This week in Bartitsu: Introduction to Bartitsu workshop 1pm-5pm Ongoing class 3pm-5pm: Review of Savate: Knee strikes Jujitsu: Alternatives to standard throws, scissor take down Integration: Softening the opponent's base with leg strikes
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Just in Time for a Bartitsu Workshop... Careful with the Face.
What is this marvellous fighting style from Victorian England that includes distractions, low kicks, and controlling the balance and reach of attackers? Why, it’s Bartitsu! Plus a little Wing Chun, since that’s Robert Downey Jr.’s previous training. Bartitsu Workshop This Saturday 10-December is an Introduction to Bartitsu workshop at Academie Duello in downtown Vancouver. For…
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Bartitsu 2-December
This week in Bartitsu: Cane review: bayonet strikes Savate lesson: knee strikes Integration: cane defense versus kicks and other close combat combos See you at 3pm.
Bartitsu 26-nov
This week in Bartitsu: 1. Review of boxing: combos 2. Cane lesson: bayonnet position 3. Integration: unarmed defence versus cane, cane combos with fisticuffs See you at 3pm!
Ladies and Safety
Another combination of my favourite subjects: stage combat and Edwardian self-defense. To add "...and ladies" would have been very sexist, why would you think I'd say something so rude? Oh yeah, the title of this article. Let me just say at the outset that women tend to be more concerned with personal safety than men…
Bartitsu 12-nov-2011
This week in Bartitsu! Review of Cane: close strikes Lesson in Jujitsu: Rolls, hip throw, sacrifice throw Integration: Bear hug and rear choke defense See you at 3pm!
Bartitsu Workshop this Saturday (video)
Saturday 12-November will feature another Introduction to Bartitsu workshop from 1pm to 5pm. I hope this video gives you an idea about the content. Canes are provided for all. If you'd prefer to use an umbrella, you may bring your own. For other questions, please contact Bartitsu Instructor David McCormick. To sign up, contact Academie…
Bartitsu 5-Nov-2011
This week in Bartitsu! Review of Savate: chasse-croise Walking stick lesson: close strikes Integration: kick defence and follow-up See you at 3pm.
Canes! Fisticuffs!
“He ended a string of abuse by a vicious backhander, which I failed to entirely avoid. The next few minutes were delicious. It was a straight left against a slogging ruffian. I emerged as you see me. Mr. Woodley went home in a cart.” - Sherlock Holmes utilizing Bartitsu, The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist…
Gentlemen Prefer Canes
"That is why, no matter how desperate the perdicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head." - Charlie Chaplin Intro to Bartitsu Workshop Saturday, July 23, 2011 1pm-5pm Learn the mixed martial art…
Bartitsu 11-June-2011
This week in bartitsu: Review of savate: closing distance with the chasse and how short-range kicks work in combinations. Boxing: It seems like a while since we had a pugilism class, so we'll go over fundamentals and get some sparring done at the end. Integration: Strike straight, strike quickly. Hand and foot combinations to overwhelm…
Intro to Bartitsu next Saturday
Mark your calendar: next Saturday, 18 June, is our Introduction to Bartitsu workshop. From 1pm to 5pm you'll learn the core techniques of Victorian martial arts, and fight like Sherlock Holmes. We'll explore: the basic punches of scientific boxing and the first defensive moves of pugilism, the first throw from jujitsu and how to land…