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Bartitsu_Forum · Bartitsu Forum

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  • Founded: Aug 14, 2002
  • Language: English
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321 will thomas
baritsumaster Offline Send Email
Aug 19, 2003
10:54 pm
I just thought I'd throw this out, since the list has been quiet lately. What would you think of us someday compiling a list of Victorian martial artists in...
322 will thomas
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Aug 19, 2003
11:15 pm
I meant current experts in Victorian martial arts, of course. I wasn't proposing we dig anyone up! :) -Will ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free,...
323 will thomas
baritsumaster Offline Send Email
Aug 21, 2003
7:29 pm
Having a little spare time on my hands, I have done the following recently: 1. Contacted Google, so the group shall appear more prominantly 2. Attempted,...
324 James R. Webb
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Aug 21, 2003
11:45 pm
Will, et al, Thought I might take this opportunity to clarify my thesis as it is someone confusing within the different rules of ³playing the game.² If one...
325 Tony Wolf
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Aug 22, 2003
11:47 am
Hi Will, I wish I had more time online but life keeps getting in the way! If we declare ourselves the Bartitsu Society, I will try to finish off the website...
326 will thomas
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Aug 22, 2003
3:17 pm
Thank you, Jim, for commenting. It's great to have you aboard. I'm very interested in the history of Bartitsu prior to its arrival (formation?) in England. I...
327 James R. Webb
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Aug 22, 2003
4:01 pm
Will, I checked the roles of the Kodokan (the judo school) and found Barton-Wright¹s name. At the time, the Kodokan was a regular hive of activity due to the...
328 Tony Wolf
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Aug 23, 2003
1:29 am
Hi Jim, welcome aboard! ... I doubt it, but can you cite evidence for Doyle having been a student at B-W's school? They were both writing for Pearson's...
329 Neil Powell
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Aug 23, 2003
9:36 am
Maister Terry Brown is holding a seminar on English Cudgel Fighting on October 12th at Whitchurch Hospital in Cardiff South Wales. Please contact Neil on...
330 will thomas
baritsumaster Offline Send Email
Aug 23, 2003
1:10 pm
Thanks, Neil! Sounds like fun... Neil Powell <jubnp@...> wrote:Maister Terry Brown is holding a seminar on English Cudgel Fighting on October 12th at...
331 will thomas
baritsumaster Offline Send Email
Aug 23, 2003
1:18 pm
Thanks, Jim. It feels good to see his credentials affirmed. As to BSI, I'll have to put it to a vote soon. Some of the group are avid Sherlockians, others are...
332 will thomas
baritsumaster Offline Send Email
Aug 23, 2003
1:26 pm
Thanks, Craig. I shall probably rely heavily on you when I reach the cane section of my manual. A rather hurried look at the cane techniques by BW shows...
333 will thomas
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Aug 23, 2003
1:28 pm
Just as a point of interest, Jim, how common was it in the 1890's for a gaijen to practice Judo? -Will "James R. Webb" <jimrwebb@...> wrote: Will, I...
334 will thomas
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Aug 23, 2003
1:44 pm
I doubt we'll get the SOBIG virus on our site, but be careful, lads, when opening a page that looks suspicious. Avoid especially ones that say 'wicked...
335 will thomas
baritsumaster Offline Send Email
Aug 23, 2003
3:39 pm
I picture a black t-shirt, with a white design featuring a circular belt and buckle, containing an image of Barton Wright executing a move, with the name of...
336 James R. Webb
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Aug 23, 2003
8:18 pm
As you might suspect, he would have been in the distinct minority. This was a time when Japan was first opening up to outsiders. For those visiting Japan to...
337 James R. Webb
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Aug 23, 2003
9:04 pm
Tony, I have two sources for Doyle's studying at Barton-Wright's school. One is a Japanese article - the author and I talked when I was in Japan at a Holmes ...
338 lone_wolf_92001 Offline Send Email Aug 23, 2003
9:41 pm
Hi Jim, ... One is a ... Holmes ... more of a ... student - I ... sessions ... history ... Do either of these sources cite tangible evidence? I'm hoping for a...
339 lone_wolf_92001 Offline Send Email Aug 25, 2003
12:49 am
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/8187/Tanjo.htm A self-defence art developed in Japan during the 1850s, adapting traditional Japanese sword and stick...
340 will thomas
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Aug 25, 2003
2:18 pm
Very cool, Tony. Goes along with my Dave Lowry Bokken and jo staff books. Thanks! -Will lone_wolf_92001 <lone_wolf_9@...> wrote: ...
341 ralph
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Sep 1, 2003
5:37 pm
dear members,i was watching a cool holmes film . a study in terror was the meeting between the the evil jack the ripper and our beloved sherlock . in the...
342 ralph
baritsu6 Offline Send Email
Sep 1, 2003
5:47 pm
members, not really as rare as we think----o'neill, smith, harrison were all near-turn of the century members---there were a couple before then --i cannot...
343 ralph
baritsu6 Offline Send Email
Sep 1, 2003
5:52 pm
dear sir, how can i purchase your book on baritsu or a xerox copy of it------mr. webb, recently i have found a written syllabus on ne-waza [ ground grappling ]...
344 James R. Webb
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Sep 1, 2003
9:27 pm
Ralph, My book can be purchased from Classic Specialties at: http://www.sherlock-holmes.com/genbooks.htm Jim Webb...
345 craig gemeiner
bootfighters Offline Send Email
Sep 1, 2003
10:49 pm
Also to be reprinted by Paladin - " The walking stick method of self defence" by HG Lang this manual,for the most part, is based on the Vigny method . Craig...
346 phil matthews
thebristolbloke Offline Send Email
Sep 2, 2003
8:58 am
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3546883192&category=1123 This is the book i have (well obviously not my book!) which has a lot of info on...
347 will thomas
baritsumaster Offline Send Email
Sep 3, 2003
2:08 pm
There is also a very good book with the same title by Donald Thomas. It has very good source information, though no fighting . -Will phil matthews...
348 will thomas
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Sep 3, 2003
4:41 pm
Thanks, Ralph, for refreshing my memory. I haven't seen that flick in a dog's years, and probably didn't have much training when I saw it. I may have to hunt...
349 lone_wolf_92001 Offline Send Email Sep 8, 2003
11:53 am
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350 will thomas
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Sep 8, 2003
6:11 pm
Thanks, Tony. If you can, please move it to one of our folders, so we don't lose it, since attachments get deleted on Yahoo now. Great stuff. -will ...
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