When did jujitsu originate?

I%26#039;m doing a compare and contrast essay with that and muay thai.


i already got all my details down for muay thai but there%26#039;s so much to do with jujitsu, because there%26#039;s judo BJJ and all these other ones, so i don%26#039;t know when it first originated. |||That%26#039;s like asking, %26quot;what year was the wheel invented - be specific%26quot;|||This is a great opportunity for you to learn the truth about Jujutsu.





But really, no one here is going to want to give you that info, only because it is a very extensive and exhaustive study.





You really need to google keywords like: %26quot;Jujutsu origin%26quot;, and even more - %26quot;Classical Japanese Bujutsu%26quot;.





What saddens me is that you said %26quot;because there%26#039;s judo BJJ and all these other ones%26quot;, because Judo and BJJ came from Jujutsu.





You want specifics - you can%26#039;t ask for specifics here because Jujutsu history is so vast, no one here can really touch on that. They might as well do the essay for you.





Google is your friend.





Thank you Cir_KL - your also!|||Jujutsu was first developed by Samurai. Fighting forms have existed for centuries. The first references to unarmed combat arts or systems is in the earliest purported historical records of Japan, the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) and the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan), which relate the mythological creation of the country and the establishment of the imperial family. Other glimpses can be found in the older records and pictures depicting sumai (or sumo) no sechie, a rite of the Imperial Court and Kyoto performed for purposes of divination and to help ensure a bountiful harvest.





There is a famous story of a warrior Nomi no Sukune of Izumo who defeated and killed Tajima no Kehaya in Shimane prefecture while in the presence of Emperor Suinin. Descriptions of the techniques used during this encounter include striking, throwing, restraining and weaponry.





The term %26quot;jūjutsu%26quot; was not coined until the 17th century, after which time it became a blanket term for a wide variety of grappling-related disciplines. Prior to that time, these skills had names such as %26quot;short sword grappling%26quot; (小具足腰之周, kogusoku koshi no mawari?), %26quot;grappling%26quot; (組討 or 組打, kumiuchi?), %26quot;body art%26quot; (体術, taijutsu?), %26quot;softness%26quot; (柔 or 和, yawara?), %26quot;art of harmony%26quot; (和術, wajutsu?), %26quot;catching hand%26quot; (捕手, torite?), and even the %26quot;way of softness%26quot; (柔道, jūdō?) (as early as 1724, almost two centuries before Kano Jigoro founded the modern art of Kodokan Judo).[2]





Today, the systems of unarmed combat that were developed and practiced during the Muromachi period (1333–1573) are referred to collectively as Japanese old-style jujutsu (日本古流柔術, Nihon koryū jūjutsu?). At this period in history, the systems practiced were not systems of unarmed combat, but rather means for an unarmed or lightly armed warrior to fight a heavily armed and armored enemy on the battlefield. In battle, it was often possible for a samurai to be unable to use his long sword, for various reasons, and be forced to rely on his short sword, dagger, or bare hands. When fully armored, the effective use of such %26quot;minor%26quot; weapons necessitated the employment of grappling skills.





Methods of combat (as just mentioned above) included striking (kicking and punching), throwing (body throws, joint-lock throws, unbalance throws), restraining (pinning, strangulating, grappling, wrestling) and weaponry. Defensive tactics included blocking, evading, off-balancing, blending and escaping. Minor weapons such as the tanto (dagger), ryufundo kusari (weighted chain), kabuto wari (helmet smasher), and kakushi buki (secret or disguised weapons) were almost always included in Sengoku jujutsu.|||Good answer Sensei Scandal





He is right Jujitsu is a %26#039;mother%26#039; art to many other arts, also many have %26#039;borrowed%26#039; from it for years. It%26#039;s origins are in feudal Japan as one of the many arts of the Samurai. Different systems claim different dates of origin, but those you should be looking up. Try googling Daito Ryu, Yanagi Ryu, Hakko Ryu and the Bugei Ju Happan. That should give you a good start.





Enjoy the search. :%26gt;)|||I%26#039;m assuming you mean Japanese Jujitsu. As for Judo and BJJ, Judo came from Japanese Jujitsu and then BJJ came from Judo. So in chronological order came Japanese Jujitsu, then Judo, and then Brazilian Jujitsu.