Category Archives: Vigny stick fighting

The Bartitsu School of Arms 2012 in Text, Video and Images

Posted on December 27, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 16th September 2012 The second annual Bartitsu School of Arms and Physical Culture was a three-day conference and training seminar held in Chicago between September 7-9, 2012. The event was hosted by … Continue reading →

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Antagonistics at the Royal Albert Hall (1904)

Posted on December 27, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 23rd October 2012 Demonstrations of Pierre Vigny’s self defence with a walking stick and of jiujitsu were included alongside this July, 1904 Graeco-Roman wrestling championship bout between George Hackenschmidt and Tom Jenkins.

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Stick Fighting at the Bartitsu Club of Chicago

Posted on December 27, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 25th October 2012 

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“Philosophy of the Walking Stick” (1899)

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 11th January 2013 This excerpt from the Liverpool Mercury (Friday 5th May, 1899) may be among the first news reports in English concerning Professor Pierre Vigny, who would thereafter become a key instructor at … Continue reading →

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M. Vigny’s School of Self Defence (1904)

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 11th January 2013 From the Daily News, May 27, 1904: All good citizens will rejoice to learn that a new and efficacious method of abolishing those pests of the streets known as Hooligans … Continue reading →

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The Bartitsu School of Arms and Physical Culture 2013: Beamish Museum, UK

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 22nd February 2013 We’re very pleased to announce that the third annual Bartitsu School of Arms symposium will be held between September 14/15 at Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, near … Continue reading →

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Miss Sanderson and the Womanly Art of Parasol Self Defence

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 9th March 2013 Although the woman known as “Miss Sanderson” was a prominent fencer and self defence instructor in Edwardian London, regrettably little is known of her life – including her first … Continue reading →

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More Bartitsu Action from the “Book of Shadows” Webcomic

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 1st July 2013 An extended Bartitsu fight scene from Christoph Roos’ Buch der Schatten (Book of Shadows) webcomic:

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“The Great Anglo-Japanese Tournament”: Bartitsu in Nottingham (March 1902)

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 29th July 2013 The best evidence indicates that E.W. Barton-Wright’s Bartitsu Club in London closed down during the early months of 1902, for reasons that are still mysterious.  A recently-discovered series of … Continue reading →

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“GENTLEMEN, DIE STÖCKE HOCH”

Posted on December 26, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 25th August 2013 Click here for a PDF of Oliver Lang’s 2011 German-language article on Bartitsu for Schwert & Klinge magazine, featuring technical demonstrations by Stefan Dieke.

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