Suffrajitsu

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Tiukkaa vääntöä naisten oikeuksien puolesta: 'Suffrajitsu': How the suffragettes fought back using martial arts[/linkki]

'Suffrajitsu': How the suffragettes fought back using martial arts
By Justin Parkinson & Camila Ruz
BBC News Magazine

The film Suffragette, which is due for release, portrays the struggle by British women to win the vote. They were exposed to violence and intimidation as their campaign became more militant. So they taught themselves the martial art of jiu-jitsu.
Edith Garrud was a tiny woman. Measuring 4ft 11in (150cm) in height she appeared no match for the officers of the Metropolitan Police - required to be at least 5ft 10in (178cm) tall at the time. But she had a secret weapon.
In the run-up to World War One, Garrud became a jiu-jitsu instructor to the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), better known as the suffragettes, taking part in an increasingly violent campaign for votes for women.
Sick of the lack of progress, they resorted to civil disobedience, marches and illegal activities including assault and arson.

[Mika]

Tämä olikin mielenkiintoinen uutisointi. Enpä olisi äkkiseltäni uskonut. Katson tuon elokuvan.

On se ollut varmasti levotonta aikaa.

The Bodyguard travelled overnight from London by train, their concealed clubs making the journey uncomfortable. A crowd was waiting to see Emmeline Pankhurst speak at St Andrew's Hall. But police had surrounded it, hoping to catch her.

Pankhurst evaded them on her way in by buying a ticket and pretending to be a spectator. The Bodyguard then got into position, sitting on a semi-circle of chairs behind the speaker's podium.
Suddenly Pankhurst appeared and started speaking. She did so for half a minute before police tried to storm the stage.

But they became caught on barbed wire hidden in bouquets. "So about 30 suffragettes and 50 police were involved in a brawl on stage in front of 4,000 people for several minutes," says Wolf.

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[Andy]

Minkähänlaisen vastaanoton saisi nykyään itsepulustuskirja tai -video jossa puolustustekniikat tehtäisiin aina kiinni käyvälle poliisille?

[Mika]

Olivathan nuo erilaisia aikoja varsinkin naisille. Minulle tuli ihan uutena tietona tämä The Bodyguard -ryhmä.

To keep their leaders free as long as possible, as well as to protect them against run of the mill assaults by irate defenders of the status quo, the Women’s Social and Political Union created a secret society known as The Bodyguard. Numbering 25 or 30 athletic and dedicated women, the Bodyguard was charged with providing security at Suffragette rallies throughout the UK.

[Jasse]

Österman kirjoitti juurikin tästä aiheesta jutun FightSporttiin 3/2014.

Kun katsoo youtubesta vanhimpia länsimaisia JJ-videoita niin useimmissa on tyylikäs nainen puolustamassa itseään (mies) roistoja/häiriköitä vastaan. Tiesin kyllä että nämä Suffrat treenaili Jiu-jitsua, mutta nyt kun asiaa miettii niin tämä nais-liikkeen kanssa veljeily on tainnut olla todella isossa osassa jiu-jitsun markkinoinnissa ja brändäyksessä.

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