What is the difference between Judo and Jujitsu?

Good thing you have asked. Well judo has been created by modifying jujitsu. Judo is more of a sport that focuses primarily on the trowing aspect. Whilst jujitsu covers self defence, throwing and mainly ground fighting.





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http://www.jujutsujenius.pwp.blueyonder....|||Watch all the videos, I saw this episode last week and it explained the difference.





http://www.history.com/minisite.do?conte...|||Jujitsu includes more striking then judo! I will have to say judo has better ground game then Jujitsu! Depending weather Japanese or Brazilian! Brazilian Jujitsu has more grappling on the ground then any of these styles! Japanese Jujitsu is meant for Combat more then all of these! Judo is better in throws and take downs do to the thought of using your opponents strength against him! My opinion is Judo is a Art that is pure strategy and could modify it self to a MMA fight or Street fight! Judo could Save your life in a fight! But they don%26#039;t train to much on leg locks which are great to know for improvement on ground game! It would be great if they did then it will be modified!|||Judo mostly focuses on take-downs.


Jujitsu mostly focuses on ground fights.|||judo comes from jujitsu and judo is actually better then jujitsu


the Japanese police force did a 15 test event to see which one was better judo won 12 of the 15 test and is now trained to the police force there instead of using guns no joke|||judo is geared toward throws and JJ is geared toward limb manipulation and submissions.|||heres a quick summary you can look at wikipedia for more in depth description.





1st there was [japanese] jujutsu which was the fighting system the samurai used in battle which included throws, chokes, grappling and striking. with the samurai%26#039;s armor it was more practical to throw the enemy say on their head with the extra weight of the armor possibily breaking his neck or having a concussion, or using locks to break their bones, tear muscle/ligaments then striking hard armor.





judo was derived from jujutsu and now is a grappling sport taking away the strikes and the more dangerous throws. there are 2 phases of judo the standing where people are trying to throw each other, and the ground phases where you try to pin or submit the other person.





brazilian juijitsu derived from judo. an expert judoka taught one of the gracie%26#039;s judo which he taught to his brother h茅lio, in which he %26quot;modified%26quot; it creating brazilian or gracie juijitsu.








so the main differences


jujutsu was a miliarty combat system used to kill rivals if you lost your weapon. its more of a complete art: learning strikes and grappling





judo for the most part is takedowns and throws, no strikes, ground fighting is learned but for the average judo competition its not focus on as much as bjj





bjj is kinda the opposite of judo its mainly groundwork and not as much work on takedowns





however kosen judo focuses more on the newaza(ground) aspect of judo making it pretty much the same as bjj|||They are both very similar, but Judo derived from jujitsu, under Jigaro Kano.





Both have throws, standing and grappling techniques.





Now if you are talking about brazilian jujitsu, it%26#039;s a different matter, as brazilian jujitsu derived from judo.|||basically, judo is what you do to get the guy from standing to ground. and jujitsu is what you do when you are on the ground|||In 1882 Japan, a young 22 year old student named of Jigoro Kano modified the dangerous and deadly techniques of Ju-jitsu into safer techniques he called Ju-do. (Kodokan Judo).





Ju-jutsu emphasized %26#039;leverage%26#039;. For example in Ju-jutsu you would put leverage against your opponets joints and bones to break and snap them.





Ju-do emphasized %26#039;balance%26#039;. For example in Ju-do you would break your opponents balance to throw him into the ground with great speed and force.





All the dangerous killing and breaking techniques of Ju-jutsu Jigoro Kano placed into the %26#039;kata%26#039; of Ju-do. So Ju-do still teaches self-defense against knifes, swords, sticks, and guns, but in its various Kata.





Ju-do can be practiced full out with 100% exertion but without hurting your opponent. An important part of Ju-do training is learning how to fall. You learn to protect yourself in Ju-do by learning how to fall properly. That way you can get thrown with 100% effort and still just get up and carry on with no injury at all. That too is a very important aspect of Ju-do: learning to give and take.





In Ju-jitsu you cannot apply any technique with 100% effort without killing or seriously injuring your opponent. That is one of the problems of Ju-jitsu, it is so dangerous that you cannot have %26#039;free practice%26#039; as found in Ju-do (without re-inventing Ju-do).





But because one can fight in Ju-do in %26#039;free practice%26#039; it is easy to mistake Ju-do as a sport. Ju-do is not a sport and never has been a sport. And to treat Ju-do as a sport is the misuse and the misunderstanding of Kodokan Ju-do.





In 1996 the Olympic committee committed the serious error of treating Judo as a sport with a blue gi, koka wins, 4 minute matches, and sudden death in the form of a Golden Score to appease ticket buying spectators $$$$. This has damaged Judo considerably.|||Jigor艒 Kan艒 took jujitsu and modified it. He took out the moves that stronger opponents would use, so judo is a more user friendly, for weak people than jujitsu. Kano also put new moves, such as the shoulder wheel.





-i always thought that judo just had more throws, but i guess I%26#039;m wrong.