The Manly Art of Bartitsu

Description

What more practical guide to self defence for gentlemen could there be than the one used by Sherlock Holmes? The martial art of Bartitsu was devised in the late 1890s by Englishman Edward Barton-Wright, who had travelled in the Orient and studied various martial arts, including jiu-jitsu in Japan, which he amalgamated with boxing, wrestling, stick-fighting and French kick-boxing to create his own martial art with a practical application to the urban gentleman. Thus most of the techniques use either a walking cane, umbrella or overcoat as weapons, and Bartitsu guarantees victory over even the toughest assailant. Holmes himself used Bartitsu to tackle Professor Moriarty in The Final Problem. This is the hardback edition published in 2011 by Ivy Press, and is in mint condition.