Category Archives: Vigny stick fighting

Bartitsu Stick Fighting in Bavaria, Germany

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 9th August 2018 Some highly skilled Vigny-style cane play in this unarmoured demonstration bout by Bartitsu instructor Alex Kiermayer (suspenders and flat cap) and his colleague-at-arms Christoph Reinberger.  Kiermayer and Reinberger have … Continue reading →

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Canne Vigny Tutorials from the Gemeiner Academy

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 11th August 2018 In these tutorial videos, members of Craig Gemeiner’s academy  demonstrate the utility and versatility of the high front guard and the double handed guard in the Vigny stick fighting style.

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Bayonet Thrust

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 30th August 2018 Members of the Aisle O’Var Backswording Club experiment with the “bayonette thrust” of Bartitsu cane fighting during a recent seminar. As described by E.W. Barton-Wright in Self-Defence with a Walking Stick (1901): It … Continue reading →

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Bartitsu Featured on Japanese TV

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 5th September 2018 This six-minute Bartitsu featurette recently screened on the Japanese television show Sekai Kurabete Mitara  (“See the World in Comparison”).  Playing to the pop-culture notion of the “gentlemanly martial art” via the Sherlock … Continue reading →

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Antagonistics at THEMA 2016

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd September 2018 A video memoir of fisticuffs/savate, French wrestling, self-defence and Bartitsu classes at the December, 2016 Toulouse Historical Martial Arts gathering:

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Bartitsu Demonstration at the Polish Army Museum

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 30th September 2018 Members of the Club L’Extreme Est of Warsaw, Poland exhibited Bartitsu at the Polish War Museum on Saturday, September 23.  The demonstration was based on the martial arts journey of Edward Barton-Wright … Continue reading →

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A Photo Gallery from Day 1 of BartitsuCon 2018

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 23rd November 2018

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“Bartitsu: Historical Self-Defence with a Walking Stick” DVD Now Available in English!

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 20th December 2018 An English-language version of the instructional DVD Bartitsu: Historical Self-Defence with a Walking Stick is now available via this link and will become available to the US market via the Freelance Academy Press.  The … Continue reading →

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Canne Vigny and Defense dans la Rue Seminar in Australia

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 31st January 2019 Instructor and pioneering Vigny cane revivalist Craig Gemeiner will be offering a seminar in Vigny cane fighting and defense dans la rue (early 20th century French street self-defence) on … Continue reading →

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English Edition of “Bartitsu: Historical Self-Defence with a Walking Stick” Now Available via Vimeo and the Freelance Academy Press

Posted on December 18, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 7th February 2019 The new English-language version of Alex Kiermayer’s excellent instructional video series is now available as a series of streaming downloads from Vimeo.com. The entire series runs two hours and fifty-four … Continue reading →

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