{"id":4910,"date":"2015-07-04T18:03:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T18:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/?p=4910"},"modified":"2015-07-19T23:07:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T23:07:34","slug":"gearcon-and-victorian-martial-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/fight-like-a-gentleman\/bartitsu-blog\/gearcon-and-victorian-martial-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Gearcon and Victorian Martial Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend there\u2019s a gathering of steampunk enthusiasts in Portland, Oregon called Gearcon. Steampunk, like cyberpunk, is a genre of speculative fiction, a fashion trend and a\u00a0community of fans with shared interests. In literature, it\u2019s usually an alternate history of the Victorian era in which mad scientists played a much larger role. The fashion is therefore a fusion of Victorian clothing with scientific instruments and gears, as if everything could somehow be mechanized.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more at <a href=\"http:\/\/PDXGearcon.com\">PDXGearcon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And in conjunction with <a href=\"http:\/\/duellatoria.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Academia Duellatoria<\/a>, the Victorian Martial Arts Expo will feature our favourite mad scientist, Edward William Barton-Wright. I\u2019ll be representing our approach as a modern and practical self-defence system.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a short article with a fun video from Jeff Richardson, the organizer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kptv.com\/story\/29462997\/on-the-go-with-joe-at-the-gear-con-steampunk-convention\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kptv.com\/story\/29462997\/on-the-go-with-joe-at-the-gear-con-steampunk-convention<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of workshops from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>These are the seminars I\u2019ll be leading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday 1:00 &#8211; 3:00pm \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">The Cane and Umbrella for self defense<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Saturday 5:00 &#8211; 6:00pm \u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Physical Culture Exercises and Feats of Strength<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Sunday Noon &#8211; 2:00pm \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Women&#8217;s only Self Defense Workshop &#8211; Victorian inspired self defense for women<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At Academie Duello, in my absence assistant instructor Shawn Bullock will be leading Bartitsu class from 3pm-5pm as normal. However, since this is the fifth week of the month, it\u2019s no ordinary class. He\u2019ll be exploring the set-plays in the Bartitsu Compendium, helping all levels to spar with our different weapons, and taking requests to practice anything you\u2019re interested in.<\/p>\n<p>As a side-note, stage combat class at Academie Duello is cancelled this\u00a0Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend there\u2019s a gathering of steampunk enthusiasts in Portland, Oregon called Gearcon. Steampunk, like cyberpunk, is a genre of speculative fiction, a fashion trend and a\u00a0community of fans with shared interests. In literature, it\u2019s usually an alternate history of the Victorian era in which mad scientists played a much larger role. 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