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Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes

""I have introduced a new art of self defence..." - E. W. Barton-Wright, 1899"

2011-03-28
4.2
en 54m
HistoryDocumentary
At the end of the Victorian era, E. W. Barton-Wright combined jiujitsu, kickboxing, and stick fighting into the "Gentlemanly Art of Self Defence" known as Bartitsu. After Barton-Wright's School of Arms mysteriously closed in 1902, Bartitsu was almost forgotten save for a famous, cryptic reference in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Empty House. Hosted by Tony Wolf and featuring interviews with Harry Cook, Emelyne Godfrey, Mark Donnelly, Graham Noble, Neal Stephenson and Will Thomas, Bartitsu: the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes relates the fascinating history, rediscovery and revival of Barton-Wright's pioneering mixed martial art.

Director

Tony Wolf

Director

Paolo Paparella

Camera Operator

Bobby C. Dodd

martial arts london, england victorian england

Status

Released

Budget

$20,000

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Broken Art