1931 Jiu Jitsu for "The Weaker Sex"

[H_Murdock]

Great clips!

In the third one @ about 3:18 the one on the ground is like- don't put your foot on my balls plsthnks.

[cuatro76]

The falls are quite Vaudevillian.

[JKDChick]

The level to which no one can fall properly is fairly hilarious. The one guy who gets flipped over the chick's back and lands on both feet braced out is painful to watch.

[CoffeeFan]

I like the shoulder throw from the neck grab.

[JingMerchant!]

Awesome find...!!

JKDChick holds a blue belt.

[Matt Phillips]

Suffragette City!



P.S. JKDChick: Do you have belt rank in BJJ?

[saman]

This is some great stuff. Thanks for finding it - and here we thought that women learning martial arts style self-defence was a new thing!

[JKDChick]

And the third:

YouTube - Rare Jujitsu Footage from the early 1900's 20's - 30's?

[JKDChick]

More:

YouTube - Self defence/jiujitsu - 1931

[JKDChick]

YouTube - Oldschool Ju-Jitsu 2

I've been running into reference to Jiu Jitsu in 1930's detective novels for years. This find fills me with joy and tingles.

On the whole, I think it's pretty good technique -- though unsophisticated -- and no one knows how to fall.

They used to teach this to girls at boarding schools, you know.