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Category Archives: Canonical Bartitsu
“Ladies Night at the Bath Club”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 9th March 2014 A short account and illustration of the famous Bartitsu and historical fencing exhibition at the London Bath Club, courtesy of the The Sussex Agricultural Express, 17 March 1899: One of … Continue reading →
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The Great Anglo-Japanese Tournament (Nottingham, 1902)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 9th March 2014 An advertisement for the Great Anglo-Japanese Tournament in Nottingham, from the Nottingham Evening Post, 21 March 1902:
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Captain Laing on Adapting Bartitsu Stick Fighting for Army Swordsmanship
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 20th March 2014 Frederick Charles Laing was born in India on December 5th of 1865, the son of Major Frederick Ernest Laing and Lucy Augusta Laing. The young Frederick attended an English … Continue reading →
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Ambidexterity in Bartitsu Stick Fighting
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 23rd March 2014 Above: Bartitsu Club stick fighting instructor Pierre Vigny (left) demonstrates ambidexterity via several technical options from the double-handed guard. The active use of ambidextrous attacks from the double-handed guard … Continue reading →
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“What are ‘canonical’ and ‘neo’ Bartitsu?”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 28th March 2014 The explosive success of the Sherlock Holmes movies have embedded an awareness of Victorian-era martial arts into the popular imagination. In the wake of that success, it may be useful to … Continue reading →
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“A safe way for one man to disable another when both are equally well armed with sticks”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 22nd April 2014 Members of the Battersea Bartitsu Club work variations on the canonical set-play “A safe way for one man to disable another when both are equally well armed with sticks” (shown below).
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Bartitsu Club of Chicago Seminar at Forteza Martial Arts
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 26th May 2014 On Sunday, May 25 instructors Tony Wolf, Nathan Wisniewski and Treyson Ptak co-taught a five-hour introductory Bartitsu seminar at the Forteza Western martial arts studio in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighbourhood. The seminar … Continue reading →
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The Original Bartitsu Club
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 5th September 2015 “… a huge subterranean hall, all glittering, white-tiled walls, and electric light, with ‘champions’ prowling around it like tigers …” – Mary Nugent (January 1901) There are now approximately … Continue reading →
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Bartitsu at Festival No. 6
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 10th September 2015 Bartitsu instructor James Garvey (lower right, above) represented E.W. Barton-Wright’s “New Art of Self Defence” in the central piazza at Festival No. 6 (2015). This boutique music and arts festival … Continue reading →
Alex Kiermeyer Seminar Photos
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 15th December 2015 Pictures from the recent Bartitsu seminar with instructor Alex Kiermeyer (top) in Igensdorf, Germany.
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