Saturday, 7 September – 1:00pm to 5:00pm Learn the mixed martial art of the Victorian English Gentleman. In this four-hour workshop, you’ll acquire the essential Bartitsu skills of Boxing, Jujitsu, Savate and Cane fighting: the basic punches of scientific boxing and the first defensive moves of pugilism, the first throw from jujitsu and how to […]
This week in Bartitsu: Savate review: the stop-kick Jujitsu lesson: single-leg takedown Integration: Defense from supine – kicks, takedowns See you at 3pm for ongoing Bartitsu training. If you’re interested in getting started with Victorian martial arts and modern gentleman’s self-defence, your first step is an Introduction to Bartitsu: Fight Like Sherlock Holmes which happens […]
This week in Bartitsu: 1pm Introduction to Bartitsu Workshop 3pm Ongoing Class: Walking Stick Review: outside guards Savate Lesson: stop-kick Integration: Stopping the advancing assailant For more on our classes, visit the Lessons page. For reading outside of class, check out the Fight Like a Gentleman Blog.
This week in Bartitsu: Boxing review: the cross-punch Walking Stick lesson: outside guards Integration: Managing distance See you at 3pm for ongoing Bartitsu training. If you’re interested in getting started with Victorian martial arts and modern gentleman’s self-defence, your first step is an Introduction to Bartitsu: Fight Like Sherlock Holmes which happens once a month. […]
This week in Bartitsu: Jujitsu review: joint locks Boxing lesson: the cross-punch Integration: making strikes and locks instinctive through logical flow See you at 3pm for ongoing Bartitsu training. If you’re interested in getting started with Victorian martial arts and modern gentleman’s self-defence, your first step is an Introduction to Bartitsu: Fight Like Sherlock Holmes […]
1pm Introduction to Bartitsu Workshop 3pm Ongoing Class: Cane Review: bayonet guard and closing distance from rear guard Jujitsu Lesson: joint locks and small-circle jujitsu Integration: Preemptive strike follow-ups For more on our classes, visit the Lessons page. For reading outside of class, check out the Fight Like a Gentleman Blog.
This week in Bartitsu: As I will be attending, teaching and learning at GEARcon this weekend, Lew Cottell will be my substitute in class this week. If you missed him last time in May, Lew is a teacher of Modern Arnis, and will impart his style of stick fighting and related unarmed techniques. Arnis, along […]
This week in bartitsu: Boxing review: hooks, round punches and hammer strikes Savate lesson: Chasse croise, chasse bas Integration: Evading and countering the chasse See you at 3pm for ongoing Neo-Bartitsu training. If you’re interested in getting started with Victorian martial arts and modern gentleman’s self-defence, your first step is an Introduction to Bartitsu: Fight […]
This is where I’ll be the first weekend in July: GearCon The Gaslight Explorers, Adventurers, & Romantics Convention (GEAR Con) is a celebration of Pacific Northwest steampunk and neo-Victorian creativity, taking place over three days in Portland, Oregon. Members of the public can register to meet fellow enthusiasts, attend presentations and workshops, meet authors and […]
This week in Bartitsu: Walking stick review: stick chokes Boxing lesson: Hooks, round punches, elbows Integration: Standing close plays, armed vs. unarmed See you at 3pm for ongoing neobartitsu training. If you’re interested in getting started with Victorian martial arts and modern gentleman’s self-defence, your first step is an Introduction to Bartitsu: Fight Like Sherlock […]
