Jiujitsuffragettes!

  • Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 30th October 2009

Some scenes from the upcoming Bartitsu documentary, scheduled for release in early 2010. These shots are from a re-enactment of a Jiujitsuffragette “Bodyguard” training session circa 1913.

The Jiujitsuffragettes
The Jiujitsuffragettes in full period costume.

Bodyguards swinging Indian clubs, which were used both in exercise training and as weapons of self defence.
Bodyguards swinging Indian clubs, which were used both as exercise training and as weapons of self defence.

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