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The Week In Review At TheMartialArtsReporter.com 

“Time keeps on moving into the future.”

But that shouldn’t stop us from having a look at this past Week In Review. Enjoy!

This has to be my personal favorite technique ever.  Don’t miss “Back To Basics: Karate Middle Punch (Chudan Zuki)“

“Chewing on” an injury myself, I thought you might benefit from “Should Injured Martial Artists Still Work Out?”

At times underrated and underestimated “Judo: No Kicking And Punching, But It Can Still Hurt Like Hell!“

Do you know who ‘The Greatest Sports Figure Of The State of Iowa’ Is? Dan Gable, Olympic Wrestling Icon From The U.S. American Heartland

Yeah, it’s that time of the year again: “Jack Bauer/Kiefer Sutherland Of “24″ And The Art Of Fighting“

Congratulations To Fellow Martial Artist, Robert Downey Jr.! Wing Chun Practitioner Wins A Golden Globe Award for Sherlock Holmes!

Take it from the Little Dragon, Bruce Lee And The Power Of Goal Setting

Enjoy your Sunday!

I’ll be back here tomorrow. You, too?

Technorati Tags: "24", Bart Scovill, Bruce Lee, Dan Gable, fighting, goal setting, Ian Thorpe, injuries, Jack Bauer, jigoro kano, JKD, Jr., judo, kicking, Kiefer Sutherland, Lance Armstrong, martial artists, Martial Arts, Napoleon Hill, punching, Robert Downey, SHerlock Holmes, Shotokan Karate, submission fighting, training, Wing Chun Kung Fu, workout, wrestling

Tags: "24", Bart Scovill, Bruce Lee, Dan Gable, fighting, goal setting, Ian Thorpe, injuries, Jack Bauer, jigoro kano, JKD, Jr., judo, kicking, Kiefer Sutherland, Lance Armstrong, martial artists, Martial Arts, Napoleon Hill, punching, Robert Downey, SHerlock Holmes, Shotokan Karate, submission fighting, training, Wing Chun Kung Fu, workout, wrestling

Bartitsu, The Fighting Style Of Detective Sherlock Holmes

The latest blockbuster movie starring Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law as his trusted asstistant, Dr. Watson, puts some serious martial art skills on display.

People have been asking me what style it actually represents and I must admit I had to do some research which has been a lot of fun.

Here is what I found out:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author and the creator of the literary figure, better known as Sherlock Holmes, referred to his main character’s fighting style as ‘Baritsu’, which turns out is just missing one letter to be entirely correct.

The martial art is called ‘Bartitsu’ and was named by E.W. Barton-Wright.

Barton-Wright had lived in Japan in the late 19th century and studied Jiu-Jitsu, among others with Jigoro Kano, the founder of Judo.

Returning to his native London, he conferred with several martial arts experts in boxing, Savate, walking-stick fighting and Jiu-Jitsu, to create his own system which would incorporate several aspects of a ‘Gentlemanly Art of Self Defence’.

Bartitsu became very popular in the very early 20th century, not only among men, but among women, who also very effectively used their umbrellas to defend themselves against big city London thieves and criminals.

Unfortunately, there was a falling out between Barton-Wright and his Japanese star student/instructor and his successful Bartitsu self -defense system along with school literally vanished overnight.

The Bartitsu Society that is reviving this century-old self-defense system provided the following video documentary. Enjoy!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tC5O7HV_KY[/youtube]

Technorati Tags: Boxing, E.W. Barton-Wright, fighting Jiu-Jitsu, Judo Jigaro Kano, Robert Downey Jr, savate, Self defense, SHerlock Holmes

Tags: Boxing, E.W. Barton-Wright, fighting Jiu-Jitsu, Judo Jigaro Kano, Robert Downey Jr, savate, Self defense, SHerlock Holmes