Category Archives: Canonical Bartitsu

The Bartitsu School of Arms and Physical Culture 2013: Beamish Museum, UK

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 22nd February 2013 We’re very pleased to announce that the third annual Bartitsu School of Arms symposium will be held between September 14/15 at Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, near … Continue reading

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Bartitsu and Suffrajitsu in “Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting: The Rise of the Martial Arts in Great Britain”

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 5th March 2013

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The Bartitsu Club of New York City at the Observatory

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 26th April 2013

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Colorado Bartitsu Seminar Report

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 6th May 2013 Above: participants in the May 4th Colorado Bartitsu workshop engage in a vigorous stick-grappling drill. Instructor Tony Wolf led a one-day introductory Bartitsu seminar in Niwot, Colorado on May 4th.  The … Continue reading

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Introductory Bartitsu via the Idler Academy (London)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 10th June 2013 Instructor James Garvey will be teaching a six-week introductory Bartitsu course via the Idler Academy in London – course details and online registration here.

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More Bartitsu Action from the “Book of Shadows” Webcomic

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 1st July 2013 An extended Bartitsu fight scene from Christoph Roos’ Buch der Schatten (Book of Shadows) webcomic:

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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 Cowford Steampunk Bartitsu Seminar Report

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 25th July 2013 Steampunk Bartitsu: A Dignified Response to altercations involving Pirates, Cads, Bureaucrats, and General Thuggery Noted Lecturer, Historical Hoplologist and Antagonistics Enthusiast William ‘Battlin’ Bill’ Trumpler made an appearance at … Continue reading

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“The Great Anglo-Japanese Tournament”: Bartitsu in Nottingham (March 1902)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 29th July 2013 The best evidence indicates that E.W. Barton-Wright’s Bartitsu Club in London closed down during the early months of 1902, for reasons that are still mysterious.  A recently-discovered series of … Continue reading

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Elizabethan Sword-Play and Bartitsu at the Bath Club (1899)

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 29th July 2013 A tongue-in-cheek review of the famous Bath Club exhibition of March 1899, from “The Truth” newspaper: Very interesting indeed was the display of Elizabethan sword-play at the Bath Club last … Continue reading

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