{"id":3206,"date":"2012-01-19T21:07:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T21:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/combat\/?p=3206"},"modified":"2012-04-24T21:41:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T21:41:17","slug":"the-versatile-and-deadly-umbrella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/bartitsu-blog\/the-versatile-and-deadly-umbrella\/","title":{"rendered":"The Versatile and Deadly Umbrella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, one of our most popular workshops debuts for the new year. Here&#8217;s a smattering of what we&#8217;ll learn:<\/p>\n<h2>Fairburn-Style<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Fairburn-umbrella.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Fairburn-umbrella.jpg?resize=300%2C288\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fairburn-umbrella\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Fairburn-umbrella.jpg?resize=300%2C288 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Fairburn-umbrella.jpg?w=500 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Javelin-Style<\/h2>\n<p>The London Riots (no laughing matter&#8230; feel free to chuckle, though):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IkWtMNBgf48?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Penguin-Style (not Linux, you geeks!)<\/h2>\n<p>Batman: Umbrella Attack (Flash game)<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/dcbeyond.kidswb.com\/games\/umbrella-attack<\/p>\n<h2>Poppins-Style<\/h2>\n<p>If you can find one, I&#8217;d recommend the Poppins, which will allow you to fly, and only occasionally talks back:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mary-poppins-inset.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mary-poppins-inset.jpg?resize=300%2C235\" alt=\"\" title=\"mary-poppins-inset\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mary-poppins-inset.jpg?resize=300%2C235 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mary-poppins-inset.jpg?w=500 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Bartitsu-Style<\/h2>\n<p>This Sunday, 22 January 2012, we&#8217;ll be exploring the most effective uses of the umbrella for self-defense. We draw mainly from Victorian Bartitsu, plus adaptations from older systems designed for longsword and new systems of combat in modern urban settings.<\/p>\n<p>See you at 2pm. Sign up now at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.academieduello.com\/school\/workshops\/workshops-calendar\" title=\"Workshops at Academie Duello\" target=\"_blank\">Academie Duello<\/a> (412 W Hastings St, Vancouver. 604-568-9907), this workshop fills fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, one of our most popular workshops debuts for the new year. Here&#8217;s a smattering of what we&#8217;ll learn: Fairburn-Style Javelin-Style The London Riots (no laughing matter&#8230; feel free to chuckle, though): Penguin-Style (not Linux, you geeks!) Batman: Umbrella Attack (Flash game) http:\/\/dcbeyond.kidswb.com\/games\/umbrella-attack Poppins-Style If you can find one, I&#8217;d recommend the Poppins, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[27,23],"class_list":["post-3206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bartitsu-blog","tag-umbrella","tag-workshop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vfin-PI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=3206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3585,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206\/revisions\/3585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}