Category Archives: Vigny stick fighting

“… every young fellow ought to learn baritsu.”(Watchman, Sydney, 1903)

Posted on December 25, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 5th December 2013 Originally appearing in the Saturday 27 June 1903 edition of the Watchman newspaper, this short piece is curious in that it consistently misspells Bartitsu as “baritsu” (q.v. Arthur Conan Doyle’s identical … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Display at the Duchamp Men’s Fashion Show

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 17th January 2014 Fashionistas were recently treated to an exhibition of stylish Bartitsu stick fighting during an innovative presentation by the Duchamp London men’s clothing company. Some brief excerpts appear in this video:

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Stick Men

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 29th January 2014 A tip of the straw boater hat to Threadless.com user mmviolet for her clever melding of classic Bartitsu stick fighting images with the stick figure cypher motif from Sir … Continue reading →

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Amateur Constables Trained in Stick Fighting (1912)

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 19th February 2014 From the Adelaide Daily Herald, April 13, 1912: One result of the recent disturbance (escalating industrial unrest and strikes) has been to give a real impetus to the civilian … Continue reading →

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Captain Laing on Adapting Bartitsu Stick Fighting for Army Swordsmanship

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 20th March 2014 Frederick Charles Laing was born in India on December 5th of 1865, the son of Major Frederick Ernest Laing and Lucy Augusta Laing. The young Frederick attended an English … Continue reading →

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Ambidexterity in Bartitsu Stick Fighting

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 23rd March 2014 Above: Bartitsu Club stick fighting instructor Pierre Vigny (left) demonstrates ambidexterity via several technical options from the double-handed guard. The active use of ambidextrous attacks from the double-handed guard … Continue reading →

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“A safe way for one man to disable another when both are equally well armed with sticks”

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 22nd April 2014  Members of the Battersea Bartitsu Club work variations on the canonical set-play “A safe way for one man to disable another when both are equally well armed with sticks” (shown below).

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A 1960s Survival (or Revival?) of Bartitsu Stickfighting

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 27th July 2015 We’re pleased to present this short interview with author Nigel Gordon, who reports that he studied Bartitsu stick fighting as a young teenager in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, UK during the early … Continue reading →

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The Missing Link Between Vigny and Lang Finally Revealed!

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd December 2017 Indian Police Superintendant Herbert Gordon Lang’s book The “Walking Stick” Method of Self-Defence (1923) is one of the seminal documents of the modern Vigny/Bartitsu stick fighting revival.  Lang credited Pierre Vigny – … Continue reading →

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Canne Vigny Sparring

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 8th October 2015 Some fast, athletic and skilled sparring in the classic Vigny style from these two instructors of the Gemeiner Academy of Savate (Gold Coast, Australia).

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