{"id":4808,"date":"2015-04-06T21:19:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T21:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/?p=4808"},"modified":"2015-07-19T23:19:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T23:19:27","slug":"feats-of-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/bartitsu-blog\/feats-of-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Feats of Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"

During my physical culture workshop at VISS last weekend, we looked at a few feats of strength. Some of these might be thought of as cheating, others are outright stage illusions.<\/p>\n

Victorian Classic Strength<\/h2>\n

First up, classic feats from the Bartitsu Compendium I<\/a>, in a section called “How to Pose as a Strongman”.<\/p>\n

Using a chair for leverage
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Resisting a push into the wall
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The human plank<\/p>\n

My favourite part is Barton-Wright’s advice in the last line: “…when the ordeal is over, try to assume as pleasant a look as possible.”
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Real versus Illusion<\/h2>\n

I wanted to explore the following tricks from Scam School, but we ran out of time. Many of these have a true version in which massive overall strength and especially grip strength are necessary. They also have fake versions that are mostly illusion. Most of those feats require props, so you’ll have to set up your staging ahead of time.<\/p>\n

Here’s a video that contains four real feats and how to do the fake versions:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> The Human Link\/Tug of War: Watch as Dennis Rogers legitimately uses his grip strength to take on two pullers in a game of tug-of-war…then see how Brian fakes his way to the same feat.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Fists of Fury: Learn a simple contest of strength that you’ll ALWAYS be able to win<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> A review of pushing into the wall.<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong>\u00a0A bonus feat that you’ll have to watch the video to see for yourself!<\/p>\n