gents, it is pretty obvious that the methods used by barton-wright in the new arte of self defence [ 2 parter in pearsons ] was pure jiu jitsu [ no boxing ,...
I just put a new article on my site that some of you may be interested in, it goes with the picture I put in the files section last month. Check the "updates"...
Dear Gents, I think in theory that Bartitsu can be built up like Legos: Start with the forty techniques left us. Add the jiu-jitsu techniques left us by his...
Richard Bowen, President of the Kano Society and VP of the Budokwai, passed away last month. He was a hoplologist interested in early British Judo, and he...
Gents, what do you think about this? A beginning course that includes just the forty techniques. Anyone who is a purist can stop there, or can add it to his...
If we have largely agreed on the basic structure of canonical techniques providing a common language and on the concept of individualised Neo-styles, what...
Just revisiting a suggestion I made last year; the Western Martial Arts Weekend (currently the largest Western martial arts conference around) will be hosted...
Sorry, guys. Computer trouble. What I'll be doing for the next couple of weeks is taking some of my Edwardian jiu-jitsu texts and comparing them on a graph....
Sorry for being a newbie, guys, but I assume "Canon of 40" refers to the methods illustrated in B-W's articles? Can someone elucidate me if I am in error? ...
How about a few T-shirts of BWs face with his awesome 'tache...perhaps as an oval vignette with 'Bartitsu' around the top and 'Society' around the bottom. How...
While I personally see bartitsu as an art of self-defense, rather than a sport, I would also like to see it retain it's Victorian appearance. I don't mean we...
Dear Gentlemen, It has been suggested that a poll is in order. I suggest first that we have a discussion. How "neo" should our syllabus be? Just the forty...
Gee, I'm glad you asked. The jiu-jitsu techniques I would add in order to round off the throw and grappling would come from BW's three instructors, Yukio Tani,...
http://ejmas.com/jmanly/articles/2005/jmanlyart_apaches_0105.htm New at the EJMAS Journal of Manly Arts; a reprint of a 1905 Police Gazette essay on les...
I just found this group; I cannot believe there is actually a meeting place for devotees of the gentlemanly art of bartitsu/baritsu. Greetings to all; I am...
I have to say that Bartitsu seems like it has come straight out of a Victorian Gothic novel. '...Learnt a bit of that sort thing over in Malaya old boy...'...
Is there a 'cut pattern' that people are using for walking stick like Hutton has for sabre? When I use stick, I'm currently using my Italian/Fench dueling...
Guys Just posted two new photo's. They're both from early 20th Century newspapers, I'll put the whole article that goes with "Jiu Jitsu c1905" on my website...
Hi all, My name is Christopher Umbs and I'm an instructor at the Martinez Academy in NYC/USA. My primary interest is 19th c. rapier and dagger after...
Happy Hogmanay... I've had a quick look at some of the bartitsu techniques on the Journal of Manly Arts site, and I have to say that the first demonstrated...
Apologies...I had not read the archive before I posted my questions in my previous post. It is rather time consuming on 19kbps with regular disconnections (I...
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Hi Everyone, I'm new to the forum. I'm a cop working just outside of Glasgow in Scotland. I'm looking for any information (books , videos) or a place to train...
