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Monthly Archives: December 2020
A Happy Holiday Season
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 24th December 2011 In the same spirit, we offer what is possibly the only historical example of Bartitsu poetry – from the Western Times newspaper, Thursday 22nd of August, 1901:
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Bartitsu at Forteza Fitness, Physical Culture and Martial Arts (Chicago, IL)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 29th December 2011 Tony Wolf will be teaching an intensive introductory Bartitsu seminar, with the option of an ongoing six-week training course, among the many attractions of the new Forteza Fitness, Physical Culture … Continue reading
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“A whirling black arm of the night”: an Excerpt from Dashiell Hammett’s “Nightmare Town” (1924)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 16th January 2012 Thanks to Chris Amberger (The Secret History of the Sword) for unearthing the adventures of Steve Threefall, the adventurer-hero of Dashiell Hammett’s 1924 novelette “Nightmare Town”, whose fighting cane … Continue reading
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Yukio Tani by George Cooke (1904)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 18th January 2012 Former Bartitsu Club instructor Yukio Tani, as caricatured by the artist George Cooke. Cooke compiled hundreds of renderings of Edwardian-era music hall stars during his affiliation with the Grand … Continue reading
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Last of the Jujitsuffragettes (June 19th, 1965)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 18th January 2012 Edith Garrud, former trainer of the English Suffragette movement’s Bodyguard Society, demonstrates a jujitsu wrist-lock on journalist Godfrey Winn during an interview for Woman Magazine. The interview took place on the … Continue reading
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Bartitsu seminar with Tony Wolf at Forteza Fitness and Martial Arts (Chicago)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 23rd January 2012 A short “video impression” of the June 22nd Bartitsu seminar at the new (and still under development) Forteza Fitness and Martial Arts studio in Ravenswood, Chicago. Instructor Tony Wolf led a … Continue reading
Upcoming Bartitsu Seminars with Mark P. Donnelly
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 26th January 2012 Bartitsu instructor Mark Donnelly will be teaching an intensive seminar for the Bartitsu Club of New York City on Sunday, March 11, 2012. See this page for all details. Professor Donnelly … Continue reading
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“A sphere of deadliness” – More Stickfighting Action from Hammett’s “Nightmare Town”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 27th January 2012 Our second and final excerpt from Dashiell Hammett’s 1924 pulp classic, “Nightmare Town”, featuring hard-bitten adventurer Steve Threefall and his trademark weapon – an ebony fighting cane. Men filled … Continue reading
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