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Category Archives: Antagonistics
Umbrella Self Defence in Vancouver
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 16th December 2010 by SARAH N. FITZGERALD, METRO VANCOUVER For many, the Lower Mainland’s wet weather comes with the burden of carrying around an often-cumbersome umbrella. But what if you could turn … Continue reading
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The Umbrella: a Misunderstood Weapon
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 17th May 2009 This humourous article, written and illustrated by J.F. Sullivan, originally appeared in “The Ludgate Monthly” of 1897, just a few years before E.W. Barton-Wright introduced Bartitsu to London. No … Continue reading
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Terence Hill Wields a Mean Cane
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 13th May 2018 Readers of a certain vintage may fondly recall the Terence Hill/Bud Spencer buddy comedies of the 1970s, which were best known for their paper-thin plots and gleefully inventive fight … Continue reading
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Self-Defence With An Umbrella (Daily Mirror, Jan. 9 1902)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 13th June 2009 The dangers unprotected ladies incur when they travel alone was not long ago strikingly illustrated by a terrible assault perpetrated in a railway train. It is all very well … Continue reading
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Self Defence for Bicyclists (1901)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 25th June 2010 Longtime Bartitsu aficionados are well aware of Marcus Tindal’s eccentric and amusing article Self Protection on a Cycle, which was published in Pearson’s Magazine in 1901. There has been speculation … Continue reading
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The BWAHAHAHA Sketchbook
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 20th December 2013 Members of Seattle’s Barton-Wright/Alfred Hutton Alliance for Historically Accurate Hoplology and Antagonistics, sketched during their demonstration for the 2013 Sherlock Seattle Convention.
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Bartitsu and Miss Sanderson-Themed Apparel
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 21st December 2013 Esfinges is the first female international HEMA network, created to unite and support women martial artists, and to encourage and assist more women to take up the practice of Historical … Continue reading
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