Category Archives: Sparring

Irish stick sparring/Bartitsu stick sparring comparison

Posted on March 29, 2024 by BartitsuSociety

The ancient art of Bataireacht (Irish stick fighting) has undergone a modern revival closely paralleling that of Bartitsu, and this sparring clip demonstrates the close technical parallels as well. Similar to Vigny stick fighting, Bataireacht emphasizes high guard positions and … Continue reading →

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“Match de boxe: professeurs de l’École de Joinville (Leon Beaulieu’s flipbook)” – G. Méliès (c.1897 )

Posted on March 1, 2024 by BartitsuSociety

Recently reanimated for the first time in over 120 years, this 10-second clip of a boxe Francaise sparring exhibition between two instructors at the Joinville military school is believed to be all that remains of a lost documentary film by … Continue reading →

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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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Historical Pugilism

Posted on May 30, 2023 by BartitsuSociety

These bouts of light, technical pugilism sparring are also a good approximation of Bartitsu boxing as alluded to and partially described, but unfortunately never detailed, by E.W. Barton-Wright. Note especially the use of “chopper” (hammerfist) punches and destructive elbow guards. … 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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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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Walking Stick Sparring in Chile

Posted on March 26, 2021 by BartitsuSociety

Members of the Santiago Stickfighters club exhibit their Integrated Method of stick-fighting, inspired largely by a combination of the Vigny/Bartitsu and Bonafont methods. The sparring canes are made of a hard polymer composite material, tipped with rubber ball handles. This … Continue reading →

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Houston Meet-Up

Posted on December 29, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 17th March 2009 Scott Brown, a swordsmanship instructor in Houston recently met up with the Bartitsu Society’s Chris Amendola, and provided this report Through recommendations from James Marwood and Alex Kiermeyer I … Continue reading →

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Experimental Bartitsu Sparring in Naucalpan, Mexico

Posted on December 27, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 27th February 2012 Members of the Elite Fencing Club in Naucalpan, Mexico experiment with a set of point-based rules for Bartitsu stick fighting.

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