Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes

Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes 2011 Released

Directed by Paolo Paparella, Tony Wolf

History, Documentary · 54 min

 

Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes 2011 Released

Directed by Paolo Paparella, Tony Wolf

History, Documentary · 54 min

 

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

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,... see more

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

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,... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Mar 28, 2011
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
BUDGET
$20,000
REVENUE
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