The Complete Bartitsu Study Group Guide

For the benefit of Academie Duello students who are continuing their pursuit of Bartitsu without an instructor present, I provide this outline. I recommend this format for any study group, but encourage anyone new to Bartitsu to seek out an instructor with experience before gathering a group of friends to try it out. The monthly […]

Basic Bartitsu Questions

I recently received another inquiry about Bartitsu by email. There are no bad questions. This was the question, which is very common, reasonable thing to ask when deciding where to put your time and effort: Hello David, I’m interested in learning Bartitsu. I’m wondering if you could tell me how effective it is compared to […]

Strikes to Destabilize

Bartitsu’s fusion of martial arts has jujitsu at its core. “Jujitsu” mean “The art of suppleness” in Japanese, and focuses on core “soft” techniques such as: Joint locks and chokes Takedowns Ground fighting However, there are strikes in jujitsu which are called “atemi” in Japanese. These...