Category Archives: Canonical Bartitsu

Bartitsu and Edwardian Antagonistics at the Sherlock Seattle Convention

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 17th October 2013 Members of BWAHAHAHA (the Barton-Wright/Alfred Hutton Alliance for Historically Accurate Hoplology and Antagonistics) demonstrate Bartitsu, cutlass fencing, pugilism and the use of the long stick for the audience at the recent Sherlock … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Demo on “Sunday Brunch” (UK)

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 3rd November 2013

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Bartitsu Featured in “The Libertine”

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 5th November 2013 Click here to read Hannah Thompson’s article on Bartitsu for The Libertine, featuring commentary by instructor James Garvey: “Jiu jitsu was about being ruthless on the battlefields, but Bartitsu is about experimentation, … Continue reading →

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Lecture: “The History of Bartitsu, the Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes” (London)

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 29th November 2013  Sip on a G&T while you hear the fascinating story of this almost forgotten martial art. Bartitsu is called many things: the lost martial art of Sherlock Holmes, the … Continue reading →

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“… every young fellow ought to learn baritsu.”(Watchman, Sydney, 1903)

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 5th December 2013 Originally appearing in the Saturday 27 June 1903 edition of the Watchman newspaper, this short piece is curious in that it consistently misspells Bartitsu as “baritsu” (q.v. Arthur Conan Doyle’s identical … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Lecture for the Criterion Bar Association

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 5th November 2013 On the evening of Saturday, Nov. 2nd, Bartitsu instructor Tony Wolf (right, above) delivered an after-dinner lecture on the history and revival of Bartitsu for the Criterion Bar Association, a coeducational scion … Continue reading →

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“The Gentleman’s Martial Art: Bartitsu at the Idler Academy”

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 7th November 2013 Click here to read Santiago Genochio’s report on his Bartitsu class with James Garvey at London’s Idler Academy: In contrast to many dojos and gyms, there wasn’t a trace … Continue reading →

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“How to Fight like a Victorian Gentleman” (The Atlantic)

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 15th November 2013 Click here to read journalist Catherine Townsend’s new article on Bartitsu for The Atlantic magazine, featuring commentary by instructors Matt Franta of the Los Angeles Bartitsu Club and Tony Wolf of the Bartitsu … Continue reading →

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“Coming to Close Quarters”: the Strategy of Unarmed Bartitsu

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 27th March 2018 This article assumes that the object is to train in a neo-Bartitsu that is as close as possible to the original style. Therefore, the approach described here is very … Continue reading →

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“The Dodges of Bartitzu” (1899)

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 18th January 2014 From the Manchester Evening News, April 1899: Two or three recent cases have served to draw attention to the dangers of London streets after dark. It is seldom that the … Continue reading →

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