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Category Archives: Fiction
Bartitsu Action and Adventure in “Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 28th January 2015 Issue #1 of the Bartitsu-themed action/adventure graphic novel trilogy Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons is now available! Preview/purchase Suffrajitsu #1 at Amazon.com Preview/purchase Suffrajitsu #1 at comiXology Set against the dramatic backdrop … Continue reading
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Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons #3 Available Now!
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 25th March 2015 The climactic chapter of the Suffrajitsu graphic novel trilogy is now available from Amazon.com and comiXology! In Issue #3, Persephone Wright and her team of Bartitsu-trained Amazons must race to prevent a terrorist attack … Continue reading
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Bartitsu in the Court Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 25th May 2015 Tybalt (Owen Black, left) and Benvolio (Ben Freeth, right) engage in some Bartitsu cane fighting in a rehearsal for the Court Theatre’s (Christchurch, New Zealand) production of Romeo and Juliet. This … Continue reading
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The Life’s Work of Percy Longhurst
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 5th March 2016 Percy William Longhurst (1874-1959) was a lifelong wrestling and antagonistics enthusiast, a prolific writer and a significant figure in the history of Bartitsu. Unfortunately, comparatively little is known of … Continue reading
Shades of Esme Beringer: Double-Weapon Fencing in “Penny Dreadful”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 12th October 2016 The final season of the popular dark fantasy/drama series Penny Dreadful introduced the character of Catriona Hartdegen, a historian, thanatologist and expert swordswoman played by actress Perdita Weeks. As the series … Continue reading
John Steed’s Gentlemanly Art of Umbrella Fighting
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 28th December 2016 The recent blockbuster successes of the Kingsman movie and of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows have firmly re-established umbrellas as the signature weapons of gentlemen-adventurers. This article pays tribute to the trope-setter, debonair … Continue reading
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“What Every Woman Ought to Know” (1911)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 20th April 2017 A short review from The Stage of 14 September, 1911, concerning a one-act polemic play that featured fight choreography by Edith Garrud: On Monday evening Mr. Martyn Roland and Miss Eva Quin appeared … Continue reading
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“What Every Woman Ought to Know” Reviewed (Daily Mirror, March 29, 1911)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 24th April 2017
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A “Suffragette Bartitsu Brawl” Video from Fight Rep
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 23rd June 2017 Fighting for the vote, the Suffragettes have planted an explosive device. As they attempt to make their escape, a husband sells out his wife’s cause to the special constables … Continue reading
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