Category Archives: Canonical Bartitsu

Bartitsu Featured in Holland’s “Volkskrant” Newspaper

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 3rd September 2011 Dutch journalist Erik Noomen’s well-researched article on the history and revival of Bartitsu has been featured in the Volkskrant, one of Holland’s largest daily newspapers. Touching on Bartitsu’s connection with … Continue reading

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“Baritzu” in Australia (1906)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 10th September 2011 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous rendering of Bartitsu as “baritsu” is now understood to have been due to a simple mistake. It’s most likely that Doyle, searching for an … Continue reading

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Video from the 2011 Bartitsu School of Arms and Physical Culture

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 11th September 2011

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“Lost Martial Art” Documentary Now Available from Amazon

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 14th September 2011 The documentary Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes is now available via Amazon.com. You can read an interview about the documentary and its production here and watch the trailer right here:

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Report on Bartitsu at the 2011 Western Martial Arts Workshop

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 19th September 2011 Instructor Tony Wolf ran a series of Bartitsu classes at the recent 4-day Western Martial Arts Workshop in Racine, Wisconsin. The first session on Thursday morning was an introduction to Bartitsu as a … Continue reading

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Guard by Distance

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 20th November 2011 Instructor George Stokoe of the Battersea Bartitsu Study Group demonstrates the classic “guard by distance” tactic.

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Bartitsu at TeslaCon 2011

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 20th November 2011 A report from instructor Allen Reed on his recent introductory Bartitsu seminar at the TeslaCon steampunk convention in Madison, Wisconsin. Allen will also be teaching a Bartitsu workshop in early 2012. I drove up … Continue reading

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Announcing the Bartitsu Club of Chicago

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 19th January 2012 Located in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood, the Bartitsu Club of Chicago offers regular, progressive training in the “lost martial art of Sherlock Holmes”. History At the end of the Victorian era, E. W. … Continue reading

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Bartitsu at CombatCon 2012

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 25th January 2012 Bartitsu instructor Tony Wolf (left) will be teaching an introductory class among the many attractions of CombatCon 2012 at the Tuscany Suites hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada (July 6-8). A confluence … Continue reading

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Bartitsu seminar in Veldhoven, Holland

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 18th February 2012 Announcing a seminar in Bartitsu, a mixed martial art system created the late 19th century, which combined French boxing with the Vigny system of stick fighting, English bareknuckle boxing … Continue reading

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