{"id":3525,"date":"2012-03-24T19:54:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T19:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/?page_id=3525"},"modified":"2024-11-09T19:29:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T19:29:01","slug":"lessons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/lessons\/bartitsu-cane-intro\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3899\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3899\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bartitsu-cane-intro.jpg?resize=300%2C141\" alt=\"bartitsu-cane-intro\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bartitsu-cane-intro.jpg?resize=300%2C141 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bartitsu-cane-intro.jpg?w=500 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nReading and research is a good place to start, but Bartitsu is a physical skill that one needs to practice.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Getting Started<\/h1>\n<p>You can follow my guide for training in practical Bartitsu here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/bartitsu-blog\/the-complete-bartitsu-study-group-guide\/\">The Complete Bartitsu Study Group Guide<\/a>. Solo training is possible, but you will never experience the reactions and interactions with another fighter without practicing with at least one other partner. Working with others in a study group can allow you to learn from their background and different body type, and they can give you feedback on your performance.<\/p>\n<h1>Ongoing Training<\/h1>\n<p>Skill development and confidence requires regular practice. I recommend at least once weekly sessions. You can follow my session outlines from previous posts on this site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading and research is a good place to start, but Bartitsu is a physical skill that one needs to practice. Getting Started You can follow my guide for training in practical Bartitsu here:\u00a0The Complete Bartitsu Study Group Guide. Solo training is possible, but you will never experience the reactions and interactions with another fighter without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3525","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4vfin-UR","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3525"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5583,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3525\/revisions\/5583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}