Comments on: A Brief History of the Yawara http://www.japanesejujitsu.org/a-brief-history-of-the-yawara Wed, 12 May 2010 00:42:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 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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