Category Archives: Sherlock Holmes

The Moriarty Variations at “Sherlock Seattle”

Posted on December 23, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 27th January 2016 What if, during their fatal combat at the brink of the Reichenbach Falls, both Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty had been trained in Bartitsu and armed with walking sticks? … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Workshop at Sherlocon 2017 (Rome, Italy)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 31st January 2017 Moments from the Bartitsu seminar at the recent Sherlocon 2017 Sherlock Holmes fandom event, which took place at the Nuovo Teatro Orione in Rome, Italy.  Aimed at interested novices, the workshop … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Returns to the Royal Armouries (Leeds)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 26th April 2017 Sherlock, Stock and Barrel is a Sherlock Holmes-themed event taking place at the Royal Armouries museum in Leeds, England between April 29-May 1. Notably, the event marks the return of Bartitsu … Continue reading →

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“Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Jujitsu Suffragette”

Posted on December 22, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 19th December 2012 The Weaver Hall Museum in Cheshire, U.K. will be hosting this event between 2.00 – 5.00 on Saturday, Jan. 26th.  According to the organisers: In 1899 a young woman and her … Continue reading →

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Cane Vs. Sword (Sherlock Holmes, 2009)

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 5th May 2018 The climactic fight between Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr. and Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), in which Holmes appropriately wields a cane against Blackwood’s devilish blade: For details on this … Continue reading →

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“Self Defence with Sherlock Holmes” at the Royal Armouries Museum (Leeds, UK)

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 17th July 2018 The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, UK will be offering hands-on Bartitsu classes for children as part of an upcoming series of workshops in various historical martial arts.  The classes will … Continue reading →

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Baritsu in Denny O’Neil’s “Sherlock Holmes” Comic Book Adaptation (1975)

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 9th October 2017 Famed comics writer/editor Denny O’Neil offers his take on the famous “baritsu” fight between Sherlock Holmes and Professor James Moriarty in these scenes from O’Neil’s Sherlock Holmes #1 (1975). At the end of … Continue reading →

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Sherlock’s Baritsu Den: a Unique Gym in a Hanover Hotel

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Guests at the Pelikanvietel in Hanover, Germany can get their sweat on Sherlock-style in the “Baritsu Den” gymnasium.

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“Queensberry Justice”

Posted on December 16, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 3rd June 2017 Over the past ten years or so, the martial arts of Bartitsu and (especially) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “baritsu” have been incorporated into numerous Sherlock Holmes pastiche stories. Frequently, Holmes’ … Continue reading →

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“… the misspelled wrestle Doyle called baritsu”

Posted on December 14, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on May 1st, 2017 In response to the newest and most action-packed Sherlock adventure, The Six Thatchers, TV critic Ralph Jones wrote an opinion piece titled “Sherlock is slowly and perversely morphing into Bond. This … Continue reading →

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