Category Archives: Video

Bartitsu Home-Training Tip: Indian Clubs Make Great Cane Substitutes

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

With group classes off the table until further notice, martial arts practitioners are switching en masse to home- and self-training. A handy tip for Bartitsu practitioners is to use an Indian clubs as a substitute for the Vigny cane, whose … Continue reading →

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“Gouged Eyes and Chawed Ears” – the History and Folklore of Rough-and-Tumble Fighting via the Works of Robert E. Howard

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

The once-celebrated and now little-known “manly art” of rough-and-tumble fighting, a.k.a. “gouge fighting”, is explained in this video by pulp fiction scholar Jeffrey Shanks. If you’re intrigued to learn more about rough-and-tumble, in purported fact as well as fiction, be … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Honor Blackman (22 August 1925 – 6 April 2020)

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

English actress and self-defence advocate Honor Blackman has died at the age of 94 years. After studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Blackman landed small feature film and television parts until her 1962 breakout role as Cathy … Continue reading →

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A Review of “Bartitsu: Historical Self-Defence with a Walking Stick”

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 5th January 2019 Here follows a review of the new English-language edition of the instructional DVD Bartitsu: Historical Self-Defence with a Walking Stick According to Pierre Vigny, which was originally released with German-language … Continue reading →

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“Guards which are not at all like the guards taught in schools (…)”

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

In this video, instructor Argent Bracci demonstrates some examples of destructive elbow guards applied to the noble art of fisticuffs: As Edward Barton-Wright noted in the 1901 article Bartitsu: Its Exponent Interviewed, orthodox boxing/savate defences – as typically taught to middle-class … Continue reading →

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Andres Morales Demonstrates the Integrated Stick Method

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Andres Morales of Santiago, Chile performs a solo drill exhibiting techniques from his Integrated Stick Method, which largely combines the Vigny and Bonafont styles.

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Bartitsu at Home: Tommy Joe Moore Teaches Cane vs. Multiple Opponents

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety
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Bartitsu at Home: Tommy Joe Moore Teaches Pugilism and Atemi-Waza

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety
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Bartitsu at Home: Tommy Joe Moore Teaches Savate Hand Strikes

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Introduction to the Bartitsu Lab

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

In this short video, Bartitsu Lab founder Tommy Joe Moore introduces his approach to reviving E.W. Barton-Wright’s “New Art of Self Defence”. We have long argued in favour of pressure-testing conclusions via hard sparring and endorse this approach as the … Continue reading →

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