Category Archives: Canonical Bartitsu

“A Secret Style of Boxing” (The Sportsman, 12 December 1904)

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 16th July 2018 There’s a good deal to unpack in this advertisement for an assault-at-arms display organised by former Bartitsu Club instructor Pierre Vigny, including one particularly intriguing item: ST. JAMES’S HALL, … Continue reading →

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“Self Defence with Sherlock Holmes” at the Royal Armouries Museum (Leeds, UK)

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 17th July 2018 The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, UK will be offering hands-on Bartitsu classes for children as part of an upcoming series of workshops in various historical martial arts.  The classes will … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Stick Fighting in Bavaria, Germany

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 9th August 2018 Some highly skilled Vigny-style cane play in this unarmoured demonstration bout by Bartitsu instructor Alex Kiermayer (suspenders and flat cap) and his colleague-at-arms Christoph Reinberger.  Kiermayer and Reinberger have … Continue reading →

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Bayonet Thrust

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 30th August 2018 Members of the Aisle O’Var Backswording Club experiment with the “bayonette thrust” of Bartitsu cane fighting during a recent seminar. As described by E.W. Barton-Wright in Self-Defence with a Walking Stick (1901): It … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Quiz

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd September 2018 Test your general Bartitsu knowledge with these ten questions (answers given below): 1: In his lecture for the Japan Society of London, E.W. Barton-Wright defined Bartitsu as A) “the … Continue reading →

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The Tactics of Bartitsu (Kick)Boxing

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 18th November 2016 E.W. Barton-Wright was fulsome in his praise of boxing, which was virtually synonymous with the idea of “self defence” in London at the turn of the 20th century. In introducing … Continue reading →

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“Let’s See Him!” (1901)

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 27th December 2018 Even by September of 1901, with the Bartitsu Club in Shaftesbury Avenue well-established and Bartitsu itself the subject of much media attention, E.W. Barton-Wright suffered ongoing frustrations in persuading European wrestlers … Continue reading →

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The Original Bartitsu Club

Posted on December 17, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 10th September 2015 “… a huge subterranean hall, all glittering, white-tiled walls, and electric light, with ‘champions’ prowling around it like tigers …” – Mary Nugent (January 1901) There are now approximately … Continue reading →

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“Carry a large stick” (1901)

Posted on December 17, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 29th September 2013 To the Editor of the Evening TelegraphDublin, February 10, 1901 Dear Mr. Editor – I see by your issue of Saturday an extract from the February number of “Pearson’s” … Continue reading →

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“Japanese Wrestling” (27 October, 1898)

Posted on December 17, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 14th December 2012 A report from the Morning Post newspaper on one of E.W. Barton-Wright’s early jiujitsu demonstrations in London. Mr. Barton-Wright’s demonstration of Japanese wrestling at the St. James’s Hall last … Continue reading →

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