When confronted by a brute in the more insalubrious environs of our great cities, a gentleman should be equipped with the means & the knowledge to defend himself. Practiced by celebrated British detective Sherlock Holmes, the martial art of Bartitsu can be exceedingly effective in the hands of a quick & confident exponent. Find herewith such techniques as:- how to eject a troublesome man from a room- how to overcome a ruffian who attacks you with a knife- how to repel an assailant who positions himself in the path of your bicycle- how to disable a boxer who attempts to rush you when you are armed with only a stick E.W. Barton-Wright (1860-1951) studied jiu-jitsu & judo in Japan during the 1890s & went on to set up a school in England teaching a hybrid form of oriental & European self-defence he called Bartitsu.