{"id":3517,"date":"2012-03-24T19:28:16","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T19:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/?p=3517"},"modified":"2012-04-24T21:39:05","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T21:39:05","slug":"steampunk-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/bartitsu-blog\/steampunk-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"Steampunk Fights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Steampunk-Fights.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Steampunk-Fights.jpg?resize=300%2C146\" alt=\"\" title=\"Steampunk-Fights\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Steampunk-Fights.jpg?resize=300%2C146 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Steampunk-Fights.jpg?w=897 897w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with an analogy, not only because I have faith that my readers understand analogies, but also because you&#8217;re guaranteed to understand this one:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jedi is to lightsabre as Steampunk is to Bartitsu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jedi don&#8217;t have to use lightsabres (in fact, I&#8217;m surprised there aren&#8217;t more who eschew them), it&#8217;s just appropriate and therefore common. And your Steampunk character might choose to fight with a steam-powered bazooka but it&#8217;s not, shall we say, canon.<\/p>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s investigate Steampunk and how characters fight in that milieu: canes, flintlock pistols, smallswords and sabres for weapons, fisticuffs, shin kicks and wrist-locks when unarmed.<\/p>\n<h2>Steampunk Movies<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Click over to <a href=\"http:\/\/steampunkmovies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SteampunkMovies.com<\/a>, a site launched just this January to address all your steam-powered film needs. The site is still getting started, but I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll find more there soon.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re unclear on the Steampunk concept, that site pointed me to a clip from the TV show Castle (Season 3, Episode 4):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/brCRfAgO1tE?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And although almost universally derided, you can&#8217;t avoid talking about the popularization of Steampunk without the Wild Wild West:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B1KlzGJw_Gw?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And the original series from 1965 that &#8220;inspired&#8221; the movie:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pYCgq8q9Ofw?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Wondermark!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>My favourite web-comic, though I admit the Bartitsu content is lacking. As they say, &#8220;Think of England&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wondermark.com\/c\/2011-10-11-081holidays.jpg?resize=670%2C259\" title=\"Wondermark Holidays\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"670\" height=\"259\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Lady Sabre &amp; The Pirates of the Ineffable Aether<\/h2>\n<p>This web-comic is really the way to go for the Steampunk afficionado. Here&#8217;s their most recent page, but you should really read it from the beginning:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.ineffableaether.com\/<\/p>\n<h2>The Steampunk Community<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re the type to tinker, enjoy vintage-futurism and Victorian style, and maybe want to use your Bartitsu with friends in costume, consider these groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vancouversteampunks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">VSteam: Vancouver Steampunk<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steampunkcanada.ca\/apps\/forums\/show\/2804696\" target=\"_blank\">SteampunkCanada<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/steamfashion.livejournal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steampunk Fashion Livejournal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/brassgoggles.co.uk\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brass Goggles<\/a>, and their great forum<\/li>\n<li>Seach Facebook and Meetup.com for a group near you (many major cities have one)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s start with an analogy, not only because I have faith that my readers understand analogies, but also because you&#8217;re guaranteed to understand this one: Jedi is to lightsabre as Steampunk is to Bartitsu Jedi don&#8217;t have to use lightsabres (in fact, I&#8217;m surprised there aren&#8217;t more who eschew them), it&#8217;s just appropriate and therefore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3521,"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":[26],"class_list":["post-3517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bartitsu-blog","tag-fun"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Steampunk-Fights.jpg?fit=897%2C438","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vfin-UJ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3517","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=3517"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3582,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3517\/revisions\/3582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}