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Louie
25-Jul-2004, 07:01 PM
In March 1899 a "New Art of Self Defence" called Bartitsu had been introduced in Britain by E.W. Barton-Wright. Years before the birth of Bruce Lee and the JKD concepts, Barton-Wright combined traditional English boxing, French savate, stick-fighting and Japanese jiu-jitsu, establishing himself as a pioneer of eclectic self-defence training.

A website detailing the art of Bartitsu can be found through this link
http://www.geocities.com/lone_wolf_92001/Index.html

Louie
Rob Lovett
26-Jul-2004, 10:26 AM
This is an excellent resource, I dabble with this stuff myself from time to time :)

Regards
Rob
moe389
18-Aug-2004, 10:15 PM
Hey louie

thanks for the info on Irish cane fighting. Do you know of any schools or people that teach these forms of wma in southern california? I would realy like to see this stuff in action. :)
Louie
18-Aug-2004, 10:29 PM
Hey louie

thanks for the info on Irish cane fighting. Do you know of any schools or people that teach these forms of wma in southern california? I would realy like to see this stuff in action. :)

Cheers Moe

Plenty of people in the US involved in this particular style, why don't you post a practice partner/group request on their website.

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/bata/

Tell Ken, Martial Art Planet sent ya! :Angel:

Louie