Some say 3D anime action isnt dynamic. Then there’s Kengan Ashura, There’s a reason this series has gained such a dedicated following for its brutal and kinetic fights — the manga it faithfully adapts was written by Yabako Sandrovich, a real-deal martial artist. Like the late, great Sonny Chiba performing karate in a 70s Toei …
Pierre Vigny and Edward Barton-Wright demonstrate walking stick combat. ,The Bartitsu Society, It’s sundown at a small park in Burbank and I’m dressed in head-to-toe black, carrying a big stick and ready to street fight, Sherlock Holmes style. I’m not exactly a ninja—the closest I’ve been to hand-to-hand combat was fighting over the last cupcake …
Seattle devotees study what is known as Bartitsu, gathering twice weekly to practice it and other forms of Victorian “antagonistics.” BACK IN 2010, when Seattle writer/playwright/director John Longenbaugh was researching for his play-in-progress, “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol,” he came across a curious passage in “Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of …
