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Category Archives: Pop-culture
Colin Firth Wields a Mean Umbrella in “Kingsman” Trailer
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 26th September 2014
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Bartitsuesque Action in “Gotham”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 26th November 2014 A notably Bartitsuvian fight scene from the hit TV series Gotham, in which Alfred Pennyworth (Sean Pertwee) demonstrates his credentials as a retired badass. Readers of a certain age and proclivity … Continue reading
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Suffrajitsu – Now in Print!
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 29th July 2015 The Suffrajitsu trilogy is now available in Blood and Honor, a printed collector’s edition from Jet City Comics. This new print anthology also features two other Foreworld Saga trilogies; The Dead God and Symposium. Inspired by … Continue reading
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How to Deal with Undesirables
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 30th December 2015 Advice on the gentlemanly art of umbrella combat from the late and lamented Kingsman agent Harry (Galahad) Hart.
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“Bartitsu” Variation in Mortal Kombat
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 19th February 2016 The Mortal Kombat video game character Bo Rai Cho, a master of zui quan (“drunken kung fu”), has now added a highly stylised and exaggerated form of Bartitsu cane fighting to … Continue reading
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Geek Duchess Felicia Day Recommends Bartitsu for Fending Off Llamas
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 30th June 2016 Early in this interview for Chicago’s WBEZ Nerdette podcast, actress and professional nerd Felicia Day namechecks Bartitsu in the context of a discussion on self-defence against llamas. Specifically, she’s referring … Continue reading
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The Story of the Jujitsuffragettes, Courtesy of “Drunk History UK”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 17th July 2017 In these excerpts from a recent episode of “Drunk History UK”, inebriated comedienne Luisa Omielan attempts to relate the history of the jujitsu-trained suffragette Bodyguard team: Bonus points for … Continue reading
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The Gentlemanly Art of 19th Century Cane Fighting in … 1990s Russia!?
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 6th September 2017 The 1990 Russian sociopolitical satire Bakenbardy (“Side-whiskers”) is distinguished as the only feature film in which walking stick fighting serves as a crucial plot device. It’s also a pertinent warning as … Continue reading
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“… brutal flicks of peaky blinders …”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd November 2014 The historical drama series Peaky Blinders is named for a fearsome Birmingham street gang armed with razor blades sewn into the rims of their flat “peaky” caps. But did that really happen? … Continue reading
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