Category Archives: Antagonistics

The Bonafont Cane Style in Action

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 1st May 2018 The prolific and talented Andres Morales of Chile demonstrates the Bonafont cane fighting style of 1920s and ’30s Argentina.

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“Observations on Practical Self-Defence”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 31st July 2018 The anonymous author of this short article from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 5 January, 1924, lands squarely on the side of pragmatism as a guiding tactic … Continue reading

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Antagonistics at THEMA 2016

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd September 2018 A video memoir of fisticuffs/savate, French wrestling, self-defence and Bartitsu classes at the December, 2016 Toulouse Historical Martial Arts gathering:

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Bartitsu Gift Ideas 2018

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 30th November 2018 The Bartitsu Compendium, Volume 1: History and the Canonical Syllabus (2005) and The Bartitsu Compendium Volume II: Antagonistics (2008) Compiled by members of the Bartitsu Society, volumes 1 and 2 of the … Continue reading

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“The Fatal Objection to All Such Plans …” (1902)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 16th February 2019 The anonymous author of this short article, originally published in the Perthshire Advertiser of 31 October, 1902, makes the valid point that the first rule towards winning a fight is to know … Continue reading

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“Glima: Wonders of the Secret Sport of Iceland Which Beats Ju-Jitsu” (1911)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 6th December 2018 This self-defence article by the Icelandic wrestler and showman Johannes Josefsson was published in the Sydney Sun newspaper on June 9th, 1911. Readers familiar with the basics of both jiujitsu and … Continue reading

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“Carry a large stick” (1901)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 29th September 2013 To the Editor of the Evening TelegraphDublin, February 10, 1901 Dear Mr. Editor – I see by your issue of Saturday an extract from the February number of “Pearson’s” … Continue reading

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“The Best Self Defence” (1910)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 3rd November 2011 Some sound advice in this article from the Australian Northern Star of November 25, 1910. The anonymous writer may well not have been aware of Bartitsu, which actually included … Continue reading

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“Foiling the Ubiquitous Thug” (1912)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 27th October 2011 A selection of illustrations from the New York Tribune article Unarmed Citizens May Here Learn How To Foil The Ubiquitous Thug (March 10, 1912).

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Professors of Self Defence

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 2nd December 2010 I resolved on putting myself into the hands of some professor of self-defence, who whilst he knocked me about for his amusement, and worked me into a state of … Continue reading

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