Category Archives: Canonical Bartitsu

Bartitsu Stickfighting Seminar at Alte Kampfkunst (Wuppertal, Germany)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 14th August 2017 The Alte Kampfkunst historical martial arts school will be offering a two-day seminar on Bartitsu stickfighting between September 16-17. Click here for more details.

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Captain Laing’s “Third Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 10th August 2017 Here follows an interpretation of Captain Laing’s “3rd Practice” as described in his 1902 article on The Bartitsu Method of Self-Defence. 3RD PRACTICE. From “rear guard.”–Guard face sideways, then head … Continue reading

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“A man without a stick rushes at you with his fist”: an Interpretation of Captain Laing’s Second Bartitsu Set-Play

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 18th October 2016 Captain F.C. Laing of the 12th Bengal Infantry (Kelat-I-Ghilzai Regiment) spent several months doing intensive training at the London Bartitsu Club.  He then produced a uniquely useful article, The “Bartitsu” Method of … Continue reading

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An Interpretation of Captain Laing’s “4th Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 26th August 2017 Of all of the exercises described in Captain F.C. Laing’s 1902 essay The Bartitsu Method of Self-Defence, the “4th Practice” is the most difficult to follow. It is presented as a training drill … Continue reading

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Captain Laing’s “Third Practice” of Bartitsu Stick Fighting

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 10th August 2017 Here follows an interpretation of Captain Laing’s “3rd Practice” as described in his 1902 article on The Bartitsu Method of Self-Defence. 3RD PRACTICE. From “rear guard.”–Guard face sideways, then head … Continue reading

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An Illustrated Catalogue of Captain Laing’s Bartitsu Stickfighting

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 15th August 2017 For convenience, here follows a compilation of all of the drills and self-defence set-plays recorded in Captain F.C. Laing’s 1902 article, “The Bartitsu Method of Self Defence”.  As Laing … Continue reading

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Trailer for the Vigny Stickfighting Video from Agilitas.TV

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 17th August 2017 An advance look at some action from the upcoming Vigny stickfighting instructional video, produced by Agilitas.TV and featuring German Bartitsu instructor Alexander Kiermayer.

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Bartitsu Seminar at Autumnfecht (Maryland, USA)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 5th September 2017 Instructor Chris Dyer will be teaching a Bartitsu seminar at the Autumnfecht HEMA event in Columbia, Maryland on November 4, 2017. Class description: Explore the gentleman’s art of self-defense! … Continue reading

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Combining Vigny Cane and Jiujitsu in Canonical Bartitsu

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 8th March 2016 If I have been fortunate enough to interest the readers of this Journal in one of the many forms of “Bartitsu,” I shall hope to describe later in another article a further … Continue reading

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“Seize Him by the Throat”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 27th February 2018 Although we don’t have a full catalogue of the atemi (striking and nerve pressure techniques) practiced at the Bartitsu Club circa 1901, analysis of the writings of E.W. Barton-Wright … Continue reading

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