The Sherlock Holmes School of Self-Defence: The manly art of Bartitsu as used against Professor Moriarty

When Sherlock Holmes wrestled Dr Moriarty on the Reichenbach Falls, he was employing a system of self-defence that was all the rage in Victorian Britain.  In an age when footpads and fogle-snatchers meant a man of breeding took his life in his hands when walking across town, a martial arts craze too hold that did not escape Conan-Doyle's keen eye for research.  Schools spri More »