A nice, short, common sense video about tactics against a much taller attacker from a self-defence perspective. Nick Drossos has other great practical videos on his YouTube channel. I’m personally not a fan of the headbutt, but if you want to try it, start from a grab around the back of the head (like a […]
Defending against a punch is a priority for many people when learning self-defence. We are aware instinctually and through the media that an unarmed person can lash out with a fist and knock out teeth or render a victim unconscious with a blow to the head. Our second lesson of Bartitsu concerns striking with the […]
Enjoy these compilation videos that contain some Bartitsu techniques that are shared with other martial arts from the History Channel series Human Weapon. First, Silat: And Sambo: Get started with Victorian martial arts and modern gentleman’s self-defence: Your first step is an to sign up for our Fight Like Sherlock Holmes course which begins the […]
E.W. Barton-Wright combined his own name with “jujitsu” to create the name of his new hybrid self-defense system: Bartitsu. Many people recognize immediately that Bartitsu is known for cane fighting and Sherlock Holmes stories feature his pugilism. Is jujitsu really a central focus of Bartitsu? How does it relate to other modern jujitsu schools? Why […]
Jason Scully has an excellent YouTube channel. I especially love videos like the one below, in which he rapid-fires many variants on a theme or different approaches to a position.
A rational person may become violent for many reasons, but the general explanation is that they realize they cannot get what they want through verbal negotiation. Emotions play a big role in this evaluation of circumstances, so I’m not claiming that a calm and rational mind will clinically decide to attack after a cost-benefit analysis […]
Colin Firth doesn’t break a sweat because the umbrella does most of the work.
The more you learn of different fighting styles from around the world and through history, the more similarities become obvious. Bartitsu and other mixed martial arts function not only because one style will fill a gap that the other leaves, but because many of the core concepts are shared. Today, we’re looking at the important […]
One of the fears among city-dwellers in 1890’s London was being strangled by an unseen attacker from behind. And why not? That’s a pretty dangerous situation, and one that seems difficult to escape. That particular fear drove the development of Bartitsu. The neck feels particularly vulnerable, and for good reason. There are 3 types of […]
The lantern jaw and the brow ridge aren’t accidentally related to testosterone production. We know that during development, testosterone levels during critical phases will determine certain male-dominated bone structures. Recently, a new hypothesis explains why the human face evolved the way it did. On the Face of It The researchers examined skulls of human ancestors, […]
