Ongoing Bartitsu class runs 8pm-10pm every Monday and Wednesday and 3pm-5pm every Saturday.

This Week in Bartitsu:

Senior student Shawn Bullock will lead the Monday class and teach Fight Like Sherlock Holmes while Head Instructor David McCormick is away.

Monday and Wednesday:

  • 8pm Essentials: Bare-knuckle boxing strikes and counters
  • 9pm Lesson/Integration: Boxing’s lead-hand guards and defending the stick

Saturday, 13 September:

  • 2pm FLSH Essentials: Bare-knuckle boxing strikes and counters
  • 3pm Lesson: Boxing lead-hand guards
  • 4pm Integration: Stick combinations

Red Sash: Le Boucher cuts and parries


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.