Gallowglass Academy, Inc.
March 6, 2010 -- Saturday, 10am-4pm
James Bowie and His Knife
Highland Community College WEST CAMPUS
Elizabeth, IL
Allen Reed, Instructor
Bartitsu! The Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes
with Allen Reed
In 1898, the New Art of Self Defence called Bartitsu was introduced to England by Edward William Barton-Wright. Bartitsu was a combination of savate, jiujitsu, pugilism, and walking stick fighting. Barton-Wright developed Bartitsu to defeat the fearsome street gangs of Edwardian London.
By combining Asian and European fighting styles, Bartitsu may well have been the first Mixed Martial Art. Conan Doyle had Sherlock Holmes use Bartitsu against Professor Moriarty, his mortal enemy, to throw him from the top of Reichenbach waterfall.
This class will provide a practical beginning in this historical system, as well as how to use it for modern self defense.
REQUIREMENTS: Participants should wear comfortable workout clothes, and should bring a sturdy walking stick, cane or 3/4"-1" diameter dowel rod of about 36" long. Gallowglass Academy requires groin protection for men, and recommends it for women.
A close combat weapon favored by both Indian warriors and White settlers of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Tomahawk represents the melding of European technology and weapon systems with the Native use of the war club.
REQUIREMENTS: Participants should wear comfortable workout clothes, and should bring a belt or heavy sash and a Tomahawk with sheath or a 1-lb ball-peen hammer with a 16-18" wooden handle.
Gallowglass Academy requires groin protection for men, and recommends it for women.