Category Archives: Antagonistics

More on the “Dr. Latson Method of Self Defense”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 5th January 2015 Readers may recall our April, 2013 article presenting the “Dr. Latson Method of Self Defense” and the bizarre scandal and mystery that later enveloped the principals of that method. Now, researcher … Continue reading

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La Canne …

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 26th January 2015

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The Name’s Marwood … James Marwood.

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 27th January 2015 Reporter Cassam Looch attends the Kingsman: The Secret Service academy where he learns how to become the perfect Kingsman agent, including a suit fitting followed by an umbrella combat … Continue reading

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An Updated History of Weaponised Umbrellas

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 12th February 2015 The release of Kingsman: the Secret Service promises to introduce a new generation of film-goers to the weaponised umbrella, a time-tested motif in anime, comic books, film, literature and television.  The bulletproof … Continue reading

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“Self-Defence with a Cane” (1928)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 14th April 2015 From the Friday, 27 July 1928 edition of the Motherwell Times:

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The Seattle Times features BWAHAHAHA

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 6th June 2015 An entertaining article on BWAHAHAHA, Seattle’s “Barton-Wright/Alfred Hutton Alliance for Historically Accurate Hoplology and Antagonistics”.

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Dubious “Self-Defence Umbrella” Initiative by Vodafone India

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 27th August 2015 Although they’re presumably well-intentioned, one hopes that Vodafone India and their ad agency will also be shelling out for the extensive training these women will need in order to … Continue reading

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How to Deal with Undesirables

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 30th December 2015 Advice on the gentlemanly art of umbrella combat from the late and lamented Kingsman agent Harry (Galahad) Hart.

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A Report on the 2015 UKBA Bartitsu Gathering

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 3rd February 2016 A report on the recent UKBA Bartitsu Gathering via http://ordinaryvisionary.tumblr.com: “Organised by the Bartitsu Irregulars, the Bartitsu club I (very) irregularly attend, the Bartitsu Gathering kicked off Sunday morning in Basingstoke and … Continue reading

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The Earliest Known Collaboration Between E.W. Barton-Wright and Pierre Vigny: July 20, 1899

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 1st March 2016 These newly-discovered articles from the St. James’s Gazette offer our first glimpse at the original collaboration between Bartitsu founder Edward Barton-Wright and savate/stick fighting expert Pierre Vigny.  The articles … Continue reading

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