Documentary preview: “Bartitsu - the Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes“

The 2009 preview trailer for a new documentary exploring the cultural history, rediscovery and modern revival of E.W. Barton-Wright’s “New Art of Self Defence“. The new 2011 preview trailer is available at and you can visit the Freelance Academy press website to learn more about the documentary. Founded in London in 1899, Bartitsu was an early example of a mixed martial art, combining boxing, jiujitsu, savate and self defence with a walking stick. After a brief h