The Bartitsu Club – The Home of Bartitsu
Welcome to the home of Bartitsu. The Bartitsu club webpage seeks to preserve, extend and promote the art of Bartitsu. Here you will find pages about learning Bartitsu, it’s history and a selection of resources around the art. We also promote the community with our directory of Bartitsu clubs and related events.
The Core Tactics of Bartitsu, What Are They?
The art of Bartitsu is one which the practitioner utilises both their mental and physical capabilities.
The system, in Barton-Wright’s own words, has been carefully and scientifically planned. It with this in mind that the practitioner must employ surprise, distraction, adaptability and intellect.
Yoga in Bartitsu
To the unacquainted, some may think Yoga and martial arts are philosophies of opposites, chalk and cheese to say. But if we dive deeper, both Yoga and martial arts contain some core concepts which are common throughout.
Where To Learn Bartitsu
Are you looking for Bartitsu clubs near you? Wanting access to great Bartitsu materials? Want to meet like-minded people at a Bartitsu Event? Well look no further, we have pages dedicated to the pursuit of learning Bartitsu.
About Bartitsu
Find out more about Baritsu, the eclectic victorian martial art, its founder, Edward Barton-Wright and the mission behind the Bartitsu club.
Latest Article - Savate In Bartitsu
Find out more about the devastating art of Savate and how it fits into the canonical form of Bartitsu
Principles of Bartitsu
1. To disturb the equilibrium of your assailant.
2. To surprise him before he has time to regain his balance and use his strength.
3. If necessary to subject the joints of any parts of his body to strains that they are anatomically and mechanically unable to resist.
The Latest Articles
Safety First: What’s Bartitsu’s Priority?
It’s London, 1900. Midnight. You’re walking home from a post-theatre gin with your wife. A little merry but otherwise well. You’ve been unable to get a carriage home, so you take the short walk through the park to get home. It’s late, but a summer’s eve and warm...
Bartitsu Lab’s Tommy Moore Interviews Duncan McNulty
In this article, we are excited to share an interview with the Bartitsu Lab's founder Tommy Moore and Duncan McNulty. Duncan is the founder of the Bartitsu and Agtagonistics forum and well known in the community for his knowledge of weapons systems within the art. In...
Bartitsu Lab’s Tommy Moore Interviews James Marwood
In this article, we are excited to share an interview with the Bartitsu Lab's founder Tommy Moore and James Marwood. James is renowned in the Bartitsu community as one of the early founding members of the Bartitsu revival movement. In this interview, Tommy and James...