here is one i have worked on [ one of many] --------left vertical jab, right cross [ vertical fist] then kick his lead shin with youir rear foot [ coup de pied...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bartitsu_Forum/files/ Courtesy of a student of Craig Gemeiner's savate school, this c. 1902 article has been translated from the...
Gents- I'm looking at a bibliography that indicates that the New Art series was 3 articles, 2 of which I know are up on EJMAS. I can't recall if we discussed...
http://ejmas.com/jmanly/articles/2003/jmanlyart_cturner_0403.htm New this month at the EJMAS Journal of Manly Arts, Charles Turner's 1891 article on "How Old...
In the 'tricks ' BW does, I noticed there is almost no striking, much like almost all the texts I have from around 1900. Bartitsu is probably based upon...
Just a note, for those of you that know me. My two novels were just picked up by a major publisher, so big I'm not even able to name them while the contract is...
PREFACE the ability to defend oneself successfully against sudden attack anywhere and at any time is of prime importance to all, and therefore the Author ...
I found the following site in French, while searching through Google: http://perso.club-internet.fr/efauroux/judoboulogne/ffjda1.htm It mention two Frenchmen,...
There has been some usage of the word 'koryu' (old school or old tradition) in various e-mails. I've been guilty of using it myself. According to Dave Lowry, ...
I've been told to take John Clements's article on historical fencing with a grain of salt ( http://www.thehaca.com/essays/BritLegacy.htm). For example, I find...
The Baritsu Study Group has a new name, the Bartitsu Forum, reflecting our interest in Victorian martial arts and the work of E. W. Barton-Wright. Come join...
According to this website, BW was a Tenshin student. It doesn't mention his time with Jigaro Kano, however. I cannot vouch for the reliability of the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
For those interested in reviving or re-interpreting Bartitsu, where do you set the parameters? Strictly according to the "canon" of techniques presented in...
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...
http://www.the-exiles.org/manual/lang/lang.htm Lang was apparently a student of the Vigny system and successfully introduced this system to India, where it...
Now that we have most of B-W's writings online, what do we do with them? One thought is to aim towards a website, with links to the EJMAS articles and...
The two-part "New Art" article has been sent to the EJMAS web- publisher. Many thanks to Jason and Will for their help with transcribing the text. Tony...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Baritsu/files/Jiujitsu%20instructors% 201906%20copy.jpg The head instructor of the Australian Kyushin-Ryu has sent us another ...
Today,I got the magazine "Judo"published by Kodokan. I read the article "Fusen-Ryu. jujitsu which saved Sherlock Holmes" The description about B-W had only a...
AFAIK we only have one image of a Bartitsu-style boxing punch - see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Baritsu/files/Fisticuffs.jpg . If we can assume that the...
... Hi Will I also read many old jujitsu texts publishd in Meiji period. Only fundamental techniques is written to the book read by ordinary persons in many...