Category Archives: Antagonistics

“Self Defense Without Weapons” (1917)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 21st July 2014 A very Bartitsuvian blend of savate, cane defence, jiujitsu, wrestling and boxing is demonstrated in this 1917 newspaper illustration from the Omaha Bee.

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“How a Little Man May Thrash a Big One” (1895)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 26th July 2014 Some simple self defence tricks from the San Francisco Morning Call of February 10, 1895.

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Naginata Fencing at the 1910 Japan-British Exhibition

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 25th August 2014 As shown in this spectacular illustration for The Graphic of May 28, 1910, the use of the naginata was demonstrated alongside jiujitsu at the famous Japan-British Exhibition.

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Colin Firth Wields a Mean Umbrella in “Kingsman” Trailer

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 26th September 2014

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“Self Defense for Gentlemen and Ladies”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 8th October 2014 Advance notice that this book – a compilation of self-defence articles written by famed duelist, mercenary and raconteur Col. Thomas Hoyer Monstery – will be published in April of 2015. According … Continue reading

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“Japanese Ways of Chivalry” (Illustrated London News, May 1919)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 8th October 2014 This Illustrated London News article describes some of the unusual Japanese martial arts displayed at the Aeolian Hall on May 31, 1919. As well as jujitsu, the visiting kendo master Sonobe … Continue reading

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“Wrestler vs. Boxer”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd November 2014 A series of promotional photographs, subjects unknown, dating to the first decade of the 20th century.

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Bartitsuesque Action in “Gotham”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 26th November 2014 A notably Bartitsuvian fight scene from the hit TV series Gotham, in which Alfred Pennyworth (Sean Pertwee) demonstrates his credentials as a retired badass. Readers of a certain age and proclivity … Continue reading

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A Little Impromptu Riverbank Bartitsu …

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 15th December 2014

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Self-Defence with a Bicycle, Italian Style (1905)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 18th December 2014 This sequence of photographs from a 1905 edition of the Italian journal La Stampa Sportiva is clearly based on Marcus Tindal’s amusing and eccentric article Self-Protection on a Cycle (1901), which may in … Continue reading

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