The official Forum of the Bartitsu Society, an international
association dedicated to the preservation and extension of the work of
E. W. Barton-Wright (1860-1951) and to the study of Victorian and
Edwardian martial arts.Topics for discussion include jiujitsu, scientific boxing, savate,stick fighting and other forms of self defence as they were practiced c1898-1920, as well as the study of Bartitsu and related martial arts as social history.
Years ago I used to read these pulp novels about Solomon Kane, by Robert E. Howard, who also wrote Conan the Barbarian. He was sort of a Puritan vigilante from
http://www.bartitsu.org/index.php/2009/12/its-brilliant-perfect-lets-change-it-an-interview-with-sherlock-holmes-fight-choreographer-richard-ryan/ An interview
Some WMA inspired umbrella defence- it illustrates the concept of neo-Bartitsu quite nicely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfcwUkb7kWI All the best, Phil. ...
Dear All, I shall be running a course in Bartitsu in Edinburgh, Scotland from January 21st until 25 March (10 weeks total), from 6.30-8.30 pm on Thursday