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Category Archives: Video
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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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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“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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“Victorian Vigilante”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 19th January 2011 The Abney Park song “Victorian Vigilante”, from their End of Days album. Victorian Vigilante lyrics by “Captain” Robert Brown Each night as I go walkingI hear the dead men talkingThey tell me … Continue reading
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Yukio Tani (?) at a Budokwai Demonstration (1937)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 27th July 2010 A British Pathe newsreel from 1937, including a brief shot (0:25-27) that may be the only surviving film footage of the then 56 year old former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio … Continue reading