Hi Terence, the Vigny vs. Lambert boxing match reference did ring a faint bell. 20 July 1898 makes more chronological sense that does 1888, which is the date...
Thanks Tony, Yes, we are scheduling Bartitsu classes as a one of the regular sessions and we will be focusing on savate and jiujitsu in the focus. David, John...
Hi all, as I work on compiling the documentary footage into editable shape, I've been reviewing a lot of interview footage with Bartitsu historians Will...
Hello Everyone, For those of you that may already no about this I apologies, but something like this bares repeating. The retailer Spirit has started a...
Hi Tony, In general I do agree, although some specific thoughts below: ... I think we can only speculate as to the level of successful syncretisation within...
james said---However the lcosest link is probably Fairbairn-era combatives, which draws upon a very very similar skill base.----i feel this as well, i see...
Greetings all  In my research I have been finding some parallels (in spirit not practice) between Bartitsu and the Talorism movement. Does anyone know if...
I'd be surprised if it were any thing more than an extremely tangential factor that had affected BW, given that Taylor was primarily an American phenomenon, at...
Tony, Firstly, one more time let me say "nice work" regarding the efforts towards completing the Bartitsu documentary, I am very excited to have it available...
Taylorism is a scientific approach to management that was very popular in Barton Wrights time. This movement was ubiquitous and touched multiple aspects of...
An unexplored area, unless it's been hit recently, is BW's time studying heat/light/electric therapies in Germany or wherever it was. If Taylorism contributed,...
Hi Thomas, the Wiki page mentions that Taylor's monographs were first published in 1905 and 1911, after the Bartitsu Club years. On that basis I doubt that...
After the birth of Bartitsu Club Italia, we are happy with the birth of its younger brother, Bartitsu Club Russia. (As you can see on the bartitsu.org...
... hard-drive failures can be extremely disheartening. An unexpected system shutdown last night managed to lose me basically all of yesterday's work on the...
Hi Ran, thanks for the update on your plans for Bartitsu in Europe. The enthusiasm is obviously building. Just to clarify, this email list is as close to a...
... Incremental back-ups are the way to go guys. I use Time Machine on my mac, but I hear good things about Karen's Replicator and Acronis on the PC ... Are...
We agree, on all that you pointed out; as both of us already had the chance to talk about it in details, also outside the Forum. It is just a way to be united...
... I first give brand new beginners a simple set of combat biomechanics exercises, focussing on the fundamentals of alignment (posture and balance), distance...
... Very similar to me. I normally work some punches, then kicks, then grips. I had good results with teaching 3-4 basic ideas (Straight punching, kicking then...
His writings on management were not published until after the Bartitsu movement was in full swing but he did give lectures. My theory now is that the...
greetings, I was looking through some stuff that I had downloaded the other day and I found an interesting illustration of apparently Charlemont demoing cane...
_Click here: YouTube - old jiu jitsu-catch wrestling throwing into direct submission/take out_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a7wH6rrqaA) --PLEASE ...
this method was very popular with catch wrestlers and taught by hek kenney/armond seidler both wrestlers that taught their brand of combat wrestling to the air...
Hello Ran, sounds good! Would you mind telling me who will be the representative for the Bartitsu Club Germany? As far I know there are not too many people ...
MEMBERS, PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT JIU JITSU [INCLUDING THROWS, GROUNDFIGHTING] should be practised on wood floor to get the feeling of street/floor/hard ...
Hi all, and welcome to our new members. Please feel free to ask questions, etc. - we're here to serve. There has been an awful lot of behind-the-scenes...
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