What are the differences between karate and jujitsu?

Okay, first of all it is important to understand a little bit of the history here, don%26#039;t worry I will keep ut as brief as I can.





Ju Jitsu (gentle art) developed amongst the Samurai of feudal Japan as a complete combat system with hand to hand and armed techniques. Initially used to fight against people with armour, and later in more %26#039;civilian%26#039; clothes. Using a soft, yielding form of combat as well as a harder more aggressive style, Ju Jitsu incorporates strikes, blocks, throwing, grappling, joint locks, choking/strangling, pressure points, etc. Basically everything - a full system.





Much like Judo developed from Ju Jitsu to concentrate and specialise specifically on grappling/throwing techniques, Karate developed in Okinawa (but seperate from Ju Jitsu) as a fusion of Chinese and Japanese styles. It evolved to concentrate specifically on the unarmed blocking and striking techniques. (There are grappling/weapons etc techniques and forms within Karate, but it puts much less focus on these tecniques in favour of its specialty)





Kicking, punching and blocking are the primary tools of Karate as opposed to Ju Jitsu which includes throwing and grappling as primary tools. But although they both seem very hard and aggressive in there application (which they are if needs be) they are both also very yielding, (the basis of the whole use the attackers strength against him thing) which is the basis for many Karate styles, including Goju Ryu, my own.





So to answer your question, I %26#039;d say the difference would be in the specialisation and application of striking techniques in Karate, and the less specialised but broader application of strikes, fluid takedowns and grappling in JuJitsu.|||Karate is mainly a striking art, and is generally more initially aggressive than JiuJitsu. However, in wado-ryu karate, it is distinguished from other Japanese karate styles by its unique yielding nature, a form of soft energy blended with sheer, hard force in it%26#039;s techniques. Besides primary punching and kicking techniques, Wado Ryu students learn how to use body shifting to neutralise or deflect an attack, thereby causing the attacker to lose balance and to become more vulnerable to a counter attack.





JiuJitsu is a manoeuvring art, and depends more on using your opponent%26#039;s movements to execute a throw, and/or out-manoeuvring the opponent in order to get a hold or choke or perform some other action upon them.


Jiu Jitsu also has many escape techniques, which might come in handy.|||There is both Karate-Do and Karate-Jitsu.





Jiu-Jitsu (or jujitsu) contains punches and kicks as well as grappling/throwing/small-joint manipulation. But Ju-jitsu does not over-emphasize the punching %26amp; kicking so it is not considered a %26#039;striking (Atemi) art%26#039;. Aikido and Judo also have punching and kicking atemi waza techniques. Atemi waza are striking techniques.





Karate on the other hand devotes most of its energy to punches, blocks, kicks, and counter-striking.|||Mushin made a great point about her art - how it yielding and soft - she is obviously learning the good stuff.





Karate is highly misunderstood though!





Yes, there is striking in karate.





There is as much grappling in karate as there is in Jujutsu and most karate techniques are applicable on the ground.





There is no blocking in karate. The techniques that are mistakenly used as blocks are just under-utilized techniques that if understood, would be devastating.





Those who don%26#039;t study karate - don%26#039;t assume you know anything about it because you don%26#039;t.





I know a bit ABOUT Jujutsu because I worked out with many of my close friends who are Jujutsu practitioners, though I never practiced it.|||Hi Melissa,





People call jujitsu %26quot;horizontal%26quot; fight. Cause it%26#039;s all about ground fighting and getting your opponent to the ground. The purpose is to take them down as fast as you can and work from there on joint locks and chokes.





Karate is all about kicking and punching. There%26#039;s no ground fighting in karate.|||in nutshell: the philosophy.


jujitsu focuses on grappling, throws, and takedowns. combat occurs in close proximity of your opponent.


karate relies on striking: kicking, punching, etc. combat occurs in a fighting stance, maintaining/controlling your distance from your opponent.|||Karate is whats called a hard style marital art/sport, it concentrates on high hard kicks and punches.





ju jitsu is a self defence marital art, that uses locks throws and low kicks to enable one to get away.