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Category Archives: Pop-culture
A Melange of Mayhem from Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 16th December 2015 Ten solid minutes of Victorian violence are on display in this compilation of finishing moves from the Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate video game, which is set in the world of 19th century … Continue reading
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“Houdini & Doyle” TV Series to Showcase “Supernatural” Edwardian Mysteries
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 9th December 2015 Back in 2011 we reported the pre-production of no less than three media projects based on the premise that Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle teamed up to fight crime. … Continue reading
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The Jiu-Jitsu Waltz (“The Scrap Book”, Vol. 4, 1907)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 31st May 2014 A FRENCH WOMAN AND A JAPANESE MANAMAZE LONDON WITH A NEW STUNT. The novelty of the summer in London is the jiu-jitsu dance in which Mlle. Deslys and S. … Continue reading
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Colin Firth Wields a Mean Umbrella in “Kingsman” Trailer
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 26th September 2014
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Bartitsuesque Action in “Gotham”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 26th November 2014 A notably Bartitsuvian fight scene from the hit TV series Gotham, in which Alfred Pennyworth (Sean Pertwee) demonstrates his credentials as a retired badass. Readers of a certain age and proclivity … Continue reading
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Suffrajitsu – Now in Print!
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 29th July 2015 The Suffrajitsu trilogy is now available in Blood and Honor, a printed collector’s edition from Jet City Comics. This new print anthology also features two other Foreworld Saga trilogies; The Dead God and Symposium. Inspired by … Continue reading
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How to Deal with Undesirables
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 30th December 2015 Advice on the gentlemanly art of umbrella combat from the late and lamented Kingsman agent Harry (Galahad) Hart.
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“Bartitsu” Variation in Mortal Kombat
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 19th February 2016 The Mortal Kombat video game character Bo Rai Cho, a master of zui quan (“drunken kung fu”), has now added a highly stylised and exaggerated form of Bartitsu cane fighting to … Continue reading
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Geek Duchess Felicia Day Recommends Bartitsu for Fending Off Llamas
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 30th June 2016 Early in this interview for Chicago’s WBEZ Nerdette podcast, actress and professional nerd Felicia Day namechecks Bartitsu in the context of a discussion on self-defence against llamas. Specifically, she’s referring … Continue reading
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