Tommy Moore: Bartitsu Lab, Boxing & Gutterfighting

Tommy Moore: Bartitsu Lab, Boxing & Gutterfighting

The home of historic and modern self defence and martial arts such as Defendu and Bartitsu techniques and self protection content. Brought to you by Tommy Moore from the Bartitsu Lab UK. If you have a question or would like to have a video requested or more detail just get in touch.

This channel looks at the arts of:

Bartitsu
Pugilism
Defendu / WW2 Combatives
Arts of W.E Fairbairn
52 Blocks
HEMA of the Unarmed Variety
Historic Weapons
Self defence
Combat psychology

I'm a martial arts coach, boxer, savateur and lifelong martial artist. I love combat sports, self defence, HEMA and everything in between. I'm always happy to help coach, collaborate and connect with others finding their own martial arts journey.

SAFETY NOTE: many videos will contain high level force techniques, use of weapons and other content. Please ensure you are familiar with the laws where you operate, and only apply such force as is necessary and reasonable in ensuring your safety.

Casanova Boxing Gloves Review

Casanova Boxing Gloves Review

The Check-Slap

The Check-Slap

Swiss Army Hands Drill

Swiss Army Hands Drill

Long forearm shots

Long forearm shots

Boxing Pedagogy

Boxing Pedagogy

Weapons of the S.O.E

Weapons of the S.O.E

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  • @IcyScythe
    @IcyScythe2 сағат бұрын

    Fantasic video, glad I found your channel

  • @14prescott
    @14prescott4 сағат бұрын

    So glad you mentioned Mike Tyson, master of movement!

  • @HO-bndk
    @HO-bndk4 сағат бұрын

    All of these techniques will be vital when you are in prison for 25 years for using your commando knife on someone. 😂

  • @nickmccarthy8783
    @nickmccarthy8783Күн бұрын

    Tommy, I have a question for you. Which parts of "All-in Fighting" are weird as f**k? I just flicked through the book again, and I think it is all good. What am I missing? This is a genuine question from a fellow Defendu teacher.

  • @TommyMooreww2combatives
    @TommyMooreww2combativesКүн бұрын

    So for me the weird ones include things like the Bronco kick (which is way riskier than just normally stomping someone out, has high risk of you falling over too etc), things like the prisoner capture grapevine (which doesn't really work etc) and a few of the more tenuous lock reversals and grip releases. The curriculum by the mid / closing stages of the war seemed to refine these down to a more practical core vs his Ju Jitsu heavy early periods

  • @nickmccarthy8783
    @nickmccarthy87838 сағат бұрын

    Thanks Tommy for your reply. I will give this some thought. Oh, I always thought of the bronco kick as being done when the opponent in unconscious to make sure he never gets up again, but I get your point. A stomp on the trachea would be easier and more certain. Cheers

  • @YuWonSool
    @YuWonSoolКүн бұрын

    Hi Mate, It was a really nice catch up when you were at Tesco. Awesome techniques and knowledge that helps for self defense, books, weapons , knifes and lot of stuff there... Congratulations for your KZread Channel. I'm a big fan

  • @nickmccarthy8783
    @nickmccarthy8783Күн бұрын

    Great vid Tommy. I think Defendu cannot actually be bettered. It is as simple as it is brutal. Mind you, I could be biassed as I teach Defendu! Not sure I agree with moving your head when a gun is pointed at it. It is twice as slow as moving the pistol with a sudden grab. We have tested this many times with a bb gun. The person holding the gun can never pull the trigger as the hand grab is just too fast. The main modification I have made, isn't to the Defendu per se, but when to use it. Also, when not to use it. Defendu is not for the average "anti-social" pub fight. I teach de-escalation for those situations. However, against predatory, targetted attackers, Defendu has no equal.

  • @wwiibuff9862
    @wwiibuff98623 күн бұрын

    This video is a bit misleading. It gives the false impression that all the items you show were official SOE issue, but they were not. Only three: the Sten; the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife; and the spike dagger, are confirmed to have been issued by S.O.E.

  • @TommyMooreww2combatives
    @TommyMooreww2combatives3 күн бұрын

    You can visit the imperial war museum's website and see SOE Issued: Knuckledusters Coshes / trunchons (sprung and unsprung) The British Army Jackknife is ubiquitous standard issue The 45 was part of weapons training at the STCs alongside the 1903 and 1908 (and many more besides) The thumb dagger is SOE The longer lapel dagger / spike is SOE And even where not SOE orientated you can clearly see items of this ilk in OSS, LRGD, The Auxiliary Units It's an informal video and a bit of fun to add context to what is mainly an unarmed channel

  • @wwiibuff9862
    @wwiibuff98623 күн бұрын

    ​@@TommyMooreww2combativesThank you for your response. The lapel and thumb daggers could possibly be SOE, but as far as I know there is no documented proof of that. The 1911 was trained on, but was too big and bulky to be carried covertly, plus .45 calibre ammunition was not readily available for it in occupied countries. Naturally any existing weapon could have been used by an SOE agent, but that does not mean it was officially issued by the organization. For example, SOE had their own purpose-made cosh available in the equipment catalog, and it was not any of the examples you show. Still a good video, but I think it is important to clarify that most of those items were not SOE "issued".

  • @rodvan-zeller6360
    @rodvan-zeller63603 күн бұрын

    My preferred "tool" is a regular walking cane.

  • @HO-bndk
    @HO-bndk3 күн бұрын

    This only works if your enemy is dressed as a Wehrmacht soldier or Luftwaffe paratrooper. 😂

  • @JacobJohn-rc4sx
    @JacobJohn-rc4sx3 күн бұрын

    I wish i could come to your gym

  • @JacobJohn-rc4sx
    @JacobJohn-rc4sx3 күн бұрын

    Damn, this video is incredible. Ww2 combatives are so good to study.

  • @andrewryan7583
    @andrewryan75833 күн бұрын

    Would have liked to actually see you given Bob one!👊

  • @thinkordie7292
    @thinkordie72923 күн бұрын

    There's nothing like the classics 🫡✌🏾

  • @andrewrodgers2180
    @andrewrodgers21803 күн бұрын

    Thank you Sir as always great points and things to remember and consider. Love your channel, very informative and interesting. Take care.

  • @alexfresel6198
    @alexfresel61985 күн бұрын

    For most of his life my father wore off the rack suits from Syms with a Timex ten dollar watch. For most of his life except maybe 10 years before retirement he wore off the rack suits. Actually I think he only wore tailored suits when he got a girlfriend. All in all he was the very definition of a gray man.

  • @alexfresel6198
    @alexfresel61985 күн бұрын

    My Uncle George was OSS working radar installations in the Pacific during the war. Later on he helped to leave pipelines from North Africa to Europe. Among the few possessions handed to my father was a scout style pocket knife. In later years my father who was probably also OSS and either an asset or an agent for the CIA used to carry around a little money clip nail cleaning kit with a very small, thin, but serviceable knife.

  • @OllinXiucoatl
    @OllinXiucoatl5 күн бұрын

    Again, awesome content and thanks for your hard work. Do you have more content on defense against multiple attackers or recommendations?

  • @gymnosophist7471
    @gymnosophist74715 күн бұрын

    Exactly the sort of thing I imagine an SOE operative doing. Also nice hat Maestro!

  • @TheSacredOrderOfKnightlyValor
    @TheSacredOrderOfKnightlyValor5 күн бұрын

    "No real tells in my clothes..." Just a snazzy time-traveler minding his own business.

  • @TheRealRomansThirteen
    @TheRealRomansThirteen5 күн бұрын

    In William Fairburn scientific self defense, he does sort of this front naked Choke by lifting the opponents arm can you demonstrate this on Bob one day? (front stranglehold) I'm still really confused by it.

  • @captainkiller35
    @captainkiller355 күн бұрын

    Always good stuff tommy

  • @deemushroomguy
    @deemushroomguy5 күн бұрын

    Couldn't a hefty book be employed by just about anyone in approximately the same manner?

  • @deemushroomguy
    @deemushroomguy5 күн бұрын

    This goes from potentially being discovered, as you're carrying a blatant weapon, still (the club). To: Oh, yeah! I guess I'm having a fun time wrapping my brain around fungal identification... (Those tomes can be hefty)

  • @ghostofthorntonwrench7289
    @ghostofthorntonwrench72895 күн бұрын

    Thank you Tommy Moore I love your knowledge.

  • @thomasbroadbent189
    @thomasbroadbent1895 күн бұрын

    Looking dapper. We need these skills and mindsets more today than ever. Old school is the best school! Most kids nowadays don't know how to use map @ compass either. You should do a book on the old survival @ tradecraft techniques from s.o.e and o.s.s

  • @therespectedlex9794
    @therespectedlex9794Күн бұрын

    And the fashion

  • @thereau2100
    @thereau21006 күн бұрын

    Good video. Nice hat. I like it.

  • @thinkordie7292
    @thinkordie72926 күн бұрын

    The ones that they don't see coming hurt them the most. Awesome work, sir 🎩

  • @user-gz1eq3xf2g
    @user-gz1eq3xf2g6 күн бұрын

    The old trick was carrying a knife in a paper bag with the handle wrapped in the top of the bag because it’s so easy to stab through the bag into the victim and it just normal carrying a paper bag

  • @RCD566
    @RCD5665 күн бұрын

    Another way, as apparently used in old Hong Kong, was to hide a slim dagger or spike in a folded newspaper. But it was used more for assassination by getting behind the target on a crowded street and taking the best opportunity to strike.

  • @therespectedlex9794
    @therespectedlex9794Күн бұрын

    Did they still charge people for murder back then? Or assault?

  • @RCD566
    @RCD566Күн бұрын

    @@therespectedlex9794 As it was an assassination technique, probably murder if they were caught. Apparently it was used by Tongs and associated gangs.

  • @TheRealRomansThirteen
    @TheRealRomansThirteen6 күн бұрын

    You remember the thuggie wrap from the shoulder. Take your baton hold it in the ice pick grip and try to do the same thing.

  • @junheceta268
    @junheceta2686 күн бұрын

    Artifice and vehemence are combat tools every bit as vital and effective as the chin jab, EOH blow and tiger claw. P.S. I love the pinstripe suit and the hat. Very dapper!

  • @junheceta268
    @junheceta2686 күн бұрын

    This is an excellent combination to use when accosted by a pair of assailants and it is clear that violence is imminent. As you clearly point out, the EOH blow is not only extremely versatile but can cause extreme damage; the collarbone is anatomically the easiest bone to break in the human body, and once broken the arm on that side is rendered completely useless. On the one hand it is sad that the EOH has largely fallen out of favor in combative circles (probably due to its use in a comedic context in films like the Austin Powers series). On the other hand it gives me an advantage because no one is likely to expect me to use it, making the preferred targets for an EOH that much more accessible. The mini-lecture at the start of this video on the 3 categories of WW2 Combatives training was a wonderful bonus.

  • @junheceta268
    @junheceta2686 күн бұрын

    A novel approach to target avoidance exercises. The idea is sound, and one that gives you accurate feedback. It follows the same logic as video recording yourself making a speech and playing it back to discover whether you speak too fast and have distracting mannerisms you need to eliminate. Splendid idea!

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn22236 күн бұрын

    0:10 - Pre emptive assault 0:30 - Responding to HAPV 1:05 - Sentry elimination 1:15 - Chop 2:20 - Against multiples 3:40 - Fences 4:40 - Double backhand chops 5:40 - Vertical chop 5:55 - Horizontal chop 6:00 - Double vertical chops & push 6:50 - Surprise attack 7:10 - Footwork 9:15 - Move your head 9:25 - Conclusion

  • @user-go2kw5lr2b
    @user-go2kw5lr2b6 күн бұрын

    Nice! Edge of hand to collar bone is such a devastating blow😊 broken collar bone is no joke.

  • @chiefslief1886
    @chiefslief18866 күн бұрын

    Oohh that Fairbairn fighting knife is so beautiful so elegant and yet so deadly❤🌹 P.S. I'm glad you British soldiers helped us Dutch People in ww2. Much love and thanks ❤

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn22236 күн бұрын

    0:20 - Club 0:55 - Hiding places(newspaper) 1:40 - Be aware of the element of surprise 2:40 - Defendu strikes 3:00 - Conclusion

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn22236 күн бұрын

    0:10 - The drill 0:20 - Keep your head moving 1:05 - Conclusion

  • @user-oq9cj4li5n
    @user-oq9cj4li5n6 күн бұрын

    Gracias jenio

  • @VTPSTTU
    @VTPSTTU6 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the video!

  • @VTPSTTU
    @VTPSTTU6 күн бұрын

    Thanks for an interesting idea. You'd need to establish some kind of distance requirement. If the one with the phone can get enough distance, keeping the other person's head in the frame is going to be easy.

  • @TommyMooreww2combatives
    @TommyMooreww2combatives6 күн бұрын

    Usually done in boxing / closer range - though for martial arts people may be easier to tie their belts together 🤙

  • @greek1237
    @greek12379 күн бұрын

    Guys like Jack Dempsey sure got away with tossing hooks and bombs in the 1920's gloves.