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Category Archives: Canonical Bartitsu
Bartitsu Lecture for the Criterion Bar Association
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”
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)
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
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)
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 →
“A Knowledge of Many Curious Fouls” ( The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 29 August 1901)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 9th March 2014 We confess to grave misgivings with regards to the Japanese system of self defence known as Bartitsu, which a Mr. Barton Wright has been privately booming in London for … Continue reading →
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“Ladies Night at the Bath Club”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 9th March 2014 A short account and illustration of the famous Bartitsu and historical fencing exhibition at the London Bath Club, courtesy of the The Sussex Agricultural Express, 17 March 1899: One of … Continue reading →
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The Great Anglo-Japanese Tournament (Nottingham, 1902)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 9th March 2014 An advertisement for the Great Anglo-Japanese Tournament in Nottingham, from the Nottingham Evening Post, 21 March 1902:
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Captain Laing on Adapting Bartitsu Stick Fighting for Army Swordsmanship
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 20th March 2014 Frederick Charles Laing was born in India on December 5th of 1865, the son of Major Frederick Ernest Laing and Lucy Augusta Laing. The young Frederick attended an English … Continue reading →
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Ambidexterity in Bartitsu Stick Fighting
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 23rd March 2014 Above: Bartitsu Club stick fighting instructor Pierre Vigny (left) demonstrates ambidexterity via several technical options from the double-handed guard. The active use of ambidextrous attacks from the double-handed guard … Continue reading →
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