Category Archives: Video

Art for Art’s Sake: the Value of Recreational Bartitsu

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 23rd June 2017 By Tony Wolf Recent History The modern Bartitsu revival is now fifteen years old and, like all teenagers, it’s undergoing some significant changes. Most of the original cadre of … Continue reading

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May the Fourth be with You, Sherlock!

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 5th May 2017 May 4th of 1891 is recognised as the date of consulting detective Sherlock Holmes’ fateful hand-to-hand battle with the Napoleon of Crime, Professor James Moriarty. Their fight took place … Continue reading

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Bartitsu Sparring

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 9th October 2013 Highlights from several rounds of recreational medium/hard contact sparring at the Bartitsu Club of Chicago. The object of this type of sparring is to pressure-test one’s skills while (re-)discovering the … Continue reading

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Tommy Joe Moore Teaches the 52 Hand Blocks

Editorial note: several years ago I had the privilege of traveling with my adult son and my teenage nephew to a boxing gym in the Bronx, NYC and meeting with Daniel Marks, who had, over the previous decade, done much … Continue reading

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“Self Protection on a Cycle”, Courtesy of Riot A.C.T.

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 22nd August 2011 Longtime Bartitsu aficionados are well aware of Marcus Tindal’s eccentric 1901 article Self Protection on a Cycle, which appears to have been inspired both by E.W. Barton-Wright’s articles on self … Continue reading

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“Baritsu” in “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 13th July 2011 The brand-new first trailer for the upcoming action/comedy/mystery Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows promises plenty of baritsu action! Baritsu is, of course, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s rendering of Bartitsu, as famously featured in The … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: Roger Lafond (1913-2011)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 13th April 2011 We regret to announce the death of savate and la canne master Roger Lafond on April 8th, 2011. He was 97 years old. Roger Lafond’s martial arts and combat sports lineage can be … Continue reading

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Baritsu in “Art of Deduction: Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 24th March 2011 A stylised baritsu fight sequence performed by teen and college-age actors in the play Art of Deduction, which recently featured at the Weathervane Playhouse in Akron, Ohio. Director John Davis also choreographed … Continue reading

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“Bartitsu: Fight like a Gentleman”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 28th February 2011 Thanks to Alex Zalud for these video excerpts from Alex Kiermayer’s recent Bartitsu kickboxing class at the Vienna Dreynevent.

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“The Hooligan and the Lady”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 26th January 2011 A fight scene/Edwardian-era self defence demonstration from the upcoming play The Hooligan and the Lady by Pauleen Hayes, premiering on February 24th at BATS Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand. The play is based … Continue reading

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