Monthly Archives: December 2020

Keeping a Safe Distance in Victorian London

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

The mid-19th century moral panic over garroting gangs (urban street muggers) reached its absurdist conclusion in this Punch Magazine cartoon, suggesting the invention of a reinforced hoop skirt frame to keep garroters at a safe distance. Sadly, while scholars agree … Continue reading →

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Andres Morales Demonstrates the Integrated Stick Method

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Andres Morales of Santiago, Chile performs a solo drill exhibiting techniques from his Integrated Stick Method, which largely combines the Vigny and Bonafont styles.

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Bartitsu at Home: Tommy Joe Moore Teaches Cane vs. Multiple Opponents

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety
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Bartitsu at Home: Tommy Joe Moore Teaches Pugilism and Atemi-Waza

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety
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Bartitsu at Home: Tommy Joe Moore Teaches Savate Hand Strikes

Posted on December 11, 2020 by BartitsuSociety
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Yukio Tani in 1920

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Former Bartitsu Club instructor Yuki Tani is shown executing a collar choke against wrestler Jack Madden in this photo from the Sunday Pictorial of January 4, 1920. Tani won the contest in a time of 14 minutes and 4 seconds.

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Introduction to the Bartitsu Lab

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

In this short video, Bartitsu Lab founder Tommy Joe Moore introduces his approach to reviving E.W. Barton-Wright’s “New Art of Self Defence”. We have long argued in favour of pressure-testing conclusions via hard sparring and endorse this approach as the … Continue reading →

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Concerning the Bartitsu Compendium, Volumes 1 and 2

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 11th September 2018 By Tony Wolf This article offers a brief “history” of the Bartitsu revival movement, especially via the production of the two volumes of the Bartitsu Compendium in 2005 and … Continue reading →

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Miss Blanche Whitney, the World’s Champion Lady Wrestler (1911)

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 26th November 2016 This gallery of images from an article in the Oregon Daily Journal (April 30, 1911) showcases the combative talents of Miss Blanche Whitney. Between 1908-11, the Philadelphian Miss Whitney travelled the … Continue reading →

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“Engaging Toughs”: Pressure Testing and Sparring in Neo-Bartitsu Training

Posted on December 10, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 2nd September 2013 “I learned various methods including boxing, wrestling, fencing, savate and the use of the stiletto under recognised masters, and by engaging toughs I trained myself until I was satisfied … Continue reading →

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