New Bartitsu course in Edinburgh, Scotland

Advance notice of a Bartitsu course to be held in Edinburgh from January 21st until 25 March (10 weeks total), from 6.30-8.30 pm on Thursday evenings. The instructor will be Phil Crawley of the Dawn Duellists Society.

The venue will be the Big Red Door in Lady Lawson Street, a local performance and arts space, as well as a burlesque and Steampunk themed nightclub venue. Admission is free, but participants must be aged 18 and over due to licencing and insurance concerns.

This is a trial term so the initial programme will be very much canonical Bartitsu techniques, with each session consisting of some physical conditioning, punching and kicking, grappling and cane work in equal measure. The course is aimed to be accessible to all, regardless of experience and ability.

The eventual aim, if there is interest and venue space, is to extend into a more neo-Bartitsu vein as skills and equipment allow.

There are also plans for two one-day workshops on Saturdays at some point before March- see the Te Pooka website for more details when this is confirmed.