Bartitsu School of Arms 2012 video

**DdlR** · Posted On: 9/25/2012 11:49am

Yeah, it kind of was. The whole theme of the School of Arms was to make it into a three-day event, rather than just another martial arts seminar.

**xxax** · Posted On: 9/25/2012 12:09pm

Originally Posted by Tom .C

Are you the fucker that stands up and yells "it's not for real" during the movies? If you are, just stop that.

How did you know....

**HashMajin** · Posted On: 9/25/2012 4:09pm

I gotta say, that gives me a good reason to go to Chicago one of these days. What they got going on there looks like a good time, especially the obstacle course.
I've heard a lil about bartitsu and what I've heard has interested me so far.

I'd like to find something like this in the Wichita area.

**DdlR** · Posted On: 9/25/2012 4:13pm

Originally Posted by HashMajin

I gotta say, that gives me a good reason to go to Chicago one of these days. What they got going on there looks like a good time, especially the obstacle course.
I've heard a lil about bartitsu and what I've heard has interested me so far.

I'd like to find something like this in the Wichita area.

We run the Antagonisticathlon (obstacle course) every three months or so. The Bartitsu Club of Chicago doesn't have belt gradings, etc. so the Antagonisticathlon is a fun, challenging way to test progress and keep motivation up. Some people make a small notch in their training cane for each one they've done.

Don't know of any Bartitsu groups in Wichita, sorry.

**HashMajin** · Posted On: 9/25/2012 4:26pm

I figured not. *shrug* Anyways, is there manuals or videos I could find to whet the appetite until I find a bartitsu club to train in?

**DdlR** · Posted On: 9/25/2012 4:30pm

Originally Posted by HashMajin

I figured not. *shrug* Anyways, is there manuals or videos I could find to whet the appetite until I find a bartitsu club to train in?

Yep - the two volumes of the Bartitsu Compendium are available from Amazon.com or Lulu.com (the first volume is about 2/3 history and 1/3 technique and those proportions are roughly reversed in the second volume). The only professionally produced video available at the moment is the documentary "Bartitsu: the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes" (again, not a technical guide), which is available via Amazon or directly from the publishers, the Freelance Academy Press. Google searches should take you straight to them.

**HashMajin** · Posted On: 9/25/2012 4:39pm

I like reading & history, so I don't think I'll have a hard time reading them. I'll find a way to get a hold of some copies. Thanks for the info, DdlR. Maybe I'll make it to one of those Antagonisticathalons someday.

**DdlR** · Posted On: 9/25/2012 4:50pm

I mentioned tech.-to-history ratios because some guy in the UK gave the documentary a one-star negative review on Amazon; he was bitterly disappointed that it didn't teach him any moves, because he apparently didn't understand what a "documentary" was.