Japanese Jujitsu

Welcome to Japanese Jujitsu .org - a website dedicated to the subject of Jujitsu and wider martial arts for instructors, students and anyone else interested in learning more.

Jujitsu, also known as Ju Jitsu, Ju Jutsu, or Jiu-Jitsu, originated in feudal Japan and was a perfect unarmed compliment to the armed combat of the Samurai. Jujitsu translates as 'the gentle way' or 'the way of compliance' but it is far from ineffective. Jujitsu techniques do not rely on strength; they rely on an understanding of the human body, physics and center of gravity to achieve devastating punches, kicks, locks and of course throws.

A Brief History Of The Tanto

The tanto is a Japanese knife that can be either a single or a double edged dagger or knife. The blade can range from six to twelve inches in length, and like most knives can be used as both a stabbing weapon or a slashing weapon. The tanto first surfaced between the years 794 and [...]

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Introducing the Uconn Jujitsu Blog

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 [...]

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A Brief History of the Yari

The Yari is an ancient spear weapon introduced to Japan centuries ago. The spear has been used by many cultures. The most recent version could be considered to be the bayonet on the rifle. The Yari has had many variations over the centuries, all lethal. It has been a part of the Japanese culture [...]

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A Brief History of the Tonfa

The martial arts weapon, the tonfa, is one of the more popular devices in the Okinawan and Japanese karate and Jujitsu. The tonfa is essentially a club with a handle that protrudes at a 90 degree angle. This allows a practitioner to hold the handle in a solid grip while the club protects the forearm.

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Man Arrested for Using Jujitsu on Woman

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.

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A Brief History of the Wakizashi

This sword has the traditionally curved blade and was worn at the side of the Japanese Samurai. Foreigners refer to the Wakizashi sword as honor blades because the Samurai would save them as a back up weapon. As a means of displaying trust and respect, the Samurai would leave his main sword at the door [...]

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A Brief History of the Samurai Sword

Continuing on ‘Brief History…’ theme, let’s look at what the west know as a Samurai sword.
The official name of the commonly referred to Samurai Sword is actually the Katana however, any curved blade in the Japanese culture has been given the same name – especially through western pop culture such as comics and films. [...]

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A Brief History of the Nunchaku

In the 1970’s, Bruce Lee’s film Enter the Dragon gave the western world its first glimpse of the ancient martial arts weapon the nunchaku. The strange twirling weapon was comprised of two sticks held together by a small chain. It had the ability to strike an opponent from long range or choke him while in [...]

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A Brief History of the Naginata

In a Japanese samurai class, certain members traditionally used a pole weapon known as the naginata. The shaft of this weapon is made of wood, and has a large curved blade on the end. The shaft of the weapon ranges from five to seven feet and the blade is can be a huge three feet [...]

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A Brief History of the Bokken

The bokken is a Japanese training weapon used when learning the art of the sword. Originally, the wooden bokken was most likely copied from similar training tools in China. The bokken, or boken, became popular as a training sword during the Muromachi period in Japan, between 1336 and 1600 A.D. during the beginning of [...]

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