Category Archives: Vigny stick fighting

Bartitsu Sparring Compilation

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 3rd April 2017 … by engaging toughs I trained myself until I was satisfied in practical application. – E.W. Barton-Wright, 1950

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Bartitsucon 2018 Classes and Instructors

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 20th October 2018 Participants in the upcoming Bartitsucon 2018 event will experience the full range of Bartitsu training, along with some related skills, as taught by no fewer than six instructors.  In … Continue reading →

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The Bartitsu School of Arms: Beamish Museum, 2013

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 12th February 2013 Announcing the third international Bartitsu symposium, to take place at Beamish Museum near Newcastle, UK, between September 14th and 15th, 2013. Update: the Google Groups email list for the … Continue reading →

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More from the Santiago Stickfighters

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 12th January 2018 Andres Morales (in the fencing mask with white trim) demonstrates the Vigny style in action against an opponent using a more generic style in this recent sparring match: In … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to the Winners of the Bartitsu Sparring Video Competition!

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 7th February 2017 The Bartitsu Sparring Video Competition was initiated in November of 2016. The object was to encourage experimentation with a set of sparring guidelines inspired by the styles practiced at the original Bartitsu Club … Continue reading →

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Comments from the Winners of the Bartitsu Sparring Video Contest

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 8th February 2017 From Peter Smallridge of the Waterloo Sparring Group: “I was immediately excited by the prospect of the contest. I’ve been training (and sometimes teaching) at the Basingstoke Bartitsu Irregulars … Continue reading →

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“Assault-at-Arms at the Bartitsu School” (1901)

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 7th February 2017 An advertisement in the Sporting Times, promoting one of the assault-at-arms exhibitions staged at the Bartitsu Club in Shaftesbury Avenue.

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“Attacked by Hooligans”: a Self-Defence Skit with Pierre Vigny and Miss Sanderson

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 5th February 2017 The Friday, 16 October 1903 edition of The Sporting Life included this short description of a self-defence skit performed by Pierre Vigny and “Miss Sanderson”, who was, in her private … Continue reading →

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“The Bartitsu School of Arms and Physical Culture” (Monday, 25 November 1901)

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 3rd February 2017 The following article, originally published in The Sporting Life, offers fresh details on the multi-style assault-at-arms staged at the London Bartitsu Club during late November of 1901. Several references may … Continue reading →

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“… a performer of rare merit”: Pierre Vigny’s Demonstration at the Salle Bertrand

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 1st February 2017 From the Pall Mall Gazette of Thursday, 04 May 1899: It is not often that the London people have such an exhibition of fencing and kindred feats of arms … Continue reading →

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