Category Archives: Fiction

“Dodger” Takes on the Ne’er-Do-Wells of Dickensian London

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 1st October 2012 Slightly pre-Bartitsu, but the alert and imaginative viewer may perceive echoes of Sherlock Holmes-style fight choreography in this excellent video trailer for Terry Pratchett’s new novel, Dodger.

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Bartitsu (sort of …) to be Featured in “The Friday Society”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 1st November 2012 This interview with author Adrienne Kress re. her upcoming young adult steampunk/superhero/girl power novel The Friday Society reveals that one of the protagonists, a Japanese teenager named Michiko, works as a martial arts … Continue reading

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An Interview with Emelyne Godfrey

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 4th December 2012 Emelyne Godfrey is the author of the books Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and its newly published sister volume, Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society. Q – Emy, … Continue reading

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“An incredible skill in the art of strangulation”: the Phantom of the Opera’s “Punjab lasso”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 23rd February 2013 The so-called “Punjab lasso” is the signature weapon of Erik, the charismatic, homicidal genius anti-villain of Gaston Leroux’s classic serial novel, The Phantom of the Opera (1909-1910). Just as Leroux’s original story … Continue reading

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Inspector LeBrock (Anthropomorphic Badger and Bartitsu Enthusiast)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 12th March 2013  Detective Inspector Archibald “Archie” LeBrock (left), the protagonist of the Grandville graphic novel series, assumes the Bartitsu “rear guard” position.

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“Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons”: a Thrilling Tale of Suffragette Super-Heroines

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 14th May 2013  Coming in early 2015: Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons, a three-part graphic novel series to be set in the Foreworld universe. Taking place in the year 1914, the trilogy will chronicle the … Continue reading

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More Bartitsu Action from the “Book of Shadows” Webcomic

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 1st July 2013 An extended Bartitsu fight scene from Christoph Roos’ Buch der Schatten (Book of Shadows) webcomic:

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Sneak Preview of “Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons” at the Jet City Comic Expo

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd November 2013 Visitors to this weekend’s Jet City Comics exposition in Tacoma, WA will get a sneak peek at some of the artwork for Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons, the upcoming graphic novel trilogy written by … Continue reading

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“How I taught Holmes baritsu …”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 23rd November 2013 The following essay is a translation, by the author of the Hmm Yes Perfect blog, of a memoir by Russian fight choreographer Nikolay Vaschilin. Mr. Vaschilin staged the climactic Holmes/Moriarty battle … Continue reading

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BBC’s “Sherlock” (Finally!) Offers a Shout-Out to “Baritsu” …

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 2nd January 2014 … if only as the second of thirteen possible life-saving, death-faking scenarios worked out in painstaking detail prior to Sherlock’s confrontation with Moriarty atop the St. Bart’s Hospital roof. … Continue reading

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