{"id":4688,"date":"2014-11-24T06:22:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T06:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2014-11-24T06:22:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T06:22:36","slug":"elementary-singlestick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/bartitsu-blog\/elementary-singlestick\/","title":{"rendered":"Elementary Singlestick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a partial list of western martial arts that use a stick in one hand, but should not be mistaken for each other:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vigny&#8217;s Walking Stick<\/li>\n<li>Savate&#8217;s La Canne<\/li>\n<li>Singlestick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The list of Eastern martial arts that use a short stick is longer, but I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s as much confusion about their difference from the Western tradition: escrima, kali, arnis, jo stick, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Singlestick was featured on the television show Elementary (season 3, episode 3) which aired recently. <em>StickGrappler.net<\/em> has a series of animated gifs taken from the episode, which you can find here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stickgrappler.net\/2014\/11\/orphelia-lovibond-as-kitty-winter-with.html\">Orphelia Lovibond as Kitty Winter with Singlestick (Elementary S03E03 GIF Set)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ElementaryS03E03-OpheliaLovibondAsKittyWinterWithSinglestick2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ElementaryS03E03-OpheliaLovibondAsKittyWinterWithSinglestick2.jpg?resize=300%2C222\" alt=\"ElementaryS03E03-OpheliaLovibondAsKittyWinterWithSinglestick2\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ElementaryS03E03-OpheliaLovibondAsKittyWinterWithSinglestick2.jpg?resize=300%2C222 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ElementaryS03E03-OpheliaLovibondAsKittyWinterWithSinglestick2.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope Bartitsu students see some similarities between Vigny&#8217;s walking stick method and the singlestick, but also recognize that the hand is protected by a guard, and therefore more closely resembles <strong>sabre, broadsword and backsword<\/strong> than self-defence with a light stick.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t investigated the site very much, but there seem to be many well-written articles, and I would point my students especially to the category of <strong>Self-Defence<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stickgrappler.net\/p\/self-defense.html\">http:\/\/www.stickgrappler.net\/p\/self-defense.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next week, we&#8217;ll wrap up our series on the four component arts of Bartitsu. 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