James
Business change consultant, Bartitsu & self protection instructor, productivity geek.

April 2012

Admission: A share of the punt hire (around £20) plus you'll need to budget for food and booze

The annual Oxford punting trip is one of the oldest Sheridan traditions, and usually occurs on the Saturday closest to St George's Day.

Folk generally gather in the Turf Tavern from around 11am and aim to hit the Magdalen Bridge Boathouse at...
NSC Annual Punt, Picnic and Plunge

Turf Tavern · Saturday, April 21, 2012, 10:30am-11:30pm
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July 2012

On the 19th of July, make a loyal update and show your love of our Imperium and our Emperor!

It can be anything, from thoughts for the day to inspirational quotes.

Let the heretics, mutants, witches, xenos, traitors, daemons and all other scum hear us and fear!
The Imperial Cult Status Day

The Imperium of Mankind · Thursday, July 19, 2012, 12-3:00am
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August 2012

These are the provisional dates for FightCamp 2012. More information will follow.

www.fightcamp.co.uk
FightCamp 2012

The Grange, near Kenilworth. · August 17-19, 2012
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Way in the Future

Using their trusty DeLorean time machine, Doc Brown, Marty McFly and Jennifer Parker arrive in Hill Valley in 2015 on October 21st at 4:29 pm to save Marty McFly Jr. from being set up for a crime by Griff Tannen.

This is not the only notable event of this day:

* The Chicago Cubs win the World Series later this evening in a match against Miami.
*...
Doc Brown, Marty McFly, and Jennifer Parker arrive from 1985

Hill Valley · Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 4:25-4:30pm
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Been there, done that

Last Year

There’s a mole. Right at the heart of the Sheridan. They’ve been there for years, feeding information to the enemies of the Club and Chappism so we’re holding a mole hunt on this date to flush them out.

Dapper spies and debonair double agents, James Bond, George Smiley, Mata Hari, Anthony Blunt, the Scarlet Pimpernel – we need agents of...
The NSC Christmas Party - Tinker, Tailor, Dandy, Spy

The Punch Tavern · Saturday, December 10, 2011, 7pm-12:00am
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A day of defensive tactics, including, Bartitsu, the lost martial art of Sherlock Holmes, Stewart McGill, founder of Urban Krav Maga and Kapap England instructors.
Come and have a go at a Victorian Martial Art, the fighting styles of Bourne and Bond and much much more.
The day is in aid of Christopher's Smile, a charity in aid of childrens...
Charity Event

The Warren · Saturday, December 10, 2011, 11am-6:00pm
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Bringing together leading thinkers from the fields of ubiquitous computing, interface design, gaming and mobile to explore the challenges of designing for tomorrow.
dConstruct 2011

Brighton · Friday, September 2, 2011
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http://www.fightcamp.co.uk

We are currently organising FightCamp 2011. This is a place-holder for your diaries - more details will go up when possible.

For those that haven't been before - this is the unique 3 day event combining martial arts classes covering all sorts of weapons and time periods, on-site camping, eating and drinking...
FightCamp 2011

The Grange · August 19-21, 2011
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*PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR SITE AND BUY THE OFFICIAL OPERATION RIOT TEA WITH 100% PROFITS GOING TO HELP CLEAN UP THE RIOTS*

http://www.operationcupoftea.com/

I Made this page to show that we dont need to riot, now the riots have stopped this page is here to show a community that wants to give something back, please take a second to post a picture of...
Anti-Riot • Operation Cup Of Tea

In Your Own Home · August 15-31, 2011
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Bartitsu session

Rucstall Community Centre · Sunday, July 24, 2011, 2-3:30pm
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Jake will be christened at the end of the morning service on 10th July. All welcome - beds (tents!) available for travelers - and hopefully off to the pub after the christening! Oz's birthday bbq is the day before so should be a busy weekend!
Jake's Christening

St Luke's Church, Headley Road, Grayshott, Surrey, GU26 6LF · Sunday, July 10, 2011, 10:30-11:30am
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Further explorations into canonical (and not-so-canonical) Bartitsu with James Marwood and Michael Noel Jones.
Bartitsu Irregulars' semi-regular session

Rucstall Community Centre · Sunday, June 19, 2011, 1:30-3:00pm
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More groundwork on striking, canonical jujitsu, and canonical/Vigny cane.
Irregulated Basingstoke Bartitsu

Rucstall Community Centre · Sunday, June 12, 2011, 1:30-3:00pm
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Book now at www.hemastuff.com!

One of the proudest names in martial arts. James Figg.

For those not in know Figg was an expert swordsman, stick-fighter and pugilist. He is widely considered the first heavy-weight boxing champion - at a time when bouts were fought without gloves and much in the way of rules. In the early 18th century Figg fought...
Fight Like Figg!

Lifestyle Fitness Lightwater · Sunday, May 29, 2011, 10am-4:30pm
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More of the Bartitsu canon.
More Irregular Bartitsu in Basingstoke!

Rucstall Community Centre · Sunday, May 22, 2011, 1:30-3:00pm
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When everyone is gone and god's not looking, we need to pick up some sweet stereo equipment and maybe some new furniture for the mansion we're going to squat in.
Post-Rapture Looting

Everywhere · Saturday, May 21, 2011, 12pm-3:00pm
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More Bartitsu - if anyone has anything specific they'd like to go over or go back over, say so. Otherwise I'll let James do whatever he wants...and I might even get my act together and go over some of the jujutsu-based techniques!
Bartitsu study session

Rucstall Community Centre · Sunday, May 1, 2011, 1:30-3:00pm
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Bartitsu, the original European Mixed Martial Art, the Victorian Jeet Kune Do...

"At the end of the Victorian era, E.W. Barton-Wright founded Bartitsu as a pioneering “mixed martial art” combining jiujitsu, kickboxing and self defence with a walking stick. It was also the means by which Sherlock Holmes was said to have defeated his...
Bartitsu study session

Rucstall Community Centre, 3 Holbein Close, Black Dam, Basingstoke RG21 3EX · Sunday, April 17, 2011, 1:30-3:00pm
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Way in the Past

From: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/gigs-contemporary/tickets/five-go-jiving-55606

For Christmas Eve, Five Go Jiving return to Royal Festival Hall with a glittering line-up and their usual heady brew of swing, jumping jive and caustic humour. As band leader John Bayley says, 'Whether you're dancing or listening, this gig is...
Five Go Jiving at the South Bank Centre - Free!

Clore Ballroom, South Bank Centre · Friday, December 24, 2010, 1-4:00pm
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We weren’t going to do a Candlelight Club event in December but everyone had so much fun at the last two we decided we couldn’t resist squeezing in a Christmas Special to help you see the old year out with a bang.

The Candlelight Club is a pop-up cocktail bar with a 1920s speakeasy theme, in a secret tucked-away den lit entirely by candles....
Christmas by Candlelight

A secret central London location… · Saturday, December 18, 2010, 7:30pm-12:00am
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Swing at Sway
Hosted by the London Swing Dance Society

Thursday 21st October

with Mr Kicks plus friends

Music for Charleston, Shag, Balboa, Lindy, Foxtrot and Blues!

Dance 7.30pm -1am

Partnered Charleston dance class 7.45-8.30pm

Admission: £8/7 (without band) £11/10 band nights.

Venue: Sway Bar 61-65 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5BZ
Swing at Sway

Sway Bar · October 21-22, 2010, 7:30pm-1:00am
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It's a theatre show with a difference!
Join Simon and the cast of Journey Through Jazz for:

A love story set in the Savoy ballroom in the 1930s

A celebration of authentic jazz dance styles from the 1910s to the 1960s including comedic Cakewalk, cheeky Charleston, flying Lindy Hop & cool Rock n Roll.

A clutch of taster classes in:...
Journey Through Jazz

Arts Depot, Finchley · Saturday, October 16, 2010, 8-10:00pm
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OPEN TO NON STUDENTS TOO!

Enjoy the extraordinary flowering of the arts and culture, freedom and jazz that was 1920s Berlin!

The University of London Union proudly presents with massive delight our first ever Vintage night: Wunderbar Weimar!

With music, games, dancing, clothes stalls and much much more.

With Maria Trevis, a Weimar Cabaret...
Wunderbar Weimar Vintage Party at ULU

ULU, Mallet St, London, WC1E 7HY · October 9-10, 2010, 7pm-2:00am
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If you've ever wondered about our Facebook group's photo, it's a photo of us dancing at the Tate Modern for the Thames Festival a few years ago.

And guess what, the swinging stage is this year located back at the Tate Modern.

The Festival runs for two days, and features the best bands and DJs, and a few dance lessons from the likes...
The Mayor's Thames Festival - Lady Luck Jive Stage (Sunday)

Tate Modern Concourse, South Bank · Sunday, September 12, 2010, 12pm-10:00pm
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FightCamp 2010 will again be held at The Grange, again over 3 days - from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 August 2010.

http://www.fightcamp.co.uk

Following up on the success of FightCamp 2009, this year we will have 25 instructors, 4 tournaments and a top-notch team of traders.

FightCamp is one of the biggest HEMA events in Europe, and attracts people...
FightCamp 2010

The Grange, near Coventry, UK · August 13-15, 2010
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Evernote Meetup

Public area of the 5th floor, Royal Festival Hall, London · Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 7:30pm
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Cultural & Physiological aspects of the religious and superstitious experience.

When do the dead chew in their graves?
Why do vampires strike in autumn?
Why do ghosts live in electric clocks?

As we move into Spring we are delighted to be hosting Deborah Hyde who has been writing about the folklore of the macabre for eighteen years. Her book,...
Winchester SitP: Demons & Nightmares

Roebuck Inn, WInchester · Thursday, April 1, 2010, 7:30-10:30pm
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Teaching Modern Bartitsu

Farnborough Leisure Centre · Sunday, March 21, 2010, 3:00pm
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