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Category Archives: Fiction
John Steed’s Umbrella-Fu
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd September 2017 Secret agent John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) wields a mean brolly in this training sequence from The Avengers (1998). Choreographed by the great English fight director William Hobbs, Steed’s impeccable umbrella-fu was … Continue reading
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“Chucker-Out of the Unwanted: Muscular Maude” (1917)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 20th October 2018 Actress Doris Lytton puts up her dukes as Maude Bray, a supporting character in the 1917 theatrical farce Wanted: a Husband. Hilarity ensues when one of Maude’s friends advertises for … Continue reading
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Brutal Cane Fighting in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on July 10th, 2018
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Bartitsu Announced as “Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate” Achievement
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 19th September 2015 Fans of Victorian-era action/adventure are looking forward to the October 23 release of Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, which will feature “Bartitsu” as a special achievement. The achievement award will be unlocked if players master … Continue reading
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Bartitsu Kicks Posterior in FX’s “The League”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 19th September 2015 Bartitsu has been both parodied and showcased on the FX Network’s popular comedy series, The League, which concerns the misadventures of a group of fantasy football league players. In the recent episode … Continue reading
“A New Weapon: The Torpedo Umbrella” (New York Times, 1876)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 5th May 2014 A fanciful suggestion from the New York Times, proposing one way in which the humble brolly might be augmented for use as an implement of self-defence: It is a … Continue reading
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“Sherlock Holmes and Bartitsu” (Part One)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 28th August 2010 The Bartitsu Society is privileged to be able to host this memoir by Michael Bertram Wooster, the grandson of the late Sir Henry St John Merrivale, 9th Baronet (1871-1965). … Continue reading
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