Category Archives: Antagonistics

Bartitsu and Historical Martial Arts at the Keystone Academy of Dueling (Harrisburg, PA)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 9th May 2013 See this article for a report on the activities of the Keystone Academy of Dueling in Harrisburg, PA.

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Bartitsu Article and Video Featured in the Wall Street Journal

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 24th May 2013 Click here to read reporter Angus Loten’s Wall Street Journal article on Bartitsu. The accompanying video (above) features instructor Mark Donnelly’s classes at the recent Steampunk World’s Fair event in Piskataway, New Jersey. The print version … Continue reading

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Electrical Stun Gloves (1913)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 12th June 2013 As reported in “Popular Electricity and the World’s Advocate”, 1913: Now electricity comes to the policeman’s aid. Jeremiah Creedon, a resident of Philadelphia and an engineer on the Philadelphia … Continue reading

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“Suffragette City: the Curious Influence of Jiu-jitsu in Early 20th Century England”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 2nd July 2013 Click here to read Steven Marrocco’s new article for FIGHT! Magazine, detailing some of the colour and variety of the c1900 self defence scene in England.

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The Victorian Martial Arts Symposium

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 15th July 2013 A dynamic throw demonstrated at the recent Victorian Martial Arts Symposium at the Gear Con 2013 steampunk event in Portland, Oregon.

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Self-defence from “The Wrinkle Book” (1921)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 4th August 2013 An illustration from The Wrinkle Book, edited by Archibald Williams and published by Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., London. These techniques were probably inspired by those described in Percy Longhurst’s Jiu-jitsu … Continue reading

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More “Peace Scouts” Self Defence Training

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 21st August 2013 Founded by Muriel Cossgrove in 1908, the New Zealand Peace Scouts were a precursor to the Girl Guide movement in New Zealand. Peace Scouts were encouraged to eschew corsets, … Continue reading

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“No Bois Man No Fraid”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 4th September 2013 The new documentary No Bois Man No Fraid explores the stick fighting art of kalinda as a vibrant modern martial art with roots embedded deeply in Trinidadian and African cultures. Kalinda also has … Continue reading

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Bartitsu and Edwardian Antagonistics at the Sherlock Seattle Convention

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 17th October 2013 Members of BWAHAHAHA (the Barton-Wright/Alfred Hutton Alliance for Historically Accurate Hoplology and Antagonistics) demonstrate Bartitsu, cutlass fencing, pugilism and the use of the long stick for the audience at the recent Sherlock … Continue reading

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“How To Defend Yourself” (1904)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 19th January 2014 From the San Francisco Call newspaper, August 1904. The young lady demonstrating these self defence techniques is believed to be Mademoiselle Marie Gelas. TIME and time again when some account appears in … Continue reading

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