Think of bartitsu, the martial art used by Sherlock Holmes, and the first word that may pop into your mind is “discombobulate.” It’s not too far from the truth, actually—and the recent Robert Downey ...

Edward Barton-Wright was one of the first Europeans to study Ju-Jitsu in Japan. Back in London, he founded a club where he taught the upscale society in self-defense. He combined the most effective ...

It’s sundown at a small park in Burbank and I’m dressed in head-to-toe black, carrying a big stick and ready to street fight, Sherlock Holmes style. I’m not exactly a ninja—the closest I’ve been to ...

Walking into the Forteza Fitness club in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood is like strolling into a cultural time machine. On some days, the time machine takes us back to Victorian England, circa 1895 ...

Donnelly, 43, then straightened his waistcoat and the two men shook hands. The skirmish was a rare demonstration of Bartitsu, an obscure Victorian system of gentlemanly self-defence practised by ...

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