Eskrima Kombat

Hailing from the Alpine village of St. Crois, wrestler Armand Cherpillod was the last full-time instructor to join the staff of the London Bartitsu Club.  It’s likely that he was initially approached because the then-current war of words between Bartitsu founder Edward Barton-Wright and the English wrestling establishment had reached a stalemate.  The wrestlers refused … Continue reading ““The Preliminaries of Jiu-Jitsu”: Armand Cherpillod on Atemi-Waza”