'NOUVEAU-BARTITSU', my central project and upcoming course, is based on Bartitsu, Defense Dans La Rue and other fighting arts and self defence systems of the late 19th/early 20th Centuries.

As during that period, all of my tactics and methods are designed for avoiding, escaping, deterring, surviving or (last resort) FIGHTING against a ruthless, brutal and determined criminal assault.

Unfortunately, most reconstructions of Victorian fighting arts come across as something of a novelty or a joke, with period dress, a crude mimicry of 'genteel' or 'quaint' behaviour and a self-conscious sense of 'irony', that bears no relation to the horrific and life changing violence these systems were designed to combat.


My interest in these systems is far from academic, as I have used much of what I teach myself, to survive, dominate and WIN in environments most 'antagonistics' fans would rather pretend did not exist.

Taking the rich and complete skills and tactics from our original source material, I am constantly refining, testing and blending those elements of the 'base arts' (boxing, jujitsu, savate, wrestling, cane/umbrella and other improvised weapons) that are proven to work against people that are trying to hurt us; whether in the ring, on the mat or in our daily lives.


The only way we can improve our personal security, is by analysing, observing and changing our environments and our habits.

The only way we can improve our chances of surviving a committed and savage criminal assualt is by FIGHTING-
AND THE ONLY WAY ANYONE CAN EVER LEARN TO FIGHT IS............BY FIGHTING!


This is an uncomfortable truth and reality, that 99% of martial arts and 'self pretence' courses (as I call them!) are designed to AVOID.

They will teach you easy, straightforward, failsafe 'tricks', that apparently will- as if by magic- overcome a physically and mentally stronger opponent/s, who has likely learned and experienced violence and criminality their whole lives.


CRIMINAL ATTACKERS ARE NOT LIKE COMPLIANT, HELPFUL TRAINING PARTNERS, OR LUDICROUS STOOGES WHO FALL OVER AT THE SLIGHTEST OPPORTUNITY!

I know, because I spent many years immersed in a culture where extreme violence and predation were the norm.


I didn't survive that world because I'm superhuman (I'm not!),
or because I have some 'secret' that renders attackers helpless-
I SURVIVED BECAUSE I LEARNED TO BE SWITCHED ON, MENTALLY PREPARED, AND TO USE SIMPLE, BASIC, PROVEN SKILLS AND TACTICS, BACKED UP BY RUTHLESSNESS, RAPIDITY OF THOUGHT AND ACTION AND AN ANIMAL AGGRESSION FOUNDED ON A DESPERATE NEED TO SURVIVE...


These abilities and qualities can be learned and improved, by anyone who is sufficiently concerned about their wellbeing and safety, and that of their families, to invest the time, energy, thought and effort needed.


I offer no quick fixes or magic solutions; because there aren't any,
and if there were, do you not think that boxers, wrestlers, police, military AND THE CRIMINALS THEMSELVES WOULD HAVE FIGURED THEM OUT BY NOW, WITH ALL THE FIGHTING THEY DO???!!! ;)



99% of martial arts and 'self defence' instruction is rubbish, taught by people who have no extensive background actually FIGHTING AND SURVIVING IN UNFORGIVING ENVIRONMENTS.


My 'Nouveau-Bartitsu' system is part of that 1% that can actually drastically improve a person's chances of staying safe and being best prepared for the horrors that we see daily on the TV and in the papers, but that we HOPEFULLY will never have to face, on the street or in our family home.........


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FOR UPCOMING COURSES, PRIVATE CLASSES OR CONSULTANCY IN LONDON, CONTACT ME VIA FACEBOOK

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Modern-Antagonistics/1475307999457462?fref=ts

OR BY E-MAIL

modernantagonistics@yahoo.com

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