Category Archives: Video

John Steed’s Gentlemanly Art of Umbrella Fighting

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 28th December 2016 The recent blockbuster successes of the Kingsman movie and of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows have firmly re-established umbrellas as the signature weapons of gentlemen-adventurers.  This article pays tribute to the trope-setter, debonair … Continue reading →

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“Self-Defence with a Bicycle” Video from the 2017 Dreynevent

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 19th February 2017 A humourous and enlightening demonstration of Self-Defence with a Bicycle, animating the lessons of Marcus Tindal’s eccentric 1901 Pearson’s Magazine article. The demo took place at the recent Dreynevent historical European … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Stick Sparring with Experimental “Gentlemen’s Canes”

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 24th April 2017 Some dynamic Bartitsu-style sparring from the Szkola Fechtunku Aramis classical fencing school in Poland. The sparring canes are made according to the school’s own design, shown in more detail below:

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Vigny-Style Sparring in Santiago, Chile

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 6th May 2017 Walking-stick sparring in the Bartitsu/Vigny style, as practiced in Santiago, Chile.  Note the tactical shifts between the double-handed, rear and front guards:

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Dr. Emelyne Godfrey’s Presentation on Bartitsu and the Jiujitsu Suffragettes

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 6th May 2017 Here’s a full video record of Dr. Emelyne Godfrey’s recent presentation on Bartitsu and suffragette jiujitsu, delivered for the Martial Arts Studies Research Network.  The presentation is followed by a … Continue reading →

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More Vigny Cane Fighting by the Santiago Stickfighters

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 20th May 2017

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A “Suffragette Bartitsu Brawl” Video from Fight Rep

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 23rd June 2017 Fighting for the vote, the Suffragettes have planted an explosive device. As they attempt to make their escape, a husband sells out his wife’s cause to the special constables … Continue reading →

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Rare Mid-20th Century Film of Vigny/Lang stickfighting

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 23rd June 2017 It’s well-known that the method of walking stick defence taught at the Bartitsu Club circa 1900 was devised by Pierre Vigny. Vigny himself instructed Bartitsu students in his system, … Continue reading →

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The Story of the Jujitsuffragettes, Courtesy of “Drunk History UK”

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 17th July 2017 In these excerpts from a recent episode of “Drunk History UK”, inebriated comedienne Luisa Omielan attempts to relate the history of the jujitsu-trained suffragette Bodyguard team: Bonus points for … Continue reading →

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Charles Charlemont’s Students Demonstrate Savate and la Canne (1928)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 5th August 2017 This newly-released sound film from the Fox Movietone Archive shows training drills and bouting by students of Professor Charles Charlemont. At the turn of the 20th century, Charlemont had … Continue reading →

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