This Week in Bartitsu:

Ongoing Bartitsu class runs 8pm-10pm every Wednesday and 3pm-5pm every Saturday. This Friday is our one-per-semester rank exam in which students are tested to progress from Green Sash to Blue Sash, and for the first time from Blue Sash to Red Sash.

Wednesday, 25 November:

  • 8pm Warm up and review (all levels): Jujitsu joint locks and takedowns
  • 9pm Fight Like Sherlock Holmes (Green Sash) and Blue Sash: Head locks and neck cranks and/or chancery
  • Red Sash: Sacrifice throws

Friday, 27 November:
7pm-10pm: Rank exam

Saturday, 28 November:

  • 2pm Fight Like Sherlock Holmes (Green Sash): Jujitsu joint locks and takedowns
  • 3pm Jujitsu Lesson:
    • Fight Like Sherlock Holmes (Green Sash) and Blue Sash: Head locks and neck cranks
    • Red Sash: Sacrifice throws
  • 4pm Pugilism Integration:
    • Blue Sash: Chancery and clinch
    • Red Sash: Review Palm-up and turtleshell blocks

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 first week of each month. Contact Academie Duello at 604-568-9907 to sign up.

For more on our classes, visit the Lessons page. For reading outside of class, check out the Fight Like a Gentleman Blog.