Category Archives: Video

Bartitsu with Team TE-MA Combat

Posted on August 19, 2024 by BartitsuSociety

Experimental Vigny/Bartitsu stick sparring from Team TE-MA Combat, with an active group class shown below. Nice to see a variety of guard positions (front, back and double-handed variations) as well as ambidextrous attacks being employed.

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“Parry and Fight Back” in the Vigny style with Oliver Janseps

Posted on August 5, 2024 by BartitsuSociety

Another useful video tutorial in the fundamentals of Vigny cane fighting from instructor Oliver Janseps, this one detailing the parry/riposte dynamic against high and outside/inside body line attacks.

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“How to start Bartitsu – la canne Vigny” with Oliver Janseps

Posted on July 3, 2024 by BartitsuSociety

This new video tutorial focusses on basic moulinet strikes in the Vigny style.

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Guards by Distance with Oliver Janseps

Posted on May 13, 2024 by BartitsuSociety

German HEMA instructor Oliver Janseps offers a clear explication of Guard by Distance tactics and dynamics in this video, which is part of an occasional series.

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Vigny Cane Basics with Alex Kiermayer

Posted on April 21, 2024 by BartitsuSociety

Veteran instructor Alex Kiermayer offers a tutorial in the fundamentals of warming up, striking and parrying with a cane in the classic Vigny style. If you’d like much more in the same vein, Alex’s comprehensive, multi-part instructional series Bartitsu: Historical … Continue reading →

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Irish stick sparring/Bartitsu stick sparring comparison

Posted on March 29, 2024 by BartitsuSociety

The ancient art of Bataireacht (Irish stick fighting) has undergone a modern revival closely paralleling that of Bartitsu, and this sparring clip demonstrates the close technical parallels as well. Similar to Vigny stick fighting, Bataireacht emphasizes high guard positions and … Continue reading →

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“Bartitsu – Self Defence with the Hooked Walking Stick”

Posted on March 9, 2024 by BartitsuSociety

German HEMA instructor Oliver Janseps demonstrates three canonical Vigny/Bartitsu hooking techniques. Crooked canes are rarely seen in action in sparring, but here’s an experimental bout from back in 2013:

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“Match de boxe: professeurs de l’École de Joinville (Leon Beaulieu’s flipbook)” – G. Méliès (c.1897 )

Posted on March 1, 2024 by BartitsuSociety

Recently reanimated for the first time in over 120 years, this 10-second clip of a boxe Francaise sparring exhibition between two instructors at the Joinville military school is believed to be all that remains of a lost documentary film by … Continue reading →

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“The Brutal World Of Bare-Knuckle Boxing In Victorian Britain”

Posted on November 25, 2023 by BartitsuSociety
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Bartitsu and early British jujitsu with Tony Wolf

Posted on October 15, 2023 by BartitsuSociety

Martial arts podcasters Gavin Davies and David Brough interview Tony Wolf on the past and future of Bartitsu, with a bonus pro-wrestling anecdote.

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