Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes

2011 • 0h54m History, Documentary

Rating

4.2/10

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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, Graham Noble, Neal Stephenson and Will Thomas, Bartitsu: the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes relates the fascinating history, rediscovery and revival of Barton-Wright's pioneering mixed martial art.

Details

Director

Tony Wolf

Paolo Paparella

Cast

Neal Stephenson

Tony Wolf

Release date

3/28/2011

Status

Released

Budget

$20,000

Origin country

US

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2