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Category Archives: Suffrajitsu
A New Honour for Jujitsuffragette Edith Garrud
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 27th April 2013 Jazzie B joined by, from left, Andrew Turton, Islington Council leader Catherine West and Martin Williams. Jujitsuffragette trainer Edith Garrud, music producer Jazzie B and health pioneer Florence Keen have been commemorated with a “portrait … Continue reading
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“Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons”: a Thrilling Tale of Suffragette Super-Heroines
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Tuesday, 14th May 2013 Coming in early 2015: Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons, a three-part graphic novel series to be set in the Foreworld universe. Taking place in the year 1914, the trilogy will chronicle the … Continue reading
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Indian Clubs in “Doctor Who”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 31st May 2013 The malicious minions of the evil Mrs. Gillyflower (Dame Diana Rigg) wield Indian clubs as weapons in this nicely-researched scene from the Doctor Who episode, The Crimson Horror. In reality, Indian clubs … Continue reading
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Edith Garrud’s Portrait Sculpture
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 1st June 2013 “Portrait sculptures” of Jujitsuffragette trainer Edith Garrud (above), along with health pioneer Florence Keen and music producer Jazzie B, have been installed outside London’s Finsbury Park bus and tube station.
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Flossie Le Mar, the “World’s Famous Ju-Jitsu Girl” (1913)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Thursday, 17th October 2013 Florence “Flossie” Le Mar was a pioneering advocate of jujitsu as feminist self defence. Flossie and her husband, professional wrestler and showman Joe Gardiner, toured vaudeville theatres throughout New Zealand … Continue reading
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Sneak Preview of “Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons” at the Jet City Comic Expo
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 2nd November 2013 Visitors to this weekend’s Jet City Comics exposition in Tacoma, WA will get a sneak peek at some of the artwork for Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons, the upcoming graphic novel trilogy written by … Continue reading
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Jujitsu, “the Newest Suffragette Terror”
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 22nd February 2014
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Suffrajitsu! (March, 1914)
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Saturday, 12th April 2014 (Iterations of the following article appeared in many newspapers during mid-late March of 1914.) It has come at last! The word for which the world has long waited, the … Continue reading
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Self-Defense for Suffragettes – Free Bartitsu Class and Exhibit of Suffragette Artifacts
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Wednesday, 16th April 2014 Have you always wanted to learn a martial art or be the kind of man or woman who is truly “kick-ass” but in a genteel and civilized way? The … Continue reading
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