Antagonisticathlon!
On Sunday, March 11th of 2012, members of the Bartitsu Club of Chicago took part in the first ever “antagonisticathlon” event hosted by the Forteza Fitness and Martial Arts studio in Ravenswood,...
View ArticleJujitsuffragette Edith Garrud back in the news
Follow this link to read an Islington Tribune article about Edith Garrud (pictured left, above), who was the jujitsu and self defence trainer of the Suffragette Bodyguard society. We eagerly await...
View ArticleSelf defence training of the New Zealand Peace Scouts (1910)
The Peace Scouts, a precursor to the Girl Guide movement in New Zealand, were active between 1908 and 1923. They may well have been the first national organisation to promote self defence training for...
View ArticleM. Vigny’s School of Self Defence (Daily News, 27 May, 1904)
“All good citizens will rejoice to learn that a new and efficacious method of abolishing those pests of the streets known as Hooligans Has been discovered and put into practical application by a...
View Article“Waylaid by a ruffian!”
A cautionary tale of urban maleficence. Don’t let this happen to you! Ladies and gentlemen alike are invited to arm themselves against the tide of ruffianism by attending the second annual Bartitsu...
View ArticleThe Bartitsu School of Arms 2012 in text, video and images
The second annual Bartitsu School of Arms and Physical Culture was a three-day conference and training seminar held in Chicago between September 7-9, 2012. The event was hosted by the Bartitsu Club of...
View Article“Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society: From...
The topic of women and danger has long fascinated historians. Emelyne Godfrey’s new book, available now from Palgrave Macmillan, innovatively situates both well-known and more obscure themes within...
View ArticleAn interview with Emelyne Godfrey
Emelyne Godfrey is the author of the books Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and its newly published sister volume, Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature...
View Article“Philosophy of the walking stick” (1899)
This excerpt from the Liverpool Mercury (Friday 5th May, 1899) may be among the first news reports in English concerning Professor Pierre Vigny, who would thereafter become a key instructor at E.W....
View ArticleM. Vigny’s School of Self Defence (1904)
From the Daily News, May 27, 1904: All good citizens will rejoice to learn that a new and efficacious method of abolishing those pests of the streets known as Hooligans has been discovered and put into...
View ArticleAn updated history of weaponised umbrellas
The release of Kingsman: the Secret Service promises to introduce a new generation of film-goers to the weaponised umbrella, a time-tested motif in anime, comic books, film, literature and television....
View Article“Self-defence with a Cane” (1928)
From the Friday, 27 July 1928 edition of the Motherwell Times:
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