We got an email the other day from one of our Twitter followers who’s son is competing in the upcoming Ishin Ryu Jujitsu competition. It’s no ordinary Jujitsu tournement either; it’s the annual Infant and Juniors Grappling, Take down and Hold contest.

Try saying that three times fast!

@Squiretwizz is Karateka by training, but his son trains with Trevor Steward Renshi in Jujitsu. You can find out more about the Ishin Ryu Jujitsu dojo here

Last year the competition was open to all dojos in East Anglia and had around 150 children take part. Much fun was had an some medals won. The contest also featured in the UKs Combat martial Arts magazine.

This year they plan to do it all again. It’s to be held in Thetford Lesuire center on 10th May and it should be bigger and better this time around, so if you’re in the area you should get down to support the kids!

If you can’t make it down, be sure to send @Squiretwizz a quick tweet to wish his son luck

We like the guys over at the Uconn Jujitsu blog, and we think you should check em out sometime.

It’s really easy to fall into the mindset of trying to horde visitors to your website, and not to encourage people to visit competing blogs, but we reckon that’s where the biggest mistake is – they’re part of the Jujitsu community and write really good articles. They’re not competing, they’re sharing what they know about your sport so we can all benefit!


What’s more these guys supported JapaneseJujitsu.org when we were just starting out – linking to us and sharing our story on Russian Systema.

So yeah, go give them some support today if you practice either Japanese or Brazilian Jujitsu… and if you leave a comment be sure to say “Hi” from the team here.

A Florida man in Palm Bay is facing multiple charges after misusing his Jujitsu training to subdue his female housemate for two hours with ankle locks and chokes.

What a complete dick. This is definitely not what Jujitsu is about, and it’s really sad to see when you love the art so much.

Palm Bay Police said they had both got into an argument, that escalated, before he decided to use his martial arts training in Jujitsu to put her in arm bars and ankle locks. She has since gotten X-rays but with a good possibility of having a broken ankle.

This is why many sensei teach proper usage, respect and responsibility with Jujitsu; it’s not a toy, and it’s not just a method to get your own way.