Comments on: A Brief History of the Yawara http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/a-brief-history-of-the-yawara Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Anodesu http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/a-brief-history-of-the-yawara/comment-page-1#comment-567 Anodesu Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:44:26 +0000 http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/?p=174#comment-567 Kubotan is a modernized keychain version of the yawara stick. Same thing. Yawara is just the original weapon. Kubotan is a modernized keychain version of the yawara stick. Same thing. Yawara is just the original weapon.

]]> By: David http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/a-brief-history-of-the-yawara/comment-page-1#comment-565 David Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:22:05 +0000 http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/?p=174#comment-565 Yawara is the martial art, not the stick. The stick, or Yawara stick, is what you apply your Yawara or Jujutsu techniques. To call yawara the stick is like calling Jujutsu the stick. The tessen (iron fan) is one of the original weapons to apply the Yawara techniques. When training in the dojo, it is safer to use a stick to learn. So, you may call it the Yawara stick as a simpler way to refer to it. It is important to understand that the stick is what you are applying your Yawara or Jujutsu techniques on. From there, you can use anything you pick up to apply your Yawara. Yawara is the martial art, not the stick. The stick, or Yawara stick, is what you apply your Yawara or Jujutsu techniques. To call yawara the stick is like calling Jujutsu the stick.

The tessen (iron fan) is one of the original weapons to apply the Yawara techniques. When training in the dojo, it is safer to use a stick to learn. So, you may call it the Yawara stick as a simpler way to refer to it. It is important to understand that the stick is what you are applying your Yawara or Jujutsu techniques on. From there, you can use anything you pick up to apply your Yawara.

]]> By: adrian croce http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/a-brief-history-of-the-yawara/comment-page-1#comment-36 adrian croce Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:02:33 +0000 http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/?p=174#comment-36 yawara is also known as an old hand free close combate method of former samurai as they had to defense themselfes in case they lose their sword... since then it has been developed and adapted to our time. today this form of self defence is also known as jiu-jitsu, but in Japan they are used to call their methods according to the name or the style of the school they belong to. So Jiu-Jitsu (former Yawara) is actually a general term for all kind of japanese styles (e. g.: Tai-Jitsu, Shorin-Ryu, in which the idea is to defeat your enemy or to defend yourself against atacks (with or without weapons) using the kinetic energy of your oponent against himself.. yawara is also known as an old hand free close combate method of former samurai as they had to defense themselfes in case they lose their sword…

since then it has been developed and adapted to our time. today this form of self defence is also known as jiu-jitsu, but in Japan they are used to call their methods according to the name or the style of the school they belong to. So Jiu-Jitsu (former Yawara) is actually a general term for all kind of japanese styles (e. g.: Tai-Jitsu, Shorin-Ryu, in which the idea is to defeat your enemy or to defend yourself against atacks (with or without weapons) using the kinetic energy of your oponent against himself..

]]> By: liam denton http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/a-brief-history-of-the-yawara/comment-page-1#comment-9 liam denton Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:27:43 +0000 http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/?p=174#comment-9 I though these were kubatan or kubotan (however you spell it!) I though these were kubatan or kubotan (however you spell it!)

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