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Category Archives: Vigny stick fighting
A 1960s Survival (or Revival?) of Bartitsu Stickfighting
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 27th July 2015 We’re pleased to present this short interview with author Nigel Gordon, who reports that he studied Bartitsu stick fighting as a young teenager in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, UK during the early … Continue reading
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The Missing Link Between Vigny and Lang Finally Revealed!
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd December 2017 Indian Police Superintendant Herbert Gordon Lang’s book The “Walking Stick” Method of Self-Defence (1923) is one of the seminal documents of the modern Vigny/Bartitsu stick fighting revival. Lang credited Pierre Vigny – … Continue reading
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Canne Vigny Sparring
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 8th October 2015 Some fast, athletic and skilled sparring in the classic Vigny style from these two instructors of the Gemeiner Academy of Savate (Gold Coast, Australia).
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Solved – the Mystery of “Miss Sanderson’s” First Name
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 4th November 2015 Although “Miss Sanderson’s” system of umbrella and parasol self-defence was quite famous in its day, the lady herself has remained elusive. For many years we have known little of … Continue reading
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“Self-Defence with a Cane” (1928)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 14th April 2015 From the Friday, 27 July 1928 edition of the Motherwell Times:
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Bartitsu in the Court Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 25th May 2015 Tybalt (Owen Black, left) and Benvolio (Ben Freeth, right) engage in some Bartitsu cane fighting in a rehearsal for the Court Theatre’s (Christchurch, New Zealand) production of Romeo and Juliet. This … Continue reading
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