Category Archives: Savate

Light Unarmed Sparring

Posted on August 8, 2023 by BartitsuSociety

Some more light, speculative Bartitsu-style unarmed sparring from the Highland Broadsword Society. Note the savate inflections and the moment of standing grappling. Milling the fists and destructive elbow blocks are characteristic of the “secret style of boxing” believed to have … Continue reading →

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Announcing The Bartitsu Compendium, Volume III

Posted on December 7, 2022 by BartitsuSociety

Published 120 years after the Bartitsu School of Arms in London closed its doors for the last time and marking the 20th anniversary of the modern Bartitsu revival movement, the Bartitsu Compendium, Volume III is now available from Amazon. Over … Continue reading →

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“Bartitsu: the Gentleman’s Martial Art”

Posted on July 31, 2022 by BartitsuSociety

Martial artist Niimi Satoshi offers an idiosyncratic interpretation of both armed and unarmed (neo-)Bartitsu in the first section of this video by Budo Channel Japan.

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More Unarmed Bartitsu Sparring

Posted on January 20, 2022 by BartitsuSociety

Another set of light, technical sparring bouts courtesy of the Cateran Society.

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Light Unarmed Bartitsu Sparring from the Cateran Society

Posted on December 21, 2021 by BartitsuSociety

Although E.W. Barton-Wright recorded details of the stick fighting and jujutsu aspects of Bartitsu in his Pearson’s Magazine articles, it took many years of painstaking research and educated guesswork to piece together the Bartitsu Club’s take on (kick)boxing. This video … Continue reading →

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Early 20th Century French Self Defence Manuals Translated by M.P. Lynch

Posted on July 30, 2021 by BartitsuSociety

A heads-up that a number of rare French antagonistics manuals, most dating from the period immediately following the brief Bartitsu Club era, are now available in English translation via Amazon, courtesy of M.P. Lynch. All the translations are available for … Continue reading →

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“Moving Pictures” of Savate and la Canne

Posted on July 20, 2021 by BartitsuSociety

If Bartitsu Club instructor Pierre Vigny had seen this film footage, he’d probably have shaken his head at much of it. At the turn of the 20th century, Vigny was among a minority of savate instructors advocating for a reformation … Continue reading →

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Jiu-Jitsu Against the French Method (L’Auto-Velo, October 20, 1905)

Posted on February 12, 2021 by BartitsuSociety

The following short article is representative of the nationalistic arguments favoured by the French media prior to the much-anticipated jiujitsu vs. savate contest between Re-Nie (Ernest Regnier) and Georges Dubois. The correspondent’s comments on Bartitsu are interesting in that while … Continue reading →

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Georges Carpentier, Savateur

Posted on February 12, 2021 by BartitsuSociety

Future heavyweight boxing champion Georges Carpentier is shown practicing savate at the approximate age of 11 in this 1905 photograph.

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“A Hove Gymnasium: Mr. Percy S. Rolt’s Successful System” (Brighton Gazette, September 21, 1912)

Posted on February 8, 2021 by BartitsuSociety

In December of 2017 we were pleased to publish an article confirming former Bartitsu Club member Percy Rolt as the “missing link” between the Bartitsu Club and Indian Police Superintendant Herbert Gordon Lang’s 1923 book “The ‘Walking Stick’ Method of … Continue reading →

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