Category Archives: Hooliganism
“Lady Versus Hooligan” (The Royal Magazine, December 1903)
To celebrate the revival of the Bartitsu Society website, here’s a newly-discovered and unusually thorough article demonstrating some of Madame Marguerite Vigny’s umbrella self-defence system. Mme. Vigny’s style was adapted from her husband Pierre’s method, which addressed the use of … Continue reading
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M. Vigny’s School of Self Defence (Daily News, 27 May, 1904)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 30th May 2012 “All good citizens will rejoice to learn that a new and efficacious method of abolishing those pests of the streets known as Hooligans Has been discovered and put into … Continue reading
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“Waylaid by a Ruffian!”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 19th August 2012 A cautionary tale of urban maleficence. Don’t let this happen to you! Ladies and gentlemen alike are invited to arm themselves against the tide of ruffianism by attending the … Continue reading
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“Dodger” Takes on the Ne’er-Do-Wells of Dickensian London
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 1st October 2012 Slightly pre-Bartitsu, but the alert and imaginative viewer may perceive echoes of Sherlock Holmes-style fight choreography in this excellent video trailer for Terry Pratchett’s new novel, Dodger.
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“Hurricane Fighting”: the Hooligans of London, Circa 1900
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 9th January 2013 An excerpt from The hooligan nights : being the life and opinions of a young and unrepentant criminal by Clarence Rook (1901): The average Hooligan is not an ignorant, hulking ruffian, … Continue reading
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M. Vigny’s School of Self Defence (1904)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 11th January 2013 From the Daily News, May 27, 1904: All good citizens will rejoice to learn that a new and efficacious method of abolishing those pests of the streets known as Hooligans … Continue reading
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“Footpads of Paris: How French Thugs Ply Their Thieving Trade” (1894)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 8th February 2016 The following catalogue of ingeniously non-lethal “mugging tricks” perfected by the Parisian “Apache” street gangsters is excerpted and translated from Le Bas du Pavé Parisien by Guy Tomel (1894). At the … Continue reading
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