Robert Downey, Jr. on Sherlock Holmes, bad-ass martial artist [Archive]

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DdlR

9/03/2008 4:34am,

According to actor Robert Downey Jr., who is playing Sherlock Holmes in a new movie to be directed by Guy Ritchie:

We're both martial arts enthusiasts and historically, in the real origin stories of Sherlock Holmes, he's kind of a bad-ass and a bare-knuckle boxer and studies the rare art of baritsu [fictional martial art created by Doyle for the final Holmes story, 1901's The Adventure Of The Empty House]. If you look baritsu up, they can't even really tell you what it is, so it gives us a lot of leeway.

Source: http://www.premiere.com/features/4694/robert-downey-jrs-bad-ass-sherlock-holmes.html

No disrespect to Mr. Downey, but I could tell him a thing or two about baritsu ...

ADM

9/03/2008 5:22am,

Could be worse, he could be talking about Systema.

:P

Kambei Shimada

9/03/2008 5:28am,

Well Mr Downey does practise 'the Chun'.

The idea of a chain punching Sherlock Holmes is mind numbingly ridiculous.

ShrekBJJ

9/03/2008 5:35am,

Luckily Guy Richie is brown belt under Renzo so it should balance out.

Goju - Joe

9/03/2008 6:46am,

According to actor Robert Downey Jr., who is playing Sherlock Holmes in a new movie to be directed by Guy Ritchie:

Source: http://www.premiere.com/features/4694/robert-downey-jrs-bad-ass-sherlock-holmes.html

No disrespect to Mr. Downey, but I could tell him a thing or two about baritsu ...

Does Bart-itsu look like this

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/thumb/0/0d/Butterfinger-karate.jpg/200px-Butterfinger-karate.jpg

sprunghunt

9/03/2008 7:52am,

He's right about the wikipedia thing:

Baritsu is fake...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baritsu

Bartitsu is not
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartitsu

of course someone might have the real Bar*itsu...

mrblackmagic

9/03/2008 8:00am,

There was a link to bartitsu e-book somewhere on the site. It's cane fighting and all the same stuff from the secrets of jujitsu.

Also of note, Guy Ritchie decided to be a real director again.

Snake Plissken

9/03/2008 8:14am,

Downey used the phrase "Drinking from the cup of bitters" once, to describe his chun training.

For this, he deserves a cane to the nards.

Lebell

9/03/2008 8:21am,

i only know bar mitswa which is brutal in its own way.

Siniq

9/03/2008 8:40am,

I just hope they dont' rewin my favorite litelary drug enduced character!

Lebell

9/03/2008 8:45am,

I just hope they dont' rewin my favorite litelary drug enduced character!

who would that be?
Scholomo the bulgerian begging boozehound?

i never liked him much he reminds me of gipsy's.

adouglasmhor

9/03/2008 8:46am,

Gabetuno

9/03/2008 8:47am,

Sadly, Systema isn't fictional.

i only know bar mitswa which is brutal in its own way.

Shut up! What do you know about Bar Mitzvas other than it's a good source for gathering materials to make soap? Evil European...

adouglasmhor

9/03/2008 8:48am,

Like Doyle he couldn't spell it. Anyone know how much Shinden Fudo Ryu is in Bartitsu?

Lebell

9/03/2008 8:55am,

Sadly, Systema isn't fictional.

Shut up! What do you know about Bar Mitzvas other than it's a good source for gathering materials to make soap? Evil European...

you stop eating christian babies and ill stop making soap.

Gabetuno

9/03/2008 10:14am,

you stop eating christian babies and ill stop making soap.

Sorry. We are hooked after devouring your lord and savior. Excuse me while I go shop for hats to cover my horns.