A short documentary on Bartitsu, a self defense system created by E.W. Barton-Wright in 1899 by combining Asian and European defense techniques including jujitsu, boxing, french (kick)-boxing, stick fighting and improvised fighting for example by using your overcoat to defend yourself. It was so popular in the UK at the beginning of the 20. century that Arthur Conan Doyle had his best know character, Sherlock Holmes, practicing Bartitsu in one of his books.
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“…Bartitsu was a method of cross-training between jiujitsu, savate, boxing and stick fighting; it was the first fighting art to have incorporated both Asian and European styles.
After a few brief years of glory, Bartitsu was all but forgotten throughout most of the 20th Century…”
More information
Bartitsu at Wikipedia
Bartitsu.org
January 6th, 2009 at 23:22
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February 6th, 2009 at 17:29
I did not beloeve, that it could be true..
February 10th, 2009 at 11:11
That is so interesting for me! Thanjs!
February 10th, 2009 at 15:56
Amazing informaqtion, thank you!
February 10th, 2009 at 19:55
I wish I knew how to fight like that. That would be super awesome!
February 17th, 2009 at 11:24
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