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Kōrero: Martial arts

Women's self-defence, 1974

This August 1974 article in the New Zealand feminist magazine Broadsheetgives women tips for self-defence.In that period many more women began to study martial arts, both for self-defence and for increased strength and physical confidence.

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Broadsheet

Reference: 21 (August 1974), pp.28-30

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Bronwyn Dalley, Martial arts – Martial arts from the 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/39045/womens-self-defence-1974 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bronwyn Dalley, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012, updated 27 January 2015.