Bartitsu in Seattle
Tony Wolf will be teaching two public martial arts seminars on Saturday, 6 March 2010 at SANCA, the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts .
Classes
The first Saturday seminar will run from 9 a.m -12 a.m. and will be an introduction to the Wolf System, an integrated progression of both co-operative and competitive partnered combat movement exercises. In combination, these challenging exercises foster the balance, improvisational ability, “physical confidence” and related skills that are fundamental to the study of virtually any martial art.
The second Saturday seminar will run from 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. and will be an introduction to Bartitsu, the “martial art of Sherlock Holmes”. Founded in London in the year 1899, Bartitsu is a cross-training system between pre-WW1 “British jiujitsu”, fisticuffs, low kicking and the Vigny method of self defence with a walking stick. Although dormant throughout most of the 20th century, Bartitsu has been experiencing a revival since 2002.
On Sunday, 7 March from 8-11, Tony will be teaching an invitation-only Bartitsu class for members of a local group who are already familiar with the basic material.
The fee for one class is $30 and for two classes, $50.
What to bring
A crook-handled walking stick (preferably rattan) is recommended. Straight rattan sticks will be available for purchase on the day of the seminar for $10. Participants are also asked to bring plastic water bottles and to wear comfortable exercise clothing, including dance or martial arts slippers for active work on the SANCA training mats.
Fencing masks, boxing gloves and judo gi jackets will be useful, but are not required.
All participants will be asked to sign a waiver.
How to get there
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Booking and further information
Please address any further inquiries to wolfclass@lonin.org for updates, etc. Please do not contact SANCA directly with regards to these seminars, as the front office staff will not have any useful information about the event.
Thanks again for your interest, and we look forward to seeing you at the seminars!
Tags: bartitsu, SANCA, Seattle, Tony Wolf
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By Escrima Sticks, Saturday, 1st May 2010 @ 1:59 am
very interesting. did they keep the bartitsu method in mind when making the recent sherlock holmes movie?
By Bartitsu Society, Saturday, 1st May 2010 @ 7:43 pm
Yes, bearing in mind that Sherlock Holmes’ “baritsu” is not the same thing as Barton-Wright’s Bartitsu. The cinematic baritsu developed for the movie combined Wing Chun kung fu, Brazilian jiujitsu, fencing and Bartitsu. You can read our interview with Sherlock Holmes fight choreographer Richard Ryan at http://www.bartitsu.org/index.php/2009/12/its-brilliant-perfect-lets-change-it-an-interview-with-sherlock-holmes-fight-choreographer-richard-ryan/ .