Suffrajitsu at the Royal Armouries Museum

Posted on December 20, 2020 by BartitsuSociety

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:

A street-fighting suffragette executes a kote gaeshi wristlock against a police constable.

Bodyguard trainer Edith Garrud demonstrates a kote gaeshi lock and takedown.

The suffragette Bodyguards were often armed with concealed Indian clubs.

Indian clubs are prominent in this photograph taken during a suffragettes vs. police brawl near Buckingham Palace, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War.

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