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Category Archives: Suffrajitsu
A “Suffragette Bartitsu Brawl” Video from Fight Rep
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 23rd June 2017 Fighting for the vote, the Suffragettes have planted an explosive device. As they attempt to make their escape, a husband sells out his wife’s cause to the special constables … Continue reading
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The Story of the Jujitsuffragettes, Courtesy of “Drunk History UK”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 17th July 2017 In these excerpts from a recent episode of “Drunk History UK”, inebriated comedienne Luisa Omielan attempts to relate the history of the jujitsu-trained suffragette Bodyguard team: Bonus points for … Continue reading
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Suffrajitsu Experience Day in London
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Monday, 24th July 2017 London’s Radical Tea Towel Company will be hosting a day-long Suffrajitsu Experience on Sept. 16, with a guided tour by historian Elizabeth Crawford, a lecture by Dr. Emelyne Godfrey and a … Continue reading
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Suffragette Self-Defence
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 17th August 2017 In this short scene from the 2015 movie Suffragette, newly militant Maude Watts (Carey Mulligan) receives her first lesson in jiujitsu from Edith Ellyn (Helena Bonham Carter). In real history, Edith Garrud served … Continue reading
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“Suffrajitsu: The Women Who Fought Back”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 24th August 2017 Congratulations to high school senior Erin Lowe, whose dramatic presentation Suffrajitsu: The Women Who Fought Back won the first prize in the Senior Individual Performance category during a recent National History … Continue reading
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The Redoubtable Toupie Lowther
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Sunday, 19th November 2017 Bartitsu has received an unusual shout-out in the new biography Toupie Lowther: Her Life, by English author Val Brown. Born to a wealthy, aristocratic family in 1874, May Lowther – … Continue reading
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“Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Jujitsu Suffragette”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 19th December 2012 The Weaver Hall Museum in Cheshire, U.K. will be hosting this event between 2.00 – 5.00 on Saturday, Jan. 26th. According to the organisers: In 1899 a young woman and her … Continue reading
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“Suffrajitsu” Back in the News as UK Celebrates 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 6th February 2018 February 6, 2108 marks the centennial anniversary of (limited) women’s suffrage in the UK. As numerous cultural and media organisations mark the anniversary, here are some current and upcoming … Continue reading
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Suffrajitsu at the Royal Armouries Museum
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 9th February 2018 Images from the upcoming “suffrajitsu” display (courtesy of Charlotte Graham Photography) at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, England, and their Edwardian-era antecedents:
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