Can a repulsion motor be connected like a series or shunt DC motor?
in a repulsion motor the rotor has switched electric circuits, but only gets current by induction from the field winding.
it's not going to work as a DC motor as all the armature current comes by induction.
it may be possible to re-wire the motor as a series or shunt DC motor, you would need to isolate the brushes, as in the original the brushes are all grounded.
The motor in the video has a centrifugal switch bank that shorts out the rotor. that would need to be removed for DC operation.