The new Netflix movie Enola Holmes stars Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown in the title role as Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister. Based on the popular book series by Nancy Springer, the movie is the first mainstream production to feature suffrajitsu-style action as a major plot point (not counting the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it self-defence training scene in the 2015 movie …
The Hidden History of the Radical Suffragette Bodyguards
Suffrajitsu author Tony Wolf will be offering this live online lecture and presentation via the Atlas Obscura’s Online Experiences program on October 21, 2020: Established during the volatile summer of 1913, at the height of increasingly militant suffragette activism and of repression by the police and government, the outlaw bodyguard team was nicknamed “Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons.” They …
The Life and Fantastical “Crimes” of Spring Heeled Jack – a New Novel by Suffrajitsu Author Tony Wolf
Announcing The Life and Fantastical “Crimes” of Spring Heeled Jack, a new prose novel by the author of the Suffrajitsu trilogy! In the great tradition of penny dreadful adventure tales, this action-packed novel reimagines the Victorian urban legend of Spring Heeled Jack as a superhero origin story, told as the memoir and confession of Spring …
In Memoriam: Honor Blackman (22 August 1925 – 6 April 2020)
English actress and self-defence advocate Honor Blackman has died at the age of 94 years. After studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Blackman landed small feature film and television parts until her 1962 breakout role as Cathy Gale in the popular Avengers action/mystery series. Playing opposite Patrick Macnee as the dapper, umbrella-wielding …
“The Unstoppable Letty Pegg” – an Upcoming Jujitsuffragette Novel for Young Readers
Something to look forward to – writer/academic/comedian Iszi Lawrence’s new novel The Unstoppable Letty Pegg has just been made available for pre-order and will go on sale on Jan. 6, 2020. According to the publishers, it’s: The story of the suffragettes with the Jiu Jitsu and roller skating left in… this impeccably researched debut novel …
Suffrajitsu Documentary “No Man Shall Protect Us” Goes Live!
Written, co-produced and co-directed by Suffrajitsu author Tony Wolf, the documentary No Man Shall Protect Us: The Hidden History of the Suffragette Bodyguards is now freely available via Vimeo. The new doc runs 50 minutes and explores the origins and exploits of the secret society of women who defended the radical suffragettes of England just …
“No Man Shall Protect Us” Photo Release Form
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A BBC Radio Interview On Suffrajitsu, the Upcoming Play by Horse + Bamboo Theatre
England’s Horse + Bamboo Theatre Company is currently developing Suffrajitsu, an original play celebrating the suffragette Bodyguard through puppetry, music and film. Aimed at young audiences, the play will begin touring the UK in Autumn 2018; you can learn more about, and support the project via this Crowdfunder site. In this interview, Horse and Bamboo executive director Esther …
Suffrajitsu Back in the News as UK Celebrates 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage
February 6, 2108 marks the centennial anniversary of (limited) women’s suffrage in the UK. As numerous cultural and media organisations mark the anniversary, here are some current and upcoming projects that focus particularly on “suffrajitsu” – the use of jiujitsu by radical suffagette Bodyguards, circa 1913-14. The Good Fight Chicago’s Babes With Blades Theatre Company …
Thanks to all the “No Man Shall Protect Us” backers!
The producers of the now-funded documentary No Man Shall Protect Us wish to salute and thank the following people, whose generosity and enthusiasm have allowed the project to enter production: philip baker Steven Townshend Heather Gehron-Rice Crystal Graves Katriona Adams Alyse Middleton Clarissa Robert Z’Dario Becky Moon Todd Ellner Libby Beyreis Scottie Caldwell Andy Spatz …