Category Archives: Fencing

“Old School Fitness Becomes New Trend”: Bartitsu and Historical Fencing Featured in the Chicago Tribune

Posted on December 27, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 21st April 2012 “Walking into the Forteza Fitness club in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood is like strolling into a cultural time machine,” begins John Owens’ new article and video feature for the Chicago Tribune. The video highlights the antagonisticathlon event that … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu and Historical Fencing at Forteza Fitness on “190 North”

Posted on December 27, 2020 by BartitsuSociety
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“Susan Swayne and the Bewildered Bride”

Posted on December 27, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 22nd June 2012 The world premiere of this new play by Chicago playwright Reina Hardy will be produced by the Babes With Blades theatre company in August 2012. It’s 1888 in London, and the … Continue reading →

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The Grave of Captain Alfred Hutton

Posted on December 27, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 21st October 2012  Thanks to some excellent detective work by members of the Schola Forum, the grave and memorial tablet of former Bartitsu Club instructor Captain Alfred Hutton has been located in Astbury Churchyard, … Continue reading →

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The Swordswoman: Esme Beringer

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 28th February 2013  Directly paralleling the revival of Bartitsu, the modern revival of historical fencing as a martial art has become well-established over the past fifteen years. However, a remarkably similar revival of “ancient swordplay” … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

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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“The Sword and the Pen: Two Swashbuckling Stories”

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 13th February 2014 We’re happy to announce the publication of The Sword and the Pen in both print and e-book formats. Egerton Castle, famous as a pioneer of the late-Victorian revival of Elizabethan swordsmanship, … Continue reading →

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“Ladies Night at the Bath Club”

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

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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Captain Laing on Adapting Bartitsu Stick Fighting for Army Swordsmanship

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

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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“Ancient Swordplay: the Revival of Elizabethan Fencing in Victorian London”

Posted on December 24, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 18th July 2014 During the final decades of the 19th century, a cabal of fencers and historians led by Captain Alfred Hutton and his colleague, the writer Egerton Castle, undertook a systematic study and practical … Continue reading →

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