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April 7, 2015 1:30 AM Subscribe
Ive been digging this little film clip, from the year 1947, where this totally badass lady shows how to kick some SERIOUS attacker butt: Judo Jymnastics. Go girl!
I discovered Agent Carter through a friend last week. This is hitting my groove.
posted by meinvt at 4:35 AM on April 7, 2015
posted by meinvt at 4:35 AM on April 7, 2015
I remember Cagney and/or Lacey using one of those moves on a perp! :)
posted by Mogur at 4:39 AM on April 7, 2015
posted by Mogur at 4:39 AM on April 7, 2015
She is so nonchalant about tossing him around, this is great.
I also like that it is the guy who is wearing hotpants and the woman is more comfortably dressed.
posted by Dip Flash at 4:49 AM on April 7, 2015 [3 favorites]
I also like that it is the guy who is wearing hotpants and the woman is more comfortably dressed.
posted by Dip Flash at 4:49 AM on April 7, 2015 [3 favorites]
This is terrific. The way she saunters about with the gun pointed into her back!
posted by somekindofwizard at 4:54 AM on April 7, 2015
posted by somekindofwizard at 4:54 AM on April 7, 2015
See also… The Weaker Sex! (1933)
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:02 AM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:02 AM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
I like that the director is William Forest Crouch, which sounds kind of like a self defense move. "If an attacker is coming from behind you and to the right, employ the the william forest crouch and a wrist lock to immobilize....
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:17 AM on April 7, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:17 AM on April 7, 2015 [6 favorites]
I also like thewoman doing the extremely nonchalant arm workout in the background, especially when she stops to watch especially surprising moves. "Don't mind me, I'm just getting in some reps... wow, look at that throw!"
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:20 AM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:20 AM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
I really appreciate the head bashes at the end of several of the takedowns.
posted by mfu at 5:26 AM on April 7, 2015
posted by mfu at 5:26 AM on April 7, 2015
Did his shorts get put on 5 inches too high on his body and he just went with it because the director said to hurry up?
Is that why he's so intent on mugging that lady? Because he is having to endure an atomic wedgie because she won't give him time to pull his shorts down so they're not trying to split his butt in half and push his crown jewels up the ensuing crevice?
posted by Brockles at 5:30 AM on April 7, 2015
Is that why he's so intent on mugging that lady? Because he is having to endure an atomic wedgie because she won't give him time to pull his shorts down so they're not trying to split his butt in half and push his crown jewels up the ensuing crevice?
posted by Brockles at 5:30 AM on April 7, 2015
I love it that the music is what I'd expect to hear at a very polite and sedate tea dance.
posted by rongorongo at 6:22 AM on April 7, 2015
posted by rongorongo at 6:22 AM on April 7, 2015
I like the scenarios getting scarier as they go by. Someone grabbing from behind for a too-tight hug, to someone coming at you for an overhand stab to the heart. We need a narrative tying it all together; "Jane didn't mind Bob greeting her in a friendly way every time she went down the hall to get coffee . . . But soon, things took a turn for the worse. "
posted by jfwlucy at 6:39 AM on April 7, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by jfwlucy at 6:39 AM on April 7, 2015 [4 favorites]
The clothes really are amazing - add a few tattoos and she could be walking around Austin today. But the guy is wearing a tank top, granny panties, and oddly precious gum-soled shoes! I guess he could be walking around here today, too.
posted by dirtdirt at 6:42 AM on April 7, 2015
posted by dirtdirt at 6:42 AM on April 7, 2015
time to pull his shorts down so they're not trying to split his butt in half and push his crown jewels up the ensuing crevice?
Looks to me as if the crown jewels have been up the ensuing crevice since Take 1.
posted by flabdablet at 7:25 AM on April 7, 2015
Looks to me as if the crown jewels have been up the ensuing crevice since Take 1.
posted by flabdablet at 7:25 AM on April 7, 2015
I love her nonchalance and her heels! And this reminds me of the little self-defense lesson in the middle of the 50's movie Girls Town (scene cued up, plus MST3K treatment,
here.)
posted by tchemgrrl at 7:39 AM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
here.)
posted by tchemgrrl at 7:39 AM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
Something about her movement makes me think she's a dancer.
posted by klarck at 7:47 AM on April 7, 2015
posted by klarck at 7:47 AM on April 7, 2015
The clothes really are amazing - add a few tattoos and she could be walking around Austin today.
Oh my god are skortveralls/culotthosen/oompaloompawear really trending in Austin?
posted by Sys Rq at 8:25 AM on April 7, 2015 [2 favorites]
Oh my god are skortveralls/culotthosen/oompaloompawear really trending in Austin?
posted by Sys Rq at 8:25 AM on April 7, 2015 [2 favorites]
I was going to say that this Today.com write-up on the video brings up good points that this is somewhat remarkable as a newsreel for the vigorous exercise and level of empowerment for women, when this is another workout for women of the era, but this other stock footage from the period shows some pretty strenuous workouts, and this photo of a women's self-defense Judo demonstration in Germany is from 1924 (found on the self-defense Wikipedia article).
posted by filthy light thief at 3:51 PM on April 7, 2015
posted by filthy light thief at 3:51 PM on April 7, 2015
I love that woman. I wonder if she has a granddaughter who's available.
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 4:17 PM on April 7, 2015
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 4:17 PM on April 7, 2015
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