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Category Archives: Canonical Bartitsu
Bartitsu with Team TE-MA Combat
Experimental Vigny/Bartitsu stick sparring from Team TE-MA Combat, with an active group class shown below. Nice to see a variety of guard positions (front, back and double-handed variations) as well as ambidextrous attacks being employed.
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“Parry and Fight Back” in the Vigny style with Oliver Janseps
Another useful video tutorial in the fundamentals of Vigny cane fighting from instructor Oliver Janseps, this one detailing the parry/riposte dynamic against high and outside/inside body line attacks.
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“How to start Bartitsu – la canne Vigny” with Oliver Janseps
This new video tutorial focusses on basic moulinet strikes in the Vigny style.
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“Fight Like Sherlock Holmes” in Germany
Images from a recent seminar by Alex Kiermayer and Christoph “Bear-Knuckle” Reinberger.
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Guards by Distance with Oliver Janseps
German HEMA instructor Oliver Janseps offers a clear explication of Guard by Distance tactics and dynamics in this video, which is part of an occasional series.
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Vigny Cane Basics with Alex Kiermayer
Veteran instructor Alex Kiermayer offers a tutorial in the fundamentals of warming up, striking and parrying with a cane in the classic Vigny style. If you’d like much more in the same vein, Alex’s comprehensive, multi-part instructional series Bartitsu: Historical … Continue reading →
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“Bartitsu – Self Defence with the Hooked Walking Stick”
German HEMA instructor Oliver Janseps demonstrates three canonical Vigny/Bartitsu hooking techniques. Crooked canes are rarely seen in action in sparring, but here’s an experimental bout from back in 2013:
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Some “new” and unusual snippets of Bartitsu history
According to an item in the Morning Leader of Tuesday, 29 November 1898, the entertainments for an upcoming charity bazaar were scheduled to include: Mr. E. W. Barton- Wright (who) will on Friday and Saturday give a demonstration of Bartitsu, … Continue reading →
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Bartitsu and early British jujitsu with Tony Wolf
Martial arts podcasters Gavin Davies and David Brough interview Tony Wolf on the past and future of Bartitsu, with a bonus pro-wrestling anecdote.
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The Bartitsu Compendium, Volume III reviewed by the Martial History Team
After buying and surveying the first two volumes in this series, I had to buy volume III when it arrived in 2022. My copy of The Bartitsu Compendium, Volume 3: What Bartitsu Was and What it Can Be is a massive paperback measuring 8 … Continue reading →
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