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Monthly Archives: February 2020
“Father Frank’s Trick”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 26th September 2010 Text from “The French Scotland Yard: About the Paris Detective and his Work” by Alder Anderson and H. de Noussanne; The London Magazine, Volume 9, 1903. Has the reader … Continue reading
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“One Man, One Suffragette”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 11th September 2010 A 1907 Punch Magazine cartoon offers a satirical training suggestion to those London bobbies whose duties brought them into conflict with radical Suffragettes. The following year, under the tutelage … Continue reading
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“Jiu Jitsu Lessons For Youths” (1906)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 30th August 2010 From “The Foolish Almanack for the Year 1906 A.D.” By observing the following six rules any boy of twelve can easily protect himself from the attacks of a full-grown … Continue reading
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“The Umbrella as a Weapon of Defence” (1908)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 24th August 2010 From Popular Mechanics Magazine, Vol. 10 Issues 1-12: In one of the women’s fencing schools of Paris instruction in the art of attack and defense with foils has been discontinued … Continue reading
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More from “Bartitsu: the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 18th August 2010 Screen captures from the upcoming feature documentary “Bartitsu: the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes”, currently in post-production.
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