Simple Self-defence with the walking cane - Pierre Vigny ’s stick fighting of Bartitsu

This video covers the guard by distance which is a special kind of void to get hit. For that purepos it uses the rear guard of Bartitsu and invitations or baits to trigger a reaction of your opponent, just to land yourself an easy hit in tempo of his attack. Bartitsu was a martial art designed for self-defense by Barton Wright in Edwardian London. The Bartitsu Academy of martial arts and physical culture includes different fighting arts as pugilism or bare knuckle boxing, Savate, Jiu Jitsu and Pierre Vignys new method of la canne - fighting with the walking cane for Gentlemen. We will have a look at that topic from a HEMA point of view. Our historical fencing background gives us insides others may not have. At least protecting oneselfs with an cane or umbrella is even a topic today so it could be no bad idea to see what solutions the people of the past figured out for themselves. Bartitsu got also popular as Arthur Conan Doyle let his figure Sherlock Holmes use Baritsu at the Reichenbach falls