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Savate on Week 3: 20 July, 2015

Written by David McCormick on July 19th, 2015 10:59 pm in Projects — Tags:
This Week in Bartitsu: Ongoing Bartitsu class runs 8pm-10pm every Monday and Wednesday and 3pm-5pm every Saturday. Monday and Wednesday: 8pm Warm up and review (all levels): Savate essentials 9pm Fight Like Sherlock Holmes (Green Sash) and Blue Sash: Side Kick and Chassé Red Sash: Hook Kick Saturday, 25 July: 2pm Fight Like Sherlock Holmes […]

Savate on Week 11: 15 June, 2015

Written by David McCormick on June 14th, 2015 8:16 pm in Projects — Tags:
This Week in Bartitsu: Ongoing Bartitsu class runs 8pm-10pm every Monday and Wednesday and 3pm-5pm every Saturday. Monday and Wednesday: 8pm Essentials: Savate’s devastating kick 9pm Lesson/Integration: Stop-Kick Saturday, 20 June: 2pm Essentials: Savate’s devastating kick 3pm Lesson: Fight Like Sherlock Holmes (Green Sash) and Blue Sash: Stop-Kick Red Sash: Spinning back kick 4pm Jujitsu […]

Savate on Week 7: 18 May, 2015

Written by David McCormick on May 17th, 2015 7:42 pm in Projects — Tags:
This Week in Bartitsu: Ongoing Bartitsu class runs 8pm-10pm every Monday and Wednesday and 3pm-5pm every Saturday. Monday and Wednesday: 8pm Essentials: Savate’s basic and most effective kicks 9pm Lesson/Integration: Round kicks Saturday, 23 May: 2pm Fight Like Sherlock Holmes (Green Sash): Savate’s basic and most effective kicks 3pm Savate Lesson: Fight Like Sherlock Holmes […]

Savate on Week 3: 20 April, 2015

Written by David McCormick on April 20th, 2015 9:32 pm in Projects — Tags:
This Week in Bartitsu: Ongoing Bartitsu class runs 8pm-10pm every Monday and Wednesday and 3pm-5pm every Saturday. There will be a Rank Exam on Friday, 24 April. A student qualifies for the Blue Sash exam by participating for a minimum of three full months, since there are three unique lessons in each of our disciplines. […]

Savate on week 11: 16 February 2015

Written by David McCormick on February 16th, 2015 5:05 am in Projects — Tags:
This Week in Bartitsu: Ongoing Bartitsu class runs 8pm-10pm every Monday and Wednesday and 3pm-5pm every Saturday. Monday and Wednesday: 8pm Essentials: Savate’s devastating kick 9pm Lesson/Integration: Stop-Kick Saturday, 21 February: 2pm Essentials: Savate’s devastating kick 3pm Lesson: Fight Like Sherlock Holmes (Green Sash) and Blue Sash: Stop-Kick Red Sash: Spinning crescent kick 4pm Jujitsu […]

Savate on Week 7: 19 January, 2015

Written by David McCormick on January 18th, 2015 8:00 pm in Projects — Tags:
This Week in Bartitsu: Ongoing Bartitsu class runs 8pm-10pm every Monday and Wednesday and 3pm-5pm every Saturday. Monday and Wednesday: 8pm Essentials: Savate’s basic and most effective kicks 9pm Lesson/Integration: Round kicks Saturday, 24 January: 2pm Fight Like Sherlock Holmes (Green Sash): Savate’s basic and most effective kicks 3pm Pugilism Lesson: Fight Like Sherlock Holmes […]

Savate and Purring and Wing Chun

Written by David McCormick on April 24th, 2012 9:25 pm in Blog — Tags:
The similarities are striking. Or the kicking. Good writing does not happen through bad puns. Targeting the Shin and Knee The common advice among all practical forms of self-defence regarding kicks is: “Never use high kicks.” I hope you’ve heard that before, so I won’t spend too much time explaining the reasoning. The higher the […]

Lesson of 28 April, 2012

Written by David McCormick on April 24th, 2012 9:19 pm in Projects — Tags: ,
This week in Bartitsu: Savate review: Chasse croise Jujitsu lesson: Hip throw Integration: Defence from bear hugs, rear choke See you at 3pm. Unless you’re coming for the Introduction to Bartitsu: Fight Like Sherlock Holmes workshop, which will begin at 1pm. We’ll learn the fundamentals over the first 2 hours, then join the main class […]

Lesson of 24 March, 2012

Written by David McCormick on March 24th, 2012 8:23 pm in Projects — Tags: ,
Today in Bartitsu: Savate review: stop-kick (coup-d’arret) Cane lesson: horizontal strikes Integration: La canne and the savateur

Lesson of 17 March, 2012

Written by David McCormick on March 15th, 2012 5:36 am in Projects — Tags: ,
Lesson of 17 March, 2012
This Week in Bartitsu Boxing review: Guarding Savate lesson: Stop-kick or “coup d’arret” Integration: Rapid transitions from defence to offence.

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