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Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes (2011) [NR]

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Featuring:
Mark Donnelly, Emelyne Godfrey, Kevin Inouye

Written by:
Tony Wolf

Directed by:
Paolo Paparella, Tony Wolf

Release Date:
March 28, 2011

Original Title:
Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes

Genres:
Documentary | History

Production Companies:
Broken Art

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR

Runtime: 54

"I have introduced a new art of self defence..." - E. W. Barton-Wright, 1899

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Overview from Open Movies

A documentary detailing the history, rediscovery and modern revival of Bartitsu, a martial art founded in Victorian London and almost forgotten throughout the 20th century except for a cryptic reference in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Adventure of the Empty House".

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Performers

Neal Stephenson
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Tony Wolf
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Production

Camera Operator:
Bobby C. Dodd

Director:
Paolo Paparella
Tony Wolf

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