<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#CC0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Samurai Karate and Jujitsu"><U><IMG SRC="0410e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14">   <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><U><IMG SRC="0400e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><IMG SRC="03f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> The concept of  ' jiu jitsu '</div> <bR> <div>       Jui Jitsu is a Japanese martial art, the name meaning `compliant techniques'. This refers to the way in which jiu jitsu momentarily  yields  to an attacker's force, redirects it and then snaps back with a counter-attack. Jui Jitsu incorporates both striking and leverage techniques, the former being generally used to create a distraction while a more powerful lock, or throw is applied.</div> <bR> <div>      These three terms are used frequently. </div> <div> A  'hold' is a way of restraining someone,  so they are prevented from escaping, or continuing their attack. Strangleholds and chokes cut off the  air and blood supply to the brain, so they quickly produce unconsciousness. </div> <div> A `lock' is a hold applied to a joint; pressure is applied across the joint and pain is caused. In some cases, excessive force leads to dislocation of the joint and if this occurs at the neck or spine, death or permanent paralysis results.</div> <div>   A throw is a method of taking the attacker to the floor by either moving his center of gravity so he loses balance, or by applying a lock which forces him to the ground. If you keep hold of the attacker as he is thrown, you can first determine how he lands, and second perform a follow-up technique without delay.</div> <div>      Jui Jitsu makes use of the body's vulnerable points  (known in Japanese as kyusho or Atemi), both to cause injury, and to resuscitate an injured person. As you might imagine, knowledge of these could be dangerous in wrong hands, so I make a point of not teaching them to anyone except the highest grades.  Jui Jitsu contains some non-Japanese techniques. It is claimed that the Chinese boxer named Chen Yuan-pin taught some Southern Chinese boxing to three leaderless samurai, and they subsequently incorporated his teachings into jiu jitsu.</div> <div>     Although today jiu jitsu is mainly practiced as a form of unarmed combat, it has not always been so. Many weapons are in fact associated with traditional practice. The problem lies in knowing just where to stop! The ancient Japanese warriors  who developed jiu jitsu did not practice it as a discrete art. It was always taught in conjunction with other martial arts. The warrior might train with a sword, and then work at methods of disarming a sword wielding soldier. He might train to use a dagger and then practice defense against it".</div> <div>      The police applications of jiu jitsu required non-lethal weapons such as sai’s. The public were banned from carrying weapons, so their jiu jitsu incorporated so called 'covert weapons'. These were ostensibly  agricultural or domestic implements, yet combined with jiu jitsu technique, they became effective weapons. The Bo (staff'), or Jo ('stick') were capable of breaking a Samurai’s long sword.</div> <div>       Jui Jitsu has not stopped developing. New applications of technique constantly add to the syllabus. That is why the art itself will never become obsolete...... </div> <div> Samurai Karate, 94</div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#CC0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Samurai Karate and Jujitsu</B></FONT><B>  </B><B> </B><B>|   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Samurai Karate and Jujitsu"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> back to<B>  </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Samurai Karate and Jujitsu"><U><B>Samurai Karate and Jujitsu</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=400 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FF0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="061202e0.png" border=0 width="288" height="302" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="063822e0.png" border=0 width="386" height="302" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Locks and Holds from USMA files</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0661b020.png" border=0 width="283" height="258" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="06882020.png" border=0 width="386" height="258" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>