Date: 27/1/05 05:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] akonken.livejournal.com
Dude!

You were clearly not paying attention to my outburst about how awesome umbrella-fu is.

Date: 27/1/05 05:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] akonken.livejournal.com
Oh, also, I had a Son of Ether character who knew Bartitsu at one point. It's a super rad fighting style.

Date: 27/1/05 06:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jholloway.livejournal.com
I am such a good influence on you.

I have an electronic copy of "the New Science of Self-Defense" around here somewhere...

Date: 27/1/05 05:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] corone.livejournal.com
Are you sure the two gentlemen in the pictures are not dancing? :-)

Date: 27/1/05 06:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serpentstar.livejournal.com
Very nice -- thanks for the link!

Grasso's work can also be found at http://www.gutterfighting.org/Main.html

There's a specific 19th century French martial art that focuses on the walking stick, it's called La Canne. Texts in it seem few and far between though.

Date: 27/1/05 06:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] renfield286.livejournal.com
Of course, a Gentleman would only use such a measure in the diarest of circumstances.

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