Bartitsu - Historic Self-Defense with the Cane after Pierre Vigny

May 16, 2018

2h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

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 martial arts of his time: Canne Vigny, Boxing, Savate and Ju-Jitsu. Barton-Wright became such an early pioneer of mixed martial arts (MMA). He called his self-defense art Bartitsu . The stick fighting instructor at the Bartitsu Club was Pierre Vigny, who optimized the techniques of classic French stick fighting for self-defense.

Genres

History

Documentary

Production Companies

Dembach Mediaworks

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Cast

Instructor

Alexander Kiermayer

Instructor

Christoph Reinberger

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Bartitsu - Historic Self-Defense with the Cane after Pierre Vigny

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