March 13 & 14 2010
Registration Closed
Thanks to Tony for a great seminar - We're looking forward to next time!
Bartitsu: The Original Mixed Martial Art!
A 19th Century Self-Defense System composed of
Japanese Jiujitsu, French Savate,
English Scientific Boxing and European Cane-Fighting
Tony Wolf has worked as a martial arts and self defence instructor, professional wrestler, stuntman and fight director/stunt co-ordinator. Between 1988 - 1994 he developed his original Wolf System of performance/combat exercises, which has been taught to actors, martial artists, stunt performers and stage combat specialists throughout the world.
Tony's fight direction and action design have been featured in over two hundred feature film, television, theatre, opera and ballet productions. In addition to his work as Fighting Styles Designer for Peter Jackson's “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, Wolf toured Japan in 2002, performing fights for the Washington National Opera's production of Otello, starring Plácido Domingo.
Tony regularly teaches a range of master-classes and seminars for martial arts associations, universities, stunt teams, acting academies and conferences throughout New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Canada and Europe.
He serves as the editor for the EJMAS: Journal of Manly Arts, a scholarly online journal focusing on the martial arts and combat sports of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. In 2005 Tony edited the first volume of the "Bartitsu Compendium" and in 2006 he edited a revised and expanded re-publication of A.C. Cunningham's 1912 manual, "The Cane as a Weapon". His other publications include the second volume of the "Bartitsu Compendium" and "Defensive Gymnastics" (2008), "A Terrific Combat!!! Theatrical Duels, Brawls and Battles, 1800-1920" and "Edith Garrud: the Suffragette who knew jujutsu" (2009) as well as numerous articles on martial arts history.
Tony is an Acknowledged Instructor with the Historical Maritime Combat Association, a member of Western Martial Arts Illustrated magazine's editorial board, a founding member of The Bartitsu Society and he serves on the advisory board of the Hegeler Carus Foundation. He is currently based in Chicago, USA.
Press
Fight choreographer and martial artist Tony Wolf, who served as Fighting Styles Designer for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, will make a tour of the Pacific Northwest in March of 2010 to teach a series of seminars on Bartitsu, the martial arts of Sherlock Holmes. Bartitsu, a real-life Victorian-era self-defense system, was employed by Holmes in the original novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and is showcased in the current theatrical release, "Sherlock Holmes."
The film’s star, Robert Downey Jr, describes the origins of the martial art: “Doyle called it baritsu in the novels, which is tied to a 19th-century hybrid of jujitsu that is actually called Bartitsu, created by Edward William Barton-Wright.”
Tony Wolf further explains, "Barton-Wright’s 'New Art of Self Defence' was a combination of savate (French kickboxing), jiujitsu, scientific boxing and walking-stick fighting, designed to beat the fearsome street gangs of Edwardian London and fin de siècle Paris at their own dastardly game. The perception at the time was that ladies and gentlemen were at increasing risk from street gangsters.'”
Wolf continues, "My colleague Richard Ryan, who was the fight choreographer for the new movie, is also something of a Bartitsu enthusiast."
Wolf’s seminars will be held in Seattle on March 6th and 7th, in Eugene Oregon at the Northwest Fencing Academy on March 13th and 14th, and at the Academia Duellatoria fencing school on March 20th and 21st. For more information about Bartitsu, see the Bartitsu Society online at