Category Archives: Canonical Bartitsu

“Fencing and Bartitsu at the Bath Club” (Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, March 18, 1899)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 15th April 2016 On Thursday, the 9th inst., “ladies’ night”, an amusing and instructive evening was spent by the members and their friends, gathered in considerable numbers. The first part of the … Continue reading →

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“The Rise of the Jujitsu-Suffragettes: Martial Arts in fin-de-siècle Great Britain”

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 28th April 2016 Click here to contact the organisers and/or to book your place for this fascinating lecture on the real secret society of suffragette bodyguards who inspired the Suffrajitsu trilogy! When? 6.30 – 8.00 … Continue reading →

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The Bartitsu Club of Chicago at Forteza Fitness and Martial Arts

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 13th May 2016 An active and diverse Thursday night’s training at Chicago’s Forteza Western martial arts studio, featuring boxing, historical swordplay and Bartitsu unarmed combat with instructor Nathan Wisniewski.

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A Detailed Report on Dr. Emelyne Godfrey’s Lecture for the Bagri Foundation

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 25th May 2016 The Bagri Foundation in London hosted this recent lecture by Dr. Emelyne Godfrey, author of Masculinity, Crime and Self Defence in Victorian Literature and its companion volume Femininity, Crime and Self Defence in Victorian Literature … Continue reading →

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Staging the Streets: The Theatricality of Science in Fin-de-Siecle Martial Arts

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 27th May 2016 By Peter Katz, Pacific Union College “A Fight Which Was None of Your Own Making”: Martial Arts and the Theater of ScienceAs they near the conclusion of their 1890 … Continue reading →

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The Art of Self Defence (Illustrated London News, Nov. 30, 1901)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 12th August 2016 The various methods of self-defence adopted by followers of the Bartitsu system were demonstrated at their School of Arms on Nov. 23, when they were opposed by English and … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu the Art of Real Self Defence (St. James’s Gazette, June 2, 1901)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 12th August 2016 It is interesting to notice that the Bartitsu system of physical culture, which we mentioned with approval in these columns some time since, has attracted sufficient attention to justify … Continue reading →

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The New Art of Self Defence (St James’s Gazette – Tuesday, 18 April, 1899)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 26th August 2016 On Monday, the 24th of April, at 9.15 p.m., Mr. E. W. Barton-Wright will give a demonstration of his system of Bartitsu, which has aheady been shortly described in … Continue reading →

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New Discoveries and Speculations re. the Submission Grappling of British Jiu-Jitsu

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

This article summarises, and presents some recent research into the origins of the “mixed styles” submission grappling matches that took place in London circa 1900. The term “British jiujitsu” is sometimes used to describe the eclectic blend of jiujitsu styles … Continue reading →

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“Seize him …” – the Active Free Hand in Canonical Bartitsu Stick Fighting

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 2nd October 2016 Above – the active use of the free hand in several canonical Bartitsu set-plays. Going by all historical evidence, the transition from cane-fighting distance to close-quarters combat was one of the … Continue reading →

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