This Week in Bartitsu:

Ongoing Bartitsu class runs 8pm-10pm every Wednesday and 3pm-5pm every Saturday.

Wednesday, 5 April:
Due to a wrist injury, Assistant Instructor Shawn Bullock will not be leading this Wednesday’s class. Instead, Abrazzare Instructor Roland Cooper will lead the class, and will focus on Italian wrestling, although some of the outline below may still be useful.

  • 8pm Warm up and basics (all levels): Jujitsu joint locks and takedowns
  • 9pm Bartitsu Fundamentals (Green Sash) and Blue Sash: Head locks and neck cranks and/or chancery
  • Red Sash: Leg Sweep (from caught kick) and spring hip throws

Saturday, 8 April:

  • 2pm Bartitsu Fundamentals (Green Sash): Jujitsu joint locks and takedowns
  • 3pm Jujitsu Lesson:
    • Bartitsu Fundamentals (Green Sash) and Blue Sash: Head locks and neck cranks
    • Red Sash: Leg Sweep (from caught kick) and spring hip throws
  • 4pm Pugilism Integration:
    • Blue Sash: Chancery and clinch
    • Red Sash: Review Palm-up and turtle-shell blocks

Get started with Victorian martial arts and modern gentleman’s self-defence: Your first step is an to sign up for our Bartitsu Fundamentals course which begins the first week of each month. Contact Academie Duello at 604-568-9907 to sign up.

For more on our classes, visit the Lessons page. For reading outside of class, check out the Fight Like a Gentleman Blog.