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| Ju meaning "gentle" and jitsu, meaning
"skill" or "combat way", literally translates
jujitsu as "the gentle skill of combat." |
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| Jujitsu is over 1000 years old. Two popular
beliefs exist as to its origins. One put the
inception of Jujitsu as a fighting skill even
earlier, at about 600A.D. During a wrestling
match, an opponent was "stomped and kicked until
death occurred". Obviously this was not just
wrestling. The other places the inception of the
art by a man named Shinra Suburo Yoshimitsu. He
taught his simple ways or "tricks" of defense
and categorized them, keeping them secret, and
taught his specific ways only to his followers. |
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| Judo grew out of jujitsu, when jujitsu
master, named Jiguro Kano began developing ways
to use his skills in a safe and healthy way. He
removed all the deadly aspects of his jujitsu
fighting style and called his way Ju-do, or
gentle way. This new and effective way of sport
and self defense could be taught to all ages,
and sizes of people. It could be practiced
safely and be used as part of a physical
education program. |
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| Much of the old jujitsu styles can be seen
in the very popular Judo Kata, Goshinjitsu. |
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| Jujitsu is in fact a deadly form of
self-defense. The popular term used today of
"sport jujitsu" is a misleading, and an
erroneous statement. There is no such thing as
sport in jujitsu. When practiced correctly, one
maintains a strict moral and ethical code of
conduct, Bushido. Within this Code, there are
levels of force associated with what is right
and wrong. These levels include both hard hands
(striking, kicking, pressure points, chokes, and
bone breaks) and lethal force (killing
techniques). Sport jujitsu only uses some of the
safer techniques within its ruling guidelines.
Call it "sport fighting" or sport martial
arts"…don’t call it Jujitsu. |
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| Jujitsu is first and foremost a self-defense
skill. It is a way of overcoming your opponent
with a minimum amount of force. Jujitsu has
within its arsenal both an "up top" fighting
system and a "ground" fighting system unique of
all other martial arts. |
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