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Edith Margaret Garrud · Edith Margaret Williams
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The first British female teacher of jujutsu and one of the first female martial arts instructors in the Western world. Born Edith Margaret Williams in Bath, she trained as a physical culture instructor and met fellow instructor William Garrud in 1892, marrying him the following year. Introduced to jujutsu in 1899, she studied under Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi at the Bartitsu School of Arms and continued under Uyenishi at his Golden Square Dojo; when Uyenishi returned to Japan in 1908 the Garruds took over the dojo, Edith teaching the women's and children's classes. Around 1909 she opened her own dojo, the School of Ju-jutsu, at Argyll Place. A member of the Women's Freedom League from 1906 and head of its Women's Athletic Society from 1908, she became celebrated for the Suffragettes' Self-Defence Club she ran for WSPU members and, from 1913, for training the WSPU 'Bodyguard' of around thirty women who protected Emmeline Pankhurst. She taught and demonstrated in a signature red jujutsu jacket, published widely on women's self-defence (including the 1910 essay "The World We Live In" in Votes for Women), choreographed suffragette theatre, and continued teaching with William until their retirement in 1925.
Teachers (2)
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Tani Yukiosports_martial_artsJūjutsu ConfirmedConfirmedWikipedia states explicitly that the Garruds trained under the jujutsu instructors Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi at the Bartitsu School of Arms and continued under Uyenishi at Golden Square; corroborated by Brough (2020).The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.location_onSchool of Japanese Self Defence badge (1903–1908)
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3 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkWikipedia states explicitly that the Garruds trained under the jujutsu instructors Yukio Tani and Sadakazu Uyenishi at the Bartitsu School of Arms and continued under Uyenishi at Golden Square; corroborated by Brough (2020). -
Uyenishi Sadakazusports_martial_artsJūjutsu ConfirmedConfirmedWikipedia states the Garruds studied under Uyenishi, initially at the Bartitsu club; Brough (2020) records they were students of Uyenishi and that he passed control of the Golden Square dojo to them on his departure; Callan/Heffernan/Spenn state they were originally trained by Uyenishi Sadakazu.The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.location_onSchool of Japanese Self Defence badge (1903–1908)
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3 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkWikipedia states the Garruds studied under Uyenishi, initially at the Bartitsu club; Brough (2020) records they were students of Uyenishi and that he passed control of the Golden Square dojo to them on his departure; Callan/Heffernan/Spenn state they were originally trained by Uyenishi Sadakazu.
Students (4)
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Lillian Dove-Willcoxsports_martial_artsJūjutsu PossiblePossibleImplied: member of the Bodyguard that Garrud trained.Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.(1913–1914)
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkImplied: member of the Bodyguard that Garrud trained.alt_routeIndirect“the Scottish socialist Helen Crawfurd (1877–1974), and the English hunger-striker Lillian Mary Dove-Wilcox (1875–1963).”
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Leonora Cohensports_martial_artsJūjutsu PossiblePossibleImplied: member of the Bodyguard that Garrud trained.Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.(1913–1914)
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkImplied: member of the Bodyguard that Garrud trained.alt_routeIndirect“It is estimated that there were around twenty-five members of this bodyguard, to include Canadian-born Gertrude Harding (1878–1952), the English vegetarian and Theosophist Leonora Cohen (1873–1978”
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Helen Crawfurdsports_martial_artsJūjutsu PossiblePossibleImplied: named as a member of the Bodyguard that Garrud trained.Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.(1913–1914)
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1 source expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkImplied: named as a member of the Bodyguard that Garrud trained.alt_routeIndirect“the Scottish socialist Helen Crawfurd (1877–1974), and the English hunger-striker Lillian Mary Dove-Wilcox (1875–1963).”
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Gertrude Hardingsports_martial_artsJūjutsu PossiblePossibleImplied: head of the Bodyguard that Garrud trained.Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.(1913–1914)
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2 sources expand_moreFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkImplied: head of the Bodyguard that Garrud trained.alt_routeIndirect“Of greatest note in her career with the WSPU is that Harding was asked to 'head up' the secret bodyguard of women assigned to protect their leader, Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, from constant rearrest by Scotland Yard during the Cat and Mouse Act. The bodyguard learned jujitsu from Edith Garrud and carried Indian clubs.”
alt_routeIndirect“It is estimated that there were around twenty-five members of this bodyguard, to include Canadian-born Gertrude Harding (1878–1952)”
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