Yesterday was the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. I thought it would then be interesting to translate a…
Very Perilous: A sword wounds compendium by the surgeon Ravaton
By Maxime Chouinard In the few years I spent as a medical museum curator, I was brought to read…
“Strong as an ox and quick as a cat”: Nina Lemon sword fights with a burglar
I recently found this article that I had stored away on my computer a few years ago and rediscovered the…
“Six Inches of Steel”: Bowie Knife Instruction by Louis Juan Ohnimus
As the Bartitsu.org website seems to be currently down, I have decided to republish here this article I had found…
French cutlass regulations – The work of Bouët-Willaumez
The first French cutlass regulation drill and its developper.
The sabre lesson of Messieurs Billès and Wachter
A translation of a very interesting lesson on sabre fencing published during the Second Empire.
Jafsie’s stick fencing: The first video evidence of Irish stick?
Rodney Bennett, our fervent video archivist from Victorian and Edwardian Martial Arts found an interesting video of a certain Dr.Condon…
Duffing rascals: What is La canne?
La canne, the fascinating French art of fighting with a walking stick. Let’s delve into it’s history.
What is the best sabre manual?
This is a question that comes back again and again. “I am interested in taking up sabre. What is the…
Let the sparks fly: How was the briquet used?
The briquet is an iconic blade of revolutionary France. Developed in 1767 to replace the longer grenadier sabres it was…
