Just received my copy of the Compendium. It's a great feeling to finally be holding a physical copy of the book in my hands, after visualising it for so long....
This came up chatting with my friend Terry today and I'd not heard of it before. It was mentioned in Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" as...
Dear All, Ok- I'll admit it I'm addicted to C19th arts but I was wondering, since looking at a few of the "handshake" defences in some books and this being the...
Hello gents and ladies, Just came across Classical Fighting Arts magazine, issue#7, the first one I've read. I found: 1. an article about atemi-waza,...
And the prize for the month's most original question goes to ... ... The closest I can think of offhand would be some of the subtle physics and applied...
Wow! Shades of Dr Fu Manchu! Truth is, never been even mentioned to me in WMA. Now in EMA it is everywhere...now does it work...'nother story. Now I suppose...
... How do I claim it? :) ... Without breaking my professional Code of Ethics/Conduct- As rapidly as possible you must- -offer to shake the subject's hand with...
... tsunami.org ... of Bartitsu". Looks like they might be receptive to an overview: "• Traditional but Progressive - While Classical Fighting Arts is...
... It's a long and arduous process, involving tattoos and ritual stick fighting on a beach at midnight. ... hand, ... Nothing close to that in the Bartitsu...
On a less silly note, I was with a young instructor one time that had us heavily into meditation. We could become a heap on the floor in a second. A lot of...
I think I've got the whole run and they're like JAMA in that they've ran good articles that weren't strictly asian. ... tsunami.org ... of Bartitsu". Looks...
... There was a video doing the rounds a while back of an American 'Chi' expert who specialised in knocking people over with a mild touch. He was demonstrating...
... expert ... her in ... Perhaps ... Hi James, I saw that video and as interesting as is the link between modern martial arts, confabulation and showmanship -...
Greetings all! ... after a time away. I think this group was just getting off the ground or just being considered when I went away. Glad to see it has taken...
Hi Keith, welcome back into the fold! ... the ... the "in- ... Shades of what those of us who have been privileged to work with Brad Waller affectionately...
Throw in a little Chin Na and you will be awfully close. Who knows, maybe Myers Fu will sweep the nation. :) -Will PS. Welcome back. "Keith P. Myers"...
Deciding where to draw the lines would be one of the hard descisions in creating neo-bartitsu. No doubt in my mind that practioners of bartitsu would have...
... descisions ... is ... We have that core in place now with the canonical curriculum, so I guess part of what I'm asking is "what next?" DdlR is one obvious...
Actually didn't know about Hutton being based at the club, Learned Something New today :) A lot of what you mentioned below is why I am saying is to use the ...
... you ... century ... Hi Marc, our structure has been to consider everything the B-W and his assistants specifically presented as "Bartitsu" as the core or...
Hi Guys! ... canon, and now that (barring any major new sources) we have all that in place, it's probably time to start considering the parameters of the...
From the DDLR list, thought it might be of interest for your project? James UK ... From: DDLR@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of phil matthews Sent: 06 October 2005...
Hello folks, I'm working on a small project that some may wish to join in on. I'd like to choreograph the famous fight scene between Holmes and Moriarty. I see...
Hi Will, as long as we're talking about the martial application of baritsu, I reckon this is on-topic for the list ... Last time I choreographed this fight was...
Hi Tony! ... MMA/eclectic systems already out there. ... sources such as Hutton, Waite, Allyson-Winn, etc. So then this would also encompass the goals of the...
Hi Keith, ... Victorian and Edwardian, given that Edward took the throne between 1901 and 1910; and if Bartitsu could be defined as any of the subjects taught...
Hey Tony! at least insofar as the latter subject was applied to stage fencing, all these skills being taught by Captain Hutton's cabal while they were based at...