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Just dumping these notes somewhere to remind me to follow up on them along with the Pentathlon idea-
"In the Bartitsu Society we have the notion of "wild card" tournaments in which the rules per round would literally be chosen by fighters drawing cards;
clubs = stick fighting
spades = (kick) boxing
diamonds = jiujitsu (submission grappling)
hearts = "all in".
...the random element means that competitors will be rewarded for proficiency in every aspect of the game."
(Note to self: Add in pistol point-shooting and you have 5 events)
Interesting blog of a chap doing similar training-
http://bartlife.seattle-escrima.org/about/
In other news I am deciding which grappling club to join locally- the choice ranges from the very formal to the very rough-and-tumble - and working out how I can train in pugilism by myself to complete the skillset. Cane, fortunately, is relatively easy to maintain as a variant of my fencing training, personal studies and having access to Canne Italienne practitioners so this is the least concern.
"In the Bartitsu Society we have the notion of "wild card" tournaments in which the rules per round would literally be chosen by fighters drawing cards;
clubs = stick fighting
spades = (kick) boxing
diamonds = jiujitsu (submission grappling)
hearts = "all in".
...the random element means that competitors will be rewarded for proficiency in every aspect of the game."
(Note to self: Add in pistol point-shooting and you have 5 events)
Interesting blog of a chap doing similar training-
http://bartlife.seattle-escrima.org/about/
In other news I am deciding which grappling club to join locally- the choice ranges from the very formal to the very rough-and-tumble - and working out how I can train in pugilism by myself to complete the skillset. Cane, fortunately, is relatively easy to maintain as a variant of my fencing training, personal studies and having access to Canne Italienne practitioners so this is the least concern.