Category Archives: Vigny stick fighting

More Vigny Cane Fighting by the Santiago Stickfighters

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

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

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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Captain Laing’s “1st Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting (#1)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 28th July 2017 In 1902, Bartitsu Club member Captain F.C. Laing wrote an article titled The ‘Bartitsu’ Method of Self-Defence for the Journal of the United Service Institution.Captain Laing’s sequence of set-plays such as “Attacked by a man … Continue reading

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Captain Laing’s “1st Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting (#2)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 3rd August 2017 The second basic drill from Captain F.C. Laing’s 1902 article The “Bartitsu” Method of Self-Defence, illustrated with photographs adapted from E.W. Barton-Wright’s Self-Defence with a Walking Stick (1901). Click here for the first drill … Continue reading

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Captain Laing’s “1st Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting (#3), with Additional Notes

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 7th August 2017 Here is the third basic drill from Captain F.C. Laing’s 1902 article The “Bartitsu” Method of Self-Defence, illustrated with photographs adapted from E.W. Barton-Wright’s Self-Defence with a Walking Stick (1901). Follow these … Continue reading

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“Entente Cordiale Fencing: the Art of Defence with a Walking Stick” (Pall Mall Gazette – 14 November, 1907)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 8th August 2017 A hitherto unexpected development of the Entente Cordiale is the increasing interest that being taken by Englishmen and Englishwomen in the French school of fencing established in London. So … Continue reading

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Captain Laing’s “Third Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 10th August 2017 Here follows an interpretation of Captain Laing’s “3rd Practice” as described in his 1902 article on The Bartitsu Method of Self-Defence. 3RD PRACTICE. From “rear guard.”–Guard face sideways, then head … Continue reading

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Bartitsu Stickfighting Seminar at Alte Kampfkunst (Wuppertal, Germany)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 14th August 2017 The Alte Kampfkunst historical martial arts school will be offering a two-day seminar on Bartitsu stickfighting between September 16-17. Click here for more details.

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Captain Laing’s “Third Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 10th August 2017 Here follows an interpretation of Captain Laing’s “3rd Practice” as described in his 1902 article on The Bartitsu Method of Self-Defence. 3RD PRACTICE. From “rear guard.”–Guard face sideways, then head … Continue reading

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“A man without a stick rushes at you with his fist”: an Interpretation of Captain Laing’s Second Bartitsu Set-Play

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 18th October 2016 Captain F.C. Laing of the 12th Bengal Infantry (Kelat-I-Ghilzai Regiment) spent several months doing intensive training at the London Bartitsu Club.  He then produced a uniquely useful article, The “Bartitsu” Method of … Continue reading

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