Category Archives: Video

Bartitsu Article and Video Featured in the Wall Street Journal

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 24th May 2013 Click here to read reporter Angus Loten’s Wall Street Journal article on Bartitsu. The accompanying video (above) features instructor Mark Donnelly’s classes at the recent Steampunk World’s Fair event in Piskataway, New Jersey. The print version … Continue reading →

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“No Bois Man No Fraid”

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 4th September 2013 The new documentary No Bois Man No Fraid explores the stick fighting art of kalinda as a vibrant modern martial art with roots embedded deeply in Trinidadian and African cultures. Kalinda also has … Continue reading →

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“Bartitsu: the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes” Documentary

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 9th September 2013 Bartitsu: the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes is the first and only feature documentary on Bartitsu, the “gentlemanly art of self defence”. At the end of the Victorian era, … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Stick Sparring

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 3rd October 2013 A short video showing some technical stick sparring from the 2012 Bartitsu School of Arms. In this type of sparring, the mask, gloves, forearms, thighs and calves are all … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Demo on “Sunday Brunch” (UK)

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 3rd November 2013

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Ambidexterity in Bartitsu Stick Fighting

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 23rd March 2014 Above: Bartitsu Club stick fighting instructor Pierre Vigny (left) demonstrates ambidexterity via several technical options from the double-handed guard. The active use of ambidextrous attacks from the double-handed guard … Continue reading →

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“A safe way for one man to disable another when both are equally well armed with sticks”

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 22nd April 2014  Members of the Battersea Bartitsu Club work variations on the canonical set-play “A safe way for one man to disable another when both are equally well armed with sticks” (shown below).

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“The Jiu-Jitsu Suffragette” on “The One Show”: BBC 1 Monday May 12

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 9th May 2014 Bartitsu instructor James Garvey and historian Emelyne Godfrey appear on screen and instructor Tony Wolf served as a consultant for this One Show presentation on the life of Edith Garrud, the pioneering female martial arts instructor who trained … Continue reading →

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A Safety Critique of Steampunk Umbrella Fencing/Dueling (or, “It’s all fun until someone loses an eye”)

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 3rd September 2015 Umbrella fencing, also known as umbrella dueling, is a sport or game that has been played at some steampunk gatherings in the UK and USA. The purpose of this … Continue reading →

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“Crouching Lurcher”

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 5th September 2015 A blend of 19th century armed and unarmed combat arts as interpreted via the lessons of Elizabethan fencing master Vincentio Saviolo, courtesy of the 1595 Club.

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