalud for these video excerpts from Alex Kiermayer’s recent Bartitsu kickboxing class at the Vienna Dreynevent.

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“Master of Men: the Life’s Work of William Muldoon, Champion and Trainer of Champions”

Posted on February 9, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 7th January 2011 “Master of Men” is an anthology of books, articles and essays about the remarkable Irish-American combat athlete and coach, William Muldoon. After numerous adventures as one of “New York’s finest”, … Continue reading →

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