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Last of the Jujitsuffragettes (June 19th, 1965)
Edith Garrud, former trainer of the English Suffragette movement’s Bodyguard Society, demonstrates a jujitsu wrist-lock on journalist Godfrey Winn during an interview for Woman Magazine. The interview...
View ArticleCLANG: crowdfunding an authentic historical swordfighting video game (with...
The Subutai Corporation has launched a Kickstarter campaign towards the production of CLANG, a revolutionary hand to hand combat video game. Clang is one aspect of the Foreworld project, an epic...
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Jujitsuffragettes back in the news
UK Guardian reporter Rachel Williams’ article about Edith Garrud is now online here: Edith Garrud – a public vote for the suffragette who taught martial arts.
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The Amazons of Edwardian London; martial arts-trained Suffragette Bodyguards
About the author: Tony Wolf is the author of the book Edith Garrud: the Suffragette who knew jujutsu. He is currently developing a work of multimedia fiction inspired by the Suffragette Bodyguard...
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Click here to donate towards Theatre Unbound’s world premiere production of The Good Fight – bringing the story of the jujitsu-trained Suffragette bodyguard society to the stage in St. Paul, Minnesota.
View ArticleJujitsuffragette interview on BBC World Service radio show
Click here to listen to Tony Wolf’s interview about the Jujitsuffragette Bodyguards with reporter Julian Bedford for the BBC World Service.
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Jujitsuffragettes featured in BBC History Magazine
Self defence historian Emelyne Godfrey‘s article on the jujitsu training of the British Suffragettes is now available in the December issue of BBC History Magazine. You can also listen to Emy’s...
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“Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society: From...
The topic of women and danger has long fascinated historians. Emelyne Godfrey’s new book, available now from Palgrave Macmillan, innovatively situates both well-known and more obscure themes within...
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An interview with Emelyne Godfrey
Emelyne Godfrey is the author of the books Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and its newly published sister volume, Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature...
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