Bartitsu Session at Gallowglass Academy

Tonight was the second session with my Bartitsu student.

We reviewed our pugilism from last week including the left lead, the right rear punch and the upper cut. We then reviewed using your left lead arm to block an incoming right hand punch and then counter punching with your right fist. I then introduced the idea of using the inverted fist punch used as hook to strike at the temporomandibular joint (TMJ)

We then talked again about how you can get someone off balance by moving them into the empty triangle point in front of behind them. 

We then worked on making someone fall over backward from the collar and elbow/randori position both with and without blocking the leg. From there we worked on the back heel throw from pugilism. Once we had worked on that I introduced the cross buttock throw from pugilism also called the neck hip throw in jujutsu.

We finished the session by an introduction to Vigny's cane with the front guard and using cuts #1 and #2 and then falling into a two handed bayonet stance to add a thrust.