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  • Category: Martial Arts
  • Founded: Aug 14, 2002
  • Language: English
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103 william thomas
willatbalibrary Send Email
Dec 1, 2002
9:37 pm
Thanks, Brandon. I've been copying several books lately, and I have some dynamite photos. Women in full Victorian dresses throwning guys over their shoulder, ...
104 Tony Wolf
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Dec 2, 2002
5:19 am
... Really?! What are the titles? Tony _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with...
105 will thomas
baritsumaster Send Email
Dec 2, 2002
11:14 pm
"Stick Fighting: Techniques of Self-Defense" by Hatsumi and Chambers "Jo: the Japanese Short Staff" by Zier and Lang "Stick-Fighting: A practical Guide for...
106 lone_wolf_92001 <l...
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Dec 16, 2002
10:07 am
Hi folks, just wondered what people would like/expect to see on a dedicated Bartitsu website - links to the Barton-Wright and related articles, info. on the...
107 lone_wolf_92001 <l...
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Dec 16, 2002
10:12 am
For those interested in reviving or re-interpreting Bartitsu, where do you set the parameters? Strictly according to the "canon" of techniques presented in...
108 william thomas
willatbalibrary Send Email
Dec 16, 2002
4:16 pm
I once saw an article in a Sherlock Holmes journal that claimed that Baritsu was created by BW out of those techniques of jiu-jitsu that were favorable to the...
109 Tony Wolf
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Dec 16, 2002
8:41 pm
... Interesting - that actually rings a very faint bell, though I can't imagine where the info. would have come from, if not B-W's own writing. Tony ...
110 will thomas
baritsumaster Send Email
Dec 18, 2002
12:55 am
I suppose whether anyone is willing to revive or reinterpret Bartitsu will determine whether the website will be merely historical (hoplological) or more...
111 Tony Wolf
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Dec 18, 2002
5:53 am
... What will be the nature of that revival or reinterpretation? Vigny's stick play has already been revived; a number of people are looking into pre-1900s ...
112 william thomas
willatbalibrary Send Email
Dec 18, 2002
3:10 pm
Agreed, Tony, with all of it. One thought though is that we don't fully know BW's credentials, and a lot of jiu-jitsu out there wvwn then was bogus. Before...
113 Tony Wolf
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Dec 18, 2002
10:20 pm
Hi Will, ... I sent the "New Art" link to the Australian Kyushin-ryu sensei, but haven't heard back - I'll try him again. Still, to some degree, wasn't...
114 will thomas
baritsumaster Send Email
Dec 19, 2002
7:39 pm
I agree about the canonicity. choosing another technique over what BW taught is just plain nuts. One weird thought: if I added up all the techniques in my old ...
115 Tony Wolf
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Dec 20, 2002
12:20 am
Hi Will, ... Really!? I guess B-W was including combinations and variations, unless he was just pulling a number out of the air ... ... It's a time thing; I'm...
116 will thomas
baritsumaster Send Email
Dec 20, 2002
3:55 pm
I'll do it, but it would have to be after my second novel is finished, around March. I know it's late, but it would give us time to continue discussing the...
117 lone_wolf_92001 <l...
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Dec 23, 2002
1:39 am
Hi folks, I've created a new folder in the Photos section for pictures sent by my colleague Keith Ducklin, a senior "fight interpreter" at the Royal Armouries...
118 Bengt Abrahamsson
Bengt90 Send Email
Dec 23, 2002
3:09 pm
I have actually not seen his presentation. Nice. Bengt EHCG ... __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful....
119 will thomas
baritsumaster Send Email
Dec 26, 2002
3:44 pm
Perhaps Keith would be interested in joining the group. We could certainly use his experience. -Will Bengt Abrahamsson <bengt90@...> wrote:I have...
120 Tony Wolf
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Dec 26, 2002
11:23 pm
Will, ... I invited him aboard, but I don't think he spends much time online. Tony _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with...
121 will thomas
baritsumaster Send Email
Dec 30, 2002
8:30 pm
It's time, perhaps, for some changes at the Baritsu Study Group. First of all, when I began this I didn't think anyone was studying Bartitsu, and I thought the...
122 will thomas
baritsumaster Send Email
Dec 30, 2002
10:40 pm
I was giving some thought to a Bartitsu/Baritsu uniform. Looking at the pictures of Barton-Wright, he wore a judo type gi top that came only to the elbow, over...
123 Tony Wolf
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Jan 1, 2003
10:46 pm
Uniform, eh ... I reckon the Victorian Jiujitsu outfit would certainly work for the grappling component, and perhaps something based on Vigny's fencing kit for...
124 Tony Wolf
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Jan 1, 2003
10:49 pm
Hi Will, I've only ever thought of B-W's art as "Bartitsu," and I think that should be our most public face. How about including "Baritsu" in the keyword ...
125 lone_wolf_92001 <l...
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Jan 2, 2003
12:04 am
... how about typical Victorian/Edwardian gym kit as the basic uniform? This would be either tights or fencing-type pants, T-shirt or singlet, waist-sash and...
126 will thomas
baritsumaster Send Email
Jan 3, 2003
5:07 pm
One of the jiu-jutsu texts I have from that time included a pair of judo pants that had been altered to tie just below the knee, like fencing pants. It was the...
127 will thomas
baritsumaster Send Email
Jan 3, 2003
10:48 pm
So, should I change the name of this group to 'The Bartitsu Study Group' or 'The Bartitsu Society', or 'The Bartitsu School', or what-have-you? Or would you...
128 will thomas
baritsumaster Send Email
Jan 4, 2003
3:43 am
Actually I like the name 'Bartitsu Forum' the best, 'a forum for studying Bartitsu,the first Asian martial art in the West, and related Victorian fighting...
129 jason-couch@...
banshay Send Email
Jan 4, 2003
3:57 am
"Bartitsu, the first Asian martial art in the West..." Probably not true, although it may be a mainly semantical disagreement. Jason...
130 will thomas
baritsumaster Send Email
Jan 5, 2003
2:06 am
Yoy may be right, there, Jason. the first Asian Martial Art TAUGHT in the West? I suppose it may depend on what you may consider Asian. -Will ...
131 Tony Wolf
lone_wolf_92001 Send Email
Jan 5, 2003
10:36 pm
... Another note is that Bartitsu was actually an eclectic art, combining Asian and European systems. Tony ...
132 will thomas
baritsumaster Send Email
Jan 6, 2003
3:17 am
Agreed. If we DID rename this the Bartitsu Forum, how would you describe it? ... Another note is that Bartitsu was actually an eclectic art, combining Asian ...
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