The Sherlock Holmes School of Self Defence

The Manly Art of Bartitsu as used against Professor Moriarty

E.W. Barton-Wright

When Sherlock Holmes wrestled Professor Moriarty on the Reichenbach Falls, he was employing a system of self-defence that was popular in Victorian Britain. Learn how to defend yourself against an attacker with an overcoat, cane, or umbrella, with historic documents and illustrated instructions.

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Published: May, 2011

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E.W. Barton-Wright studied jiu jitsu and judo in Japan during the 1890s, and set up a school-at-arms in Britain called Bartitsu.

128 pages
h 178mm x w 110mm
harback
two colour throughout
13,000 words
Printed ISBN:978-1-907332-73-9

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