The Sherlock Holmes School of Self-Defence: The manly art of Bartitsu as used against Professor Moriarty
When Sherlock Holmes wrestled Dr Moriarty on the Reichenbach Falls, he  was employing a system of self-defence that was all the rage in  Victorian Britain.  In an age when footpads and fogle-snatchers meant a  man of breeding took his life in his hands when walking across town, a  martial arts craze too hold that did not escape Conan-Doyle's keen eye  for research.  Schools spring up all over London, chief among which was  E.W. Barton-Wright's "Bartitsu" method.The Sherlock Holmes  School of Self-Defence commemorates Barton-Wright's exploits and the  fighting techniques of the famous sleuth himself (though Conan-Doyle  mischievously spelled it Baristu).  Learn how to defend yourself with an  overcoat, cane, or umbrella, or even to wield your bicycle against an  attacker.  Wonderful illustrations based on original photographs  instruct the reader in skills that range from the sublime to the  elementary.