Sherlock Holmes: Baritsu Fighting

[GUSTAVnordwiking]

Baritsu style is dead?

[superam220]

its not baritsu or the proper name batitsu this if wing chun a form of kung fu bartitsu its a combination of "boxing, savate, judo, jujitsu, and la canne(stick fighting) although there was a law at the time that was active on the sea that you could not hit someone with a closed fist so sailors started hitting with the open fist or slaps so its not bad for the time

[pamexpame]

i thing is wing chun not bartitsu

[BWHAAFlixYT]

I really wanna learn this style of fighting.

[sacriel42]

the slapping is so that he doesnt break his fists, if you watch early mma where it was literally no gloves no rules, a lot of the successful strikes used open hand strikes, the rest of the punches are wingchun style where the first is vertical instead of horizontal, this helps with the alignment of the bones and muscles to reduce hand injury

[GregLilOluchi]

The fight between Sherlock and Moriarty in Game of Shadows is brilliant, how they both plan it in their heads first and then decide whether to do it or not lol

[roberto0709]

@GregLilOluchi I realise it's one of the thing makes more tedious movie.

[vaijones2002]

Slapping featured heavily in early forms of savate and self defence systems trained by sailors and other of the time. This is because the fist was considered a dangerous weapon and the legal consequences of a fight could be much worse! (source: an article on Savate I read somewhere!). Baritsu or Bartitsu integrated savate and Japanese Jujuitsu techniques as well as other fighting styles in to a cross training method of self defence, 70 years before Jeet June Do

[colddrake80]

What's with the slapping Holmes is doing? Anyone familiar with Bartitsu or the like?

[filipinoy456]

gentlemanly slap fighting

[IgaShinobis]

looks like jkd and wing chun to me

but ..Awesome fight scene!

[theOYRISHCLOVER]

Doyle called it Baritsu because he didn't want Holmes to use the specific style of Bartitsu. Robert Downey Jr. practiced Wing Chun and boxing for about 5 years prior to this film, so of course he uses more wing-chun technique. The director is a martial artist and I believe a black belt in BJJ. They know what they're doing. Bartitsu was an experimental style at the time and doesn't really exsist anymore. So all your corrections are right but not completely. Glad to help.

[J88Wolf]

Gotta find the song!!!!! O_O

[superam220]

bartitsu is pugilisum savate judo and jiujitsu not wing chun but i do admire the fact that they dint get it right they made him a martial artist no mater what they used

[childofreletivity]

Think about it , if a well trained martial artist (don't matter which martial art) walked into there today (went back in time) he would be a friggin millionaire :L

[High0nL1f3]

Bar -> Tits -> U = BarTitsU :D (Happy Face)

[theflyingmusician1]

@High0nL1f3 Oh mate, that made my day LOL :D

[negvich]

robert downey jr do wing chun, but if in the DVD showed lerning the art of baritsu, then the baritsu and wing chun are similar, i do wing chun, and i can see wing chun strike in the movie, but is ok for me

[jimmybloodyjimmy]

2:48 We've lost Gorgeous George.

[DarkTowerTube]

Another good scene from the movie. Thanks!

[madhorn1]

Guys you are stupid Arthur Coyle had only made up the name "baritsu" he never intended to get the name wrong and a reminder "baritsu" is not real martial art it is fiction so don't complain about how they operated it in the movie if it looks like another martial art, big deal!!!

[halfhalo33]

its true Sherlock Holmes did learn Bartitsu.

[juicespirit]

@halfhalo33 it's true , there was no Sherlock Holmes

[callowaymotorcompany]

Looks like light slaps to me :/

[MrCrapu]

the point of martial arts is to destroy the enemy's offensive stance.not necesary kill but make him unable to do you harm.while various martial arts have various forms,the result of years of training leads you to one thing:understand and use the fastest and shortest way to win a fight.as time passes,all martial arts will look the same:one man hiting another in the face with a fist.all forms will be forgoten and one thing remain: no form,no shape,just action,reaction,conclusion.

[halfhalo33]

@MrCrapu not true martial arts was created to actually kill your enemy

[halfhalo33]

@halfhalo33 i know that already

[Flashjackmak]

@MrCrapu exactly dude. look at aikido. it's a martial art where the whole point is to beat ur opponent without killing or even hurting them.

[yogitaoista]

Nice FMA (Filipino Martial Arts) Arnis-Kali-Eskrima demo. Mabuhay!!!!

[MobiusCoin]

I can see how someone would think this is Wing Chun but it isn't. The Bartitsu basic stance is kinda like Wing Chun's but the way the fists are held are slightly different.

[wh0reship]

2:50 "where did that come from" lol

[northmetalguy]

what is the song called?

[KenziiContagious]

dude this is mostly wing chun. especially the slow motion scene he"s demonstrating blocks and checks that come straight out of wing chun.

[allshallbelosttoyou]

@KenziiContagious very astute, jr himself is a wing chun user. however for the film he mixed chun with element of old school boxing. old school as in the way they held the gaurd.

[masterassassin17]

@dyingfoetus he probably did learn bartitsu for da movie, but in real life he practices wing chun, which is whats in the movie along with bartitsu.

[malaspuzvicalnakrpa]

never underestimate the devastating pover of bitch-slaps : )

[nicky666]

Wing chun?

[MrJohneblaze82]

Love the Irish music LMAO.

[egg899]

He might have done some bartitsu, but this is wing chun, Rober Downey Jr. is an enthusiast of this martial art, plus bartitsu is more grappling and take down oriented(Im not saying it is BS, it is good, one of the first MMA approaches)

[618brut]

Savate was intended for French sailors to legally brawl by using open handed slaps because using a closed fist was illegal. So in the '09 movie, you See Holmes standing in traditional pugilist fighting stance, but using elements of Savate AND Wing-Chung. Though the only ACTUAL submissions used are a Rear Naked Choke, (twice by Watson) and an arm bar by Holmes. Well I've said my long winded piece. So as the intertubes go, commence the drinking of the hatorade.

[618brut]

All of his trophy's are used to hold ashes and garbage. ANYWAY. Doyle, DID mistake the name, however, for the movie the fight choreographer has described it as "neo-wingchung" a combination of wing-chung and Brazilian jiujitsu. But according to the books its a mix of (that era's form) boxing, Bartitsu and french kickboxing known as Savate. 

[618brut]

Actually, you're all right in some respect. As great as the movie is, If you've read the books ( which I'd like to believe most of you fellows have) In "A Study in Scarlet" Watson makes mention of Holmes being an avid boxer, and significantly skilled in single stick (eskerima *spelling*) and fencing.

[ashtonsoulfire]

*Block feral left*

Made me chuckle

[DragongodZenos]

whats the name if the song in the background. or the type of music, i love it but cant find it anywhere

[joslock]

@DragongodZenos Rocky Road To Dublin by The Dubliners

[V8Interceptor100]

@joslock This saves me asking, I didn't want to embarrass myself by thinking it was some Pogues B-Side!

[matias4438]

eso es wing chun :D

[mickie825]

Lol 2:56 "where'd that come from?" XD

[mickie825]

damn. the man spun around at 1:00 lol

[petdog12]

this is fuckin amazin

[allsportsbandfan]

Edward Barton Wright should have consolidated and codified the various techniques that he learned so that Bartitsu could have stood on its own. Still he was a man a head of his time and the first to realize the value of both east and west fighting techniques.

[cupaniopsis1]

haha "where did that come form?"

[MrTerrificII]

Well, it is almost spelled "bar tits." That is quite comical.

[parlachinchilla]

its not wing chun but maybe this martial art or self defence call Baritsu or bartitsu have similar moves like wing chun kung fu

[egg899]

@parlachinchilla Dude, it is Wing chun

[kaindrg]

i love the song. Rocky to dublin :D

[brainDAMAG3D]

its barititsu TRUE but in the sherlock holmes books, he always calls it baritsu. It's just how he says it. Plus- baritsu sounds cooler (to me at least)

[lowcomedy]

Bartitsu is fucking brutal: Tae/Juijitsu/Judo/boxing/cane fighting and french savate.

Expect pain.

[ez45]

There is no Baritsu, it's called Bartitsu.

[lowcomedy]

@ez45 Prob the first mixed martial art, invented in the 1890's I believe.

[kaindrg]

@lowcomedy the term mma has been ruined by shity fad

[Hitmonchan107]

I learned a lot from this movie...

now the ghetto is safer to walk through. No thug can beat me.

[kevin0070]

Looks like jailhouse fighting to me, 52 blocks.

[kaindrg]

@kevin0070 they have their hands higher than holmes does

[capone1995]

"where did that come from?"

[garciagungfu]

@ MasterMacLeod, I know that barton never used WC or Kali, I'm aware that he used Vigney Canne, Savate, cumberland or folk wrestling, Jujitsu, and english boxing. He also studied historical fencing, and worked on radiation light technology.

[Semimaru]

@garciagungfu he certainly sounds like an interesting guy!

[garciagungfu]

True RushLimborg, I did find out about the whole baritsu, as opposed to bartitsu. I guess that creates enough semantics to use wing chun and bjj as opposed to what Barton originally used. lol

[stimmy92]

lol he said slap slap slap

[rapidspit]

it is baritsu but a lot of these strikes are very precise, very accurate and way too fast

[garciagungfu]

yea wing chun with some other stuff, the fight choreographer called it Neo Bartitsu which I guess is valid considering its context and mixed approach. I think they used, Wing Chun , Savate, and some Kali and old school boxing. Great cinematic fight scene, I really like the way its shot, I hope this is a current trend much better than the choppy stuff in the later Bourne movies.

my two cents

[MasterMacLeod]

@garciagungfu Barton Wright never learned WC nor Kali in his lifetime. Then again, he would have given the OK to using elements from them to enhance Bartitsu.

[RushLimborg]

Actually, Doyal used the term "baritsu". The current consensus is that it's a version of barTitsu, which uses elements of wing chun and other arts, combining them into a "gentleman" form of boxing.

[jaunasPirdzius]

dude its wing chun

[dyingfoetus]

@jaunasPirdzius An extra feature in the DVD showed robert downey jr. learning the art of baritsu. So i guess the DVD is mistaken.

[lowcomedy]

@dyingfoetus Doyle got the name wrong.

It's Bartitsu, not Bartisu.

[hairysuit]

@lowcomedy This comment thread is a Tit Zoo. Baaaaaaaaah

[holdonflixxen]

@dyingfoetus you are both right! robert downey jr. is also training wing chun

[Rysyphus]

@dyingfoetus The DVD isn't mistaken. He learned many techniques from Bartitsu and then combined them with Wing Chun and created a form of neo-bartitsu. This was the intent of the director so as to bring about a new look and feel to the fighting art of Sherlock Holmes.

[RobFlynn]

@dyingfoetus he might have been taught bartitsu for the purposes of the movie but this specific scene is clearly wing chun.

[dignasy]

@RobFlynn yes, bartitsu is a MMA after all so maybe it is wing chun

[tehbasil]

@dyingfoetus you wouldn't be mistaken, its simply that robert downey is a wing chun practitioner so he wound up using it, probably figuring that there arent enough people in the world who know what bartitsu is to be able to recognize it.

[childofreletivity]

@dyingfoetus Baritsu would be considered a form of mixed martial arts , so some of it might be wing chun

[childofreletivity]

@dyingfoetus This is mixed martial arts , it's easy to be mistaken. But never the less you're right this is bartitsu

[Zombie0194]

@jaunasPirdzius Dude have you ever even read the Sherlock Holmes books? They tell two interesting thing about Holmes....hes a coke addict and that he knows BARTITSU

[csquaredawesome]

@jaunasPirdzius Everybody wing chun tonight!

[juicespirit]

@csquaredawesome wing chun can't beat shit

[csquaredawesome]

@juicespirit ... Everybody have fun tonight?