A Timeline Of Women Combat In Images

I was browsing my archives when a couple of ideas and questions crossed my mind (a rare thing these days...): which one of my files was a reference to the oldest image of fighting women? and the newest? what have changed in one and half century of photography and movies? The three videos below are a (humble) summary of changes and the outstanding variety of subgenres we can enjoy.

Imagery from ancient times until the end of 1970s:

From 1980s until the end of 1990s:

From 2000 onwards:

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Young Raven & Video Sports

An old video resurfaced on the Web, featuring two favorites: the Video Sports combat style (video V042) and Raven, fresh in the sport and wrestling as Nancy in three topless matches.

She starts with a daunting challenge: to face Sandra, a strong and skillful fighter (unfortunately with a short career in the business). Second fight comes with a popular wrestler, Jasae, a more fitting match for Raven. And, ending the movie, Tabitha as adversary. Nice memories...

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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Lotus Flowers

In this case, flowers are the gorgeous wrestlers and lotus is the vicious wrestling hold. I don´t believe it can happen in a truly competitive fight; it should require some colaboration from the victim. However, the Carolina segment below seems close to the real thing. 

The holds came from: Sabre (two segments), Lusa, Carolina Catfights (Kim vs Kaila), WWWC SLV 159, Double Trouble (Francesca vs Lisa), APLs 844 and 794. Unfortunately, the two nude ones are very short.

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Dressing And Undressing

Everybody knows I like the combat pre-show, specially the ones with a dressing routine. This production allocates time for it and, after a regular combat in singlets, provides the undressing and continues on the nude. The wrestling itself is neither brilliant nor deceptive. 

The video comes from a surprising source - Supergirls vs Males. However, they have girls vs girls videos and they can be pleasant, like this Lana vs Mira.

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