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Victorian

Sport and Defence in the Industrial Revolution

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The Victorian Gentleman's
Guide to Self Defence
 

We can provide a 30 minute talk featuring the etiquette the self defence methods taught to

the Victorian upperclasses in the late 19th century

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This talk and demonstration will cover a multitude of points regarding unarmed combat, how to fight with your everyday possessions and a spectacular moral panic and the bizarre self defence tools it created.

 

Examples of these are below:

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  • How does one fight with a top hat?.

  • Crazy Victorian gun laws

  • The complex martial art that is Bartitsu

  • Defend yourself with you handkerchief and jacket

Sting Like a Bee
Victorian Bare Knuckle Prize Fighting

Let's get ready to rumble as we provide a 30 minute live demonstration, including commentary and talk, of the history and evolution of boxing from the almost lawless Georgian era through to the Marquis of Queensbury rules we see today.

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This display features a number of fights with an explanation of the differences between then and now, and the dispelling of many myths about the barbarity of such sport.

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This talk and demonstration includes an opprtunity to witness this first hand and covers such details as:

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  • The invention of the 'bob and weave'

  • The bizarre legal moves

  • What a real champion prize fighter looks like

  • The longest ever boxing match

  • Did gloves make things safer?

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