By Kendall, on September 23rd, 2011 
Weekend reading links for 23 September 2011, including: sushi etiquette, cultural insights from 5 million books, Bartitsu demonstration, and great science discoveries.
Culturomics: What We Learned from 5 Million Books: Great TED talk on some cultural insights from digitizing and processing 5 million books as n-grams. Bartitsu and Suffrajitsu Demonstrations: Martial Arts demonstrations at the Western Martial Arts Workshop 2011 in London. Bartitsu is the martial art of Sherlock Holmes and Suffrajitsu is the . . . → Read More: Weekend links 23 September 2011
By Kendall, on October 8th, 2010 
Last night when I pulled into my driveway it was dark out, but I could dimly see by the light of the stars and moon. So I was startled when I thought I saw someone’s brain in the middle of my driveway.
After a brief investigation, with the reassurance of this morning’s light, I’m not sure if I should be happy at discovering the object was not, after all, someone’s brain in my driveway, . . . → Read More: A brain in my driveway and weekend reading links: October 8, 2010
By Kendall, on December 30th, 2009 
Here’s a preview of an upcoming documentary on Bartitsu, the art highlighted by Sherlock Holmes and one of the first mixed martial arts:
This documentary is sponsored by Tony Wolf and the Bartitsu Society, and includes lots of great footage, including the earliest footage of jujutsu.
Bartitsu was one of the first martial arts to combine Asian and Western fighting styles (70 years before Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do) and predated modern MMA fighting . . . → Read More: Preview of new documentary: “Bartitsu: the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes”
By Kendall, on July 6th, 2009 
In an earlier post I mentioned movie footage of jujutsu moves from a Bartitsu instructor, perhaps some of the earliest motion picture footage of jujutsu in the world.
Tony Wolf of the Bartitsu Society has created a very nice video of several of Sadakazu Uyenishi’s jujutsu moves from the book Textbook of Ju-jutsu, showing movie footage from actual techniques.
culture, defense, fitness, martial arts Related Posts:Earliest Jujutsu Movie Footage?Weekend links 23 September 2011Tuesday . . . → Read More: Bartitsu Society – Earliest Jujutsu Motion Picture Footage
By Kendall, on July 2nd, 2009 
Tony Wolf just posted about an animated gif someone made of Sadakazu Uyenishi, who taught jujutsu in E. Barton-Wright’s Bartitsu Club in London around 1900.
The clip shows the seoi-nage shoulder throw technique, and may represent the earliest motion picture footage of jujutsu and Bartitsu, a martial art I wrote about earlier.
I think it is neat that Bartitsu is the art that captures that honor.
martial arts Related Posts:Bartitsu Society – Earliest . . . → Read More: Earliest Jujutsu Movie Footage?
By Kendall, on June 21st, 2009 
Sherlock Holmes.
Remember him?
If you will recall, he was quite skilled at thinking his way through problems. But he was also no couch potato — in fact, he was quite skilled in the martial arts, and these skills aided him in his adventures. In specific, he was skilled at the art called Bartitsu, and this was mentioned in The Adventure of the Empty House.
Developed by Edward William Barton-Wright in England in the . . . → Read More: Like Sherlock Holmes? Learn Bartitsu
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