Sherlock Holmes School Of Self Defence: The Manly Art Of Bartitsu: As Used Against Professor Moriarty

Author: E. W. Barton-Wright

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  • : 9781907332739
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  • : January 2017
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Description

When Sherlock Holmes wrestled with Dr Moriarty on the Reichenbach Falls, he was employing a system of self-defence that was all the rage in Victorian Britain. In an age when footpads and fogle-snatchers meant a man of breeding took his life in his hands when walking across town, a martial arts craze took hold that did not escape Conan-Doyle's keen eye for research. Schools sprung up all over London, chief among which was E.W. Barton-Wright's "Bartitsu" method. The Sherlock Holmes School of Self-Defence commemorates Barton-Wright's exploits and the fighting techniques of the famous sleuth himself (though Conan-Doyle mischiveously spelled it Baristu). Learn how to defend yourself with an overcoat, cane, or umbrella, or even to wield your bicycle against an attacker. Wonderful illustrations based on original photographs instruct the reader in skills that range from the sublime to the elementary.

Author description

E.W. Barton-Wright (1860-1951) studied jiu jitsu and judo in Japan during the 1890s and brought the techniques he learned back to England where he set up a school-at-arms teaching in hybrid of oriental and European self-defence he called Bartitsu.

Table of contents

-Genuine 19th-century instruction in the art of self-defence -Irresistible nostalgia and the perfect gifs for son, husband, father or grandfather. -Includes self-defence unarmed, with an umbrella, and on a bicycle. -Beautifully illustrated with original photographs -A comical and light-hearted guide to self defence