Jujitsu

Anyone teaching jujitsu in the philippines?

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i%26#039;m from the island of cebu in the heart of the philippines. i%26#039;d like to learn jujitsu or bjj if there%26#039;s one. anyone knows how and is willing to share and teach people here?|||MMA has made Jujitsu very popular in the Philippines. There are Jujitsu practitioners around. Most clubs just do not advertise so keep an eye on those who do. I have seen some that advertise the style, but don%26#039;t personally know of any clubs in Cebu.|||Jujitsu schools are rare in other Philippines, i think you have to go to the USA or Japan or Brazil to learn jujitsu.

Which technique would be best to pair with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or Japanese Jujitsu?

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Like, for BJJ, what would be best to combine it with? Capoeira? I was thinking of doing that. Capoeira looks like fun and a good work out.

But I also hear that Japanese JJ is better than Brazilian JJ for self defense. If I were to do Japanese JJ, which other martial art would be best to combine it with?|||Muay Thai! =]|||I must be honest, I am a bit of a traditionalist, but you need to have a good all round fitness as well as be really supple for Capoeira.

I also really enjoy the Bjj as taught by the Gracies, but as a traditionalist, I would agree that the original is the way to go.

As for the best combination for your other choice, I would go for something that has a lot of real situation training, such as a Mixed Martial Art.

As I said before, I am a traditionalist, but we all have to face facts - we live in a violent society, so we need to adapt our strategy accordingly. Check out this site and see if there is a training center close to you!

www.combatcoaching.com

By the way, cool answer to the hot sauce kid!!|||You could be highly experimental. I am just throwing out a suggestion here. Have you seen white eyebrow? Or the movements in chen style? I take Brazilian Jujitsu and Muai Thai, but I started learning white eyebrow and chen this morning. I see how the 4 martial arts will overlap and create movement patterns that will literaly cause my enemy to see me as a optical illusion based on how I postition my body, cool huh? Check out this site,

http://kungfu.f-sw.com|||There are no best pairs.

Japanese jujitsu is already a combination of arts. Actually it is the origin of several arts. (judo, aikido , and karate all came from jujitsu)

Later BJJ came from judo which came from jujitsu.|||Capoeira is nice and all to keep you in shape

you learn some great moves for showing off

but thats it

if you went to say kick someone in the face, and you planted your hands on the ground

and they gave a solid low level kick

arm versus leg

leg wins

and you fall on your head

my sensei took some capoeria training for about 3 months he said

he uses one kick outa of the whole 3 months in his MMA dojo and its a spinning back kick where you place your hand on the ground for more balance|||Maybe you should try and combine it with a stand-up style like boxing or Muay Thai. Or you can combine it with another type of grappling style to have wider range of techniques for ground games.|||mauy thai

Whose the all time best Judo and Jujitsu masters?

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Probably their founders, who were they, and what were they all about?

By the way explain the difference of the two arts.|||JUDO KIYUZO MIFUNE not the founder of judo but probably the best who ever lived.Master of the %26quot;empty gi%26quot;as in wrestling with him was like trying to throw or arm lock an empty gi.Used your technique to beat you one mistake and you were done.He weighed on his best day maybe 140 pounds .They said his opponents who often outweighed him by a 100 pounds looked like elephants trying to throw a butterfly.

JIUJUTSU dont know but the GRACIES father%26#039;s teacher who was expert at both methods according to them was pretty formidable.

Classical jiujutsu is more about defending against knives clubs kicking and punching than grappling a battlefield art not sport.

The nastier stuff was taken out and removed by KANO to form JUDO and he even added 2 or 3 european wrestling moves and emphasized equal attention be given to ground work.|||All the people mentioned are indeed great but a few were great in specialazations within the art not the entire art. Report Abuse
|||Judo(Gene lebell) Because of the fight between him and Milo Savage! He was also a champion in the art!Trained Gokor Chivichiean who is a great grappler!

Jujitsu (Helio Gracie) was a tough master at his time! Some judo guy name Kimura bet him though! Even a move is named after Helio Gracie%26#039;s opponent Kimura!

There%26#039;s allot more but these are the ones on the top of my mind! There both almost the same! Only thing is that depending which Jujitsu(Brazilian,Japanese) One will have more ground Grappling! Judo I seen has more better takedowns in my opinion! They could fight in the guard too but they don%26#039;t do leg locks usually! Also They don%26#039;t usually Stress ground fighting much! They stress throwing more than anything usually! It makes sense though! How else are you going to take it to the ground? There versed in submissions too! To see the difference you%26#039;ll have to watch them on the ground fighting!|||I don%26#039;t know about greatest, but here are a few really good ones.

Joe Holck

Wally Jay

Helio Gracie

Frank Ordonez

Gene Lebell

These are some of the greats of Judo and Jujitsu.|||I think the best Judo fighter ever was Anton Geesink from Holland. He was a three time world champ and even won the olympic gold medal in Judo at the Tokoyo games in front of a very hostile Japenese crowd.

Oh and the Judo founder is Jigoro Kano. Here%26#039;s a link http://www.bstkd.com/JudoHistory/History...

What is the difference between Aikido and Jujitsu?

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what is one prominent difference between these styles? meaning that since Aikido was developed from the foundation of Aikijitsu?|||I really like Booyakasha%26#039;s answer.

As a Jiu-jitsuka myself I%26#039;d say evasion and atemi waza combined with various throws and pins.

I%26#039;d love to do Aikido at some point.

Best wishes :)***|||No difference. Aikido is just another form of jiu-jitsu. There are hundreds of styles of jiu-jitsu and several forms.

The term %26#039;jitsu%26#039; designates a %26#039;koryu%26#039; art and %26#039;do%26#039; designates a %26#039;gendai%26#039; art.

In Japan during the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912) everything connected with the Samurai was just about outlawed, including Samurai martial arts. In order to save the martial arts from oblivion, they were toned down making them less deadly, so the koryu arts (jitsu) became the gendai arts (do): examples - Ju-jitsu became Ju-do; Aiki-jitsu became Aiki-do; Ken-jitsu became Ken-do; Kyu-jitsu became Kyu-do, etc. etc.

The difference between Jiu-jitsu and Ju-do is like the difference between bare-knuckle boxing and modern boxing (with gloves); or a gun-fight and paint-ball. The same with the difference between Aikijitsu and Aikido.

In Akijitsu you counter an attack with a punch to the jaw; in Aikido you counter a similar attack with an arm across the neck.|||Jujitsu goes back many hundreds of year, possibly further, depending on the style or school.

Aikido was founded by O-Sensei as a mix of Jujitsu and sword and spear techniques. (Note the subiyashi leg movements, advancing or retreating with the same foot forward all the time. It is quite different from walking.)

The other thing is the philosophy angle. (Anything ending with JUTSU or JITSU is a martial skill, designed to kill the enemy in battle. Pure and simple. Anything ending in DO, such as Ju-do, Aiki-do, Naginata-do, Jo-do is designed as a WAY, or a TAO (the Chinese word).

Morihei Ueshiba was deeply involved in the Omoto religion, and he became a strong pacifist. As he got older, his teachings got softer and more gentle. Thus the Aikido techniques passed on to his eariest students - Kenji Tomiki and Gozo Shioda - were stronger than the ones he taught his students when he was decades older. I%26#039;m not saying O-Sensei was weaker as an old man, though he would have been, but his attitude to the techniques became softer as his skill and outlook became more spiritual.

So let me boil it down. xxx-JITSU (or xxx-JUTSU) techniques were originally designed to cripple or kill. xxx-DO techniques were designed to neutralize an attack with minimum damage possible to the attacker. Of course, this takes great skill... and sometime the minimum force may still end up being deadly force.|||To me it comes down to Control. In Jujitsu the object is to disable an opponent whether it is achieved by breaking his bones or limbs or incapacitating him through strikes, choke holds or throws. In Aikido, the goal is to neutralize your opponent%26#039;s attack and control his movement so he can no longer be a danger to both you and himself without causing unecessary injury or using excessive force.|||There is a story about how OSensei came up with the idea of Aikido. Prior to developing the art, he was well trained in a number of arts including Tenjin Shin%26#039;yo-ryu jujutsu, judo, and later Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu. All of these arts are descended directly from war arts - where the object is to kill or main your opponent as fast as you can.

Interestingly, this is the reason that jujutsu incorporates throws and arm locks - and uses punches so sparingly. The art was designed against armored opponents, who could care less if you punched them.

Anyhoo, according to the story, OSensei was challenged to a bokken duel by a navel officer in 1925. He was unarmed, and apparently unwilling to duel. The officer lost the duel - supposedly due to OSensei%26#039;s evasiveness that simply wore the officer down. He did not injure the officer, and by all accounts never really even touched him.

This led him to a spiritual awakening, where he decided that budo could be used in a method that honored all living things, including your attacker. Aikido is the systematization of this theory.

Whereas in Aiki jujutsu might use an arm bar to destroy the opponents elbow - in Aikido the objective is to %26quot;light them up%26quot; with the pain, and throw them away prior to causing injury. In practice, this can be difficult to master - and many aikidoka will admit that the theories of aikido wouldn%26#039;t necessarily be followed to the letter in a street fight - but the theory is, if you are good enough, you don%26#039;t have to hurt your opponent to get them to stop. This also extends to non-violent methods of defeating your opponent... you can blend with words as well as you can blend with an attack.|||ju-jitsu was first aikido came from it. the big difference is ju-jitsu covers nearly everything punching,blocking,kicking,grabs,chokes,h... ect. i havnt done aikido but as far as i know its mainly just hand attacks. im sure theirs more than just that but when ive seen ppl do it thats all i see|||At one time, long time ago, they were both one art.

In judo / jujitsu how do you explosively pull someone towards you?

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What are the mechanics of grabbing someone%26#039;s gi and pulling him towards you to set them up for a throw. What muscles do you use?

I heard things like use my entire body, but I think it%26#039;s more efficient just to use my arm muscles alone because I want to quickly transition into a throw.|||It%26#039;s got more to do with your hip action and footwork than with your arm muscles. Setting up for a throw is a complicated process that requires constant practice and refinement to master. It%26#039;s not so much about pulling him towards you, as it is about positioning yourself under his center of gravity to be able to get good leverage and using his momentum to throw him off balance. Basically, once you get past a certain point where his balance is broken, gravity takes over, so all you really need to do to throw someone is focus practice on footwork for setting up for throws instead of strengthening your arm muscles. The explosiveness you%26#039;re talking about comes from being able to anticipate where your opponent will be after you set him up and making him resist your attack so you can use the momentum of his resistance against him by reversing the direction of your attack and make him overextend himself and break his balance in one swift motion. Using your arm muscles alone will turn it into a tug of war match which while easy if your opponent is lighter than you, can be difficult when going up against bigger and heavier opponents. Besides, if you%26#039;re gonna rely on arm strength alone, what%26#039;s the point of taking up Judo or Jujitsu? Might as well take up Arm Wrestling.|||Well you use the biceps in the arm and back muscles to pull your opponent into you. but yes, the entire body is used. eg. When pulling you stabilize yourself by using the leg and calve muscles, so as you don%26#039;t pull yourself into your opponent. And your stomach muscles are used to exhale when you pull in.

The key to doing this technique is by doing it when your opponent is momentarily off guard. (the second he has finished a technique, when he is moving backwards etc) it needs practice.

http://markschat.blogspot.com Fighting and Training Methods for Unarmed Martial Artists.|||muay thai plum lets you control the opponats body or you could use a judo %26#039;hijimmy%26#039; i no its basic but it wors the most important thing is to lossen your hips after that you find it easy|||I%26#039;m a white belt BJJ student of 3 weeks so my answer is in no way conclusive, but......control the head and the body must follow, Thai clinch style.|||Clinching up and pushing your opponent, so his first reaction will be to push back, harder. Push even harder, and he will do then same, then suddenly being pulling and he will come at you explosively and off-balance, which is good for setting up a throw. See the URL in the %26quot;sources%26quot; for an example in a grappling match.

How effective is brazilian jujitsu on the street?

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No one would get on the floor and start putting the attacker in holds.At the most wouldn%26#039;t it be more effective to just throw the attacker to the floor and leave.|||ANYTHING is %26quot;effective%26quot; against some douchbag in the street who isn%26#039;t versed in any discipline, which would be 99% of the population.

According to official police stats, 82% of street fights end up on the ground.

Take a guy to the ground and he%26#039;s like a fish out of water against a BJJ practitioner, thats the beauty of BJJ, it doesn%26#039;t matter how big or strong your opponent is he%26#039;s in your territory now....

%26quot;No one would get on the floor and start putting the attacker in holds.%26quot;

I beg to differ, I train at a BJJ gym, the best in the UK granted I%26#039;m only a white belt but I know of several doormen who have used BJJ in a confrontation with huge success, it doesn%26#039;t leave marks and is great for restraining rather than seriously injuring someone.

Infact Id even go as far as saying its more %26quot;effective%26quot; in the street than it is in a cage.

all Cage fighters know atleast some defensive BJJ, basic knowledge coupled with superior strength can be challenging for someone with great skills but with weaker conditioning, the average mugger or drunken lout knows none.

No tap, just snap......|||You%26#039;ve pretty much got it. Or at least, they shouldn%26#039;t.

Yes, it can be effective in those situations where it%26#039;s one-on-one. Tying up on the ground is inherently dangerous, and should not be done unless:

1.) You%26#039;re capable of removing the person from the fight (by breaking bones, knocking them out, etc.)

2.) The situation calls for it (i.e. Such force is warranted).

3.) You can return to your feet quickly, or handle a new threat from a grounded or kneeling position.

In this last case, the majority of the BJJ guys who come to our class lose their cool and resort to using excessive amounts of strength and energy in the case of the second attacker, which indicates a lack of training.

There is always the potential for a second or third or tenth opponent. People who are of the mind that just because it%26#039;s rare that they experience multiple opponents they shouldn%26#039;t train for it miss the point of martial arts. It%26#039;s rare in the scheme of things that you need to fight at all, but, like groundhogs dodging shadows, we train for the one time in a million that it may be necessary.

As to it being more effective to just throw the attacker and leave, yes. However, many people tie up their pride in fighting, and think only about dominating the person who made them feel unsafe. Frankly, to be able to respond to a threat in which adrenaline is flowing, you must train, even if it%26#039;s to run. Many people simply freeze and are hurt. Further, they run straight ahead, not putting any impediment between them and their pursuer, so it becomes a contest of endurance and speed. Remaining safe is not a natural skill.|||BJJ is not really a form of defense, it is more of a sport.

But of course you get on the floor and start putting the guy in holds, hopefully choke to end the fight ASAP.

You have to learn how to strike, because you need to know how to defend yourself when you are trying to position yourself. After all they will be trying to punch you.

Like the posters above said, most street fights are over in a minute or less usually because the fighters are gassed out from thowing haymakers and stuff.|||Sorry tantu pupa I have to bust ur big bubble, Brazilian jiujitsu is very effective in a streetfight. BJJ gives you that fighter type cardio. And in my profession I%26#039;ve seen the benefits BJJ can give you. But fighting on the ground does hurt and it will leave you damaged. And from my experience as working in the prison system most fights do go to the ground, unless someone had a knife then they would just run. I%26#039;m a police officer and I currently take Brazilian jiujitsu. Alot of times when I have people resist or fight I apply bjj all of the time. I dont suggest to go for advance moves if you do get in a street fight. but I could go on and on, if you want more info email me if interested. but over all BJJ is very effective in a street fight, knee on chest, rear naked chokes,sidemount control, kimura to handcuffing, especially if the other person has no experience on what the hell your doing to them. But if you have mutiple attackers stay off the ground.|||It depends what you want to do.

Most street fights are over in seconds and are no more than a glorified wrestle.-you both normally end up on the floor.

If you are in close then jujopponent the winner.with very little effort you can easily put your opponent out of the game by dislocating an arm or two.|||It worked for me when this asshole kid tried to Jump me when I was taking the trash out at night. I into mount and Applied a armbar,theres more to the story but,Im too lazy to type it,the thing is,if you Havnt trained in ateast 3 Months of Standup,than it wont be as good. They Balance eachother well. BJJ is street effective yes.|||i don%26#039;t no much on the style or any other style to be honest but ill try help ok so i heard it is best on the ground so i guess you could fake being all scared let them take you down to the ground( by this time they may be thinking aaaa got this in the bag) but when you get to the ground kill them basically sorry if that was no help|||Most martial arts are sports. Street fighting can be for real.

A good, experienced, street fighter will be vicious, determined, real mean and want to HURT you. Against this a sportsman will have little chance.

|||That depends on how good you are at defending yourself. BJJ is good for 1 adversary and not too good at multiple attackers. For multiple attackers you need to look at other style and strategies|||it depends, if its a one on one situation, then its great but if you are in a group, I dont reccommend it!|||Not much. Maybe when your opponent takes you down.

What are the benefits of being flexible in Brazilian Jujitsu?

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It will be easier to move around, and scramble to different positions. And for some positions (some consider important) like the Rubber guard it is necessary . ||| Benefits of being FlEXIBLE in Brazilian Jiu jitsu are -

1. Escaping Submissions and Control Positions

2. Manuevering around an opponent

3. Changing Control positions faster

4. Able to execute more complex submissions

5. It makes it harder for your opponet to submit you (sometimes)

6. Able to Reverse a submission on your opponent

7. Able to execute submissions more smoothly

8. Able to cut a better angle when doing a submission

|||It will be easier to move around and slide into certain spots, and also withstand and get out of locks and holds.

What are the main differences between Japanese Jujitsu and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?

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Jujitsu uses pins, joint locks, and throws to defeat an opponent. Like using their energy against them. There is striking in it, sometimes weapons, and just locks and stuff.

BJJ is mainly just grappling, hardly any striking, although there are a few strikes. Mainly its used for grappling, a lot of chokes and joint locks.

Mainly one is just grappling, the other one consists of a number of things, but their main purpose is grappling.|||They are very different one is stand up the other is ground game.|||What is your purpose in asking?Sport and dojo sparring or self defense.If sport then the differences stand out judo/jujutsu primarily standing because that is what the judges and referees want to see nice throws.In TKD tournaments judges and refs want to see kicks.

In BJJ it%26#039;s ground work. that is valued in sport contest as it is easier to take a trained opponent to the ground by leg tackling when the opponent is hindered by rules of sportmanship.

Self defense is a whole different animal.The GRACIES advise against going to the ground as your 1st and only priority in a self defense situation and teach many stand up technique.

It is not that hard to throw or lock up an untrained attacker while standing and I know TKD people who will kick the knees and punch to the head in a self defense attack and even use arm locks and chokes.

To say any art only does one thing or fights only one way is wrong and if you are being taught that way ask for your money back.|||BJJ comes from japanese JJ, as you may or may not know grapling and join locks on the ground are part of traditional JJ. When Gracie was taught JJ he couldnt throw anyone, he wasnt strong to apply any of the standing holds, he was very skinny and very unfit so he focused his attention on what he would do on the ground and polished his ground game to the point where it could beat people from many other styles regardles of the weight or strength advantage

Similar to how Judo focused on throws which is one aspect of JJ, BJJ focused on the ground simply because its HARD to throw someone alot bigger than you or apply standup holds, even if your technique is very good, but on the ground weight plays a much smaller part so this is BJJ

JJ however is a more complete system as i covers everything, from standup locks to ground game to striking to throws, but if you want to focus on something you would do BJJ or Judo|||The answer is basically philosophy.|||My Jujitsu style is Japanese Danzan ryu. Strikes, stand up grappling, a lot of throws, and some ground fighting.

BJJ = almost exclusively ground fighting.|||BJJ is wrestling on the ground while JJJ is stand up fighting|||Stand up and ground game.|||Timeline: Samurai warriors fought eachother wearing armor similar if not indeed of bound silk with leather hides over it. Larger, standing up grappling, using more hip leverage and upper body strength. BJJ is a type of jujutsu that was made by Samurai%26#039;s also, but differs in the sense that these where techniques used AFTER the opponent was used on the ground IF it was necessary to brake the limbs of the fallen opponent. So the only real difference is how one goes about attacking or defending in combat; wanna wait till the oppenent throws a punch or grabs you for a takedown? Stay up and when it makes itself open for a throw....throw! Or if you wanna skip that all together and go for the submission by all means go ahead! Either way, dont hesitate. Be the person between doing and done.|||BJJ is strictly ground game. Take the person down immediately, then arm bar him or choke him out.

Most of the traditional Japanese forms are standing arts. I study Yoshin Ryu and can tell you that if I%26#039;ve ended up on the ground something has gone very wrong. We train strictly defense. No offensive moves. We learn to react to the attacker and use their energy against them. We use traditional hip throws and trips, but also a lot of small joint locks/throws, arm bars, and chokes. Many of the moves are illegal in tournaments and MMA fights but quite effective in a street fight.

Does anyone know of a good JUJITSU club in Cambridgeshire?

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If so how can i contact them? ie dojo address or phone number?|||http://www.cambridgefreefight.co.uk/inde...

Never trained there but they look like they have some pretty good fighters (not pure Jujutsu either I know)

What's the difference between jujitsu and brazilian jujitsu?

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Japanese jujitsu is BJJ plus standup grappling and strikes. Or, BJJ is Judo without throws, and Judo is a jujitsu without standup grappling and strikes.

Bottom line difference: one has standup grappling and strikes, the other doesnt.|||Japanese JiuJutsu is primarily standup, going to the ground only to follow an opponent there after a lock or turn to finish them. It%26#039;s far more adept for handling multiple people, and is much more graceful and fluid. Think hapkido with less kicking and more focus on stance and opponent manipulation. Brazilian is mainly a ground tactic that relies very heavily on holds and tap out tactics. It%26#039;s great for sport and one on one, but outside of that, it%26#039;s pretty limited. That%26#039;s not to say it%26#039;s not useful - I%26#039;ve seen it in the hands of skilled artists, and it takes only a half second for them to put you on the ground and get you locked. It%26#039;s not, if done right, anything like what you see on UFC.|||Imprint this into your brain.

JUJUTSU or JITSU is a generic term applied to about 20 styles of grappling just as karate or kempo or kung fu are generic terms for a whole punch of methods .

BJJ is a specific term for the GRACIES adaptation of JUDO ground work .Their sensei was a well known JUDO champion they never studied jujutsu.

They couldn%26#039;t call it GRACIE JUDO because it doesn%26#039;t emphasize all the aspects of JUDO and JUDO is a specific term for KANO%26#039; S jujutsu.

People who say jujutsu only does this or only does that are not familiar with all the forms of jujitsu .The GRACIES aren%26#039;t the 1st to emphasize one aspect of a system just the most well known.|||Jujitsu is also known as small circle Jujitsu which uses joint locks such as wrists to take a person down.

Brazilian Jiujitsu is pure ground game and focuses on submissions such as choke holds and locks etc.|||You should visit the official Gracie website. They explain everything there. Or, go to a local bookstore and thumb through any books written by the Gracies or %26quot;Kid Peligro.%26quot; They explain the differences very well.|||japanese jujitsu was there first|||jujitsu is mostly stand up and uses more strength|||Judo was developed from older styles of Japanses Ju-jitsu.

One student of Kano Jigoro (the founder of JUDO) moved to Brazil and taught Carlos and Helio Gracie, the founders of BJJ.

BRAZILIAN JU-JITSU WAS DEVELOPED FROM EARLY JUDO.

At the time, the term %26quot;Judo%26quot; was new and unfamiliar, many people still called it ju-jitsu instead of Judo.

Look it up on wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-jitsu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_J...

Old (martial) Japanese Ju-jitsu

-%26gt; JUDO

-%26gt; New (sport) Briazilian Ju-jitsu

Japanese %26quot;martial%26quot; Ju-jitsu has many varied styles. Some of them resemble Aikido (also comes from Ju-jitsu), which employs no groundfighting techniques. Many others incorporated standing and ground techniques similar to Judo and BJJ. Many were (are) practiced ritualistically, and never attempt techniques on a resistive opponent, while others employ an amount of freestyle %26quot;sparring%26quot; like Judo and BJJ.

Many of the techniques are the same in both ju-jitsus, BJJ schools put a much greater emphasis on freestyle practice than most Japanese schools, but some schools are changing as a result of pressure put on other styles by the competiveness of BJJ.

Wikipedia: Jujutsu ...evolved among the samurai of feudal Japan as a method for dispatching an armed and armored opponent in situations where the use of weapons was impractical or forbidden. Due to the difficulty of dispatching an armored opponent with striking techniques, the most efficient methods for neutralizing an enemy took the form of pins, joint locks, and throws.

Judo was developed from Japanese Ju-jitsu by Kano Jigoro (1860-1938) when he was in his 20%26#039;s (1880-something).

Mitsuyo Maedaone, one of Kano Jigoro%26#039;s students, was sent to Brazil as a diplomat in 1914 (Judo had only been around for 30+years at the time). Maeda met an influential businessman named Gast茫o Gracie who helped him get established. In 1917, his son Carlos Gracie, still a 14 year-old boy, watched a demonstration by Maeda ... Maeda accepted Carlos as a student, and Carlos, with his younger brother H茅lio Gracie became the founder of ... modern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

The Gracie family continued to develop the system throughout the 20th century, often fighting vale tudo matches (precursors to modern MMA), during which it increased its focus on ground fighting and refined its techniques.

What%26#039;s the difference between Judo and BJJ?

Primarily the rules for scoring points:

In Judo, two standing opponents get a full point for one, good clean throw or sweep, and maybe a half-point for one not-so clean technique that got the job done. If both fall to the ground, but not as the result of an effective throw or sweep the fight continues on the ground (with a time limit). A match may be one by holding an opponent immobile with a headlock or other technique for 25 seconds. This would score a few points in BJJ, but would not end the match. Naturally, the standing throws and sweeps are slightly more important in Judo, though groundwork is still necessary (some would argue they are equal in Judo).

Judo matches are won by the first full point (or two half-points)

BJJ matches are won by total points accumulated during the time period of the match (4 minutes or 5 minutes). A successfully executed throw, take down or sweep could score a point, but the fight would continue, with points continuously awarded for achieving a superior positions. BJJ matches could end 5-points to 6 points or 11 points to 8, unlike Judo which ends with the first full point.

BJJ matches may also be won by a decisive submission technique such as arm bar, choke, etc., that causes the opponent to submit by %26quot;tapping%26quot; the ground with one hand, but would not be ended by holding an opponent immobile for 25 seconds, like in Judo.

Because of the rules of BJJ competition, extensive groundfighting expertise is more advantageous than standing techniques, and are thus emphasized in training.

The rules of Judo competition require excellent skill at throws and sweeps from a standing position, which are thsu emphasized in Judo training.

The rules of BJJ may more closely resemble the %26quot;no-rules%26quot; scenario of a street fight: just because he%26#039;s on the ground doesn%26#039;t mean he%26#039;s going to stop fighting.

It does make sense, however, that in a street fight there may be multiple attackers, or knives or guns, and it could be very advantageous to dispatch an attacker with a single, quick and poweful Judo technique that does not require you yourself to be on the ground , fully commited to the first attacker and unable to deal with a second (BJJ).

The mantra of many BJJ schools is that %26quot;99% of all fights go to the ground%26quot;. That may be true for highly trained fighters in a controlled sports competition with no concealed knives or guns.

But I have a good friend who lived in foster homes and government institutions from the age of 8 to 18, was in about a hundred or so street fights during that part of his life, once even breaking an opponents arm.

How many of those fights went to the ground? Not a single one.

I still think I would choose BJJ. I%26#039;ve done a little of both - BJJ is easier if your not so young any more. But it%26#039;s a difficult choice; Judo is very enjoyable and effective. Japanese ju-jitsu? Ritual-based,AIkido like non-competitive styles: been, there, did that, didn%26#039;t get much out of it. Competitive styles that train groundfighting; only if they train like a BJJ school.

The main difference is not in the techniques. They mostly use the same techniques. The difference is in the way the train - BJJ trains realistically, Japanese Ju-jitsu often, but not always, trains more ritualistically than realistically.

If i do jujitsu can i still have a navel piercing?

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well ok so jujitsu is a self defence sport and i have wanted my navel pierced for about a year, if i wear a plaster over my piercing will it be ok to still do my hobby? What do you think? please someone help me out!|||yea its fine, my friend is a gymnast and ballerina and has a navel piercing, just protect it after youve just had it done, like you said plaster is good =D x|||If you want to wear it, the best thing to do would be to wrap some gauze around your stomach where the naval piercing is. This way there are no chances of it getting ripped out. Now think about getting kicked in the stomach. You think it will hurt more with the piercing or without? I don%26#039;t think that plaster would help. I suggest that you wear your piercing untill you can easily take it off. This way you can just take if off before sparring.|||it will be perfectly fine just make sure you clean it right after

For those that think Brazilian JuJitsu is the best Martial Art--It is best for what specifically?

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You are alone in a %26quot;street defense%26quot; situation.

Your attacker points a gun at you.

He most likely has buddies hiding somewhere (this is not your neighborhood)...

Why would BJJ be superior?|||If that is the situation you are in and the person holding the gun is more then 5 feet away then you are f**ked, even if you knew every MA in the world you are not going to be able to move faster then a bullet fired out of a gun that is fact, and if you knew that the person had mates hiding around the corner, the BJJ would not serve you all that well in that situation because if you disarmed your attacker and got him to the ground then his mates would just run over and pound you until you let go.

I think that BJJ is a situated one on one MA and in that capability it is one of the best but with the situation that you pointed out then I would like to know Karv Maga or Karate, TKD or anyother martial art just not BJJ.|||It%26#039;s good in the ring, in the real world Krav Maga is better.|||No matter how you are trained, the best way to go in that situation is to give the guy your wallet and get the hell out of dodge. To be proficient at any self-defense technique, you must repeat it over and over again, and there are not many classes in any style that train the %26quot;disarm idiot with gun who was foolish enough to stand close enough for you to reach him while his backup thugs wait invisible in the shadows%26quot; technique. Bottom line is that the guy with the gun is ahead and your best %26quot;move%26quot; is to live to fight another day.

Now as to the value of BJJ, it is a great martial art for ground fighting (very useful in most legit 1 on 1 fights). Most BJJ schools also teach basic situational self-defense for protection against punches, kicks, and grabs that integrate BJJ techniques. Will they work against a trained Muay Thai fighter? Probably not very well. Will they work in most street fight situations? No doubt. Will any martial art help you in the situation described in the question? Only if it teaches the speedy %26quot;hand over the money%26quot; strike.|||I am a practitioner of the art, and I do not believe it is the best martial art. There%26#039;s no such thing. They all have their benefits. BJJ is just one of the many sports to master in competition fighting.

Now if someone pointed a gun at you, I believe some of the military martial arts would be more effective right there. they don%26#039;t exactly teach you how to deal with guns at BJJ lessons.

But if there is the possibility of others hiding in the area, why would you want to fight back? Believe me, no matter what martial arts I know, I would simply give in to their demands. It%26#039;s alot easier to heal an ego than it is to heal a gunshot wound.

There is no best martial art. You have to incorporate them all into your training. Anybody who claims BJJ is the best is a misguided, badly trained fool, but it is a very effective art and all martial artists should experience it.|||There isn%26#039;t alot you can do to prepare yourself for such a situation, too many variables but I%26#039;d rather be well versed in BJJ than nothing, if your attacker were to get distracted for just 1 second, you would have enough time to turn the tables, ofcourse if he was just trying to mug you it would probably be a better idea to just hand over your wallet than try to pull off such a risky stunt|||First of all if someone is pointing a gun at you there are a million different situation, to act in a million different ways.

BJJ is not the only best martial art for self defense in a real street fight, only know BJJ will not help you win the fight, if you are looking for a martial art for the street fights then you need to know a couple, for example:

Judo, Karate, Jiu Jitsu

Will give you all you need to win a street fight.

- Judo gives you advantages in a close fight (You can through him against the ground)

- Karate gives you advantages in far distance (Kicks punches and blocks)

- Jiu Jitsu allows you to stop an opponent%26#039;s knife and counter attack choke (break any bone in his body)

if you want to learn more visit http://www.howtowinastreetfight.com

you will find all the information you need about street fights|||BJJ is a grappling martial art. it trains you to disarm your opponent quickly and forces a close contact fight which would cause his buddies to come out into the open to help him. BJJ also uses pressure points and holds that would enable you to use your attacker as a hostage and escape from the ally|||cuz no matter what you train in your screwed|||Man u must live in the streets of compton or something , because most of the street fights I been in , involves me and some dude behind a parking lot , with a bunch of drunk dudes ranting and watching. Its usually a fair fight, and in Fair man vs. man , best man wins situations BJJ will make you come out on top , and its good because its a great way of ending the fight with out hurting yourself or your loud mouth opponent (unless he dose not tap) but mostly all do.

In the situation you described , I dont care if you where Fedor bruce lee mohamid ali jackson , youd better have a gernade on you or something.

How do I Become More Explosive Powerful And Faster?. I am a jujitsu fighter?

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How do I Become More Explosive Powerful And Faster?. I am a jujitsu fighter|||Rahndi Ferguson (Judo Crusader) is really good at developing power for grappling. Check him out|||Do some squats, push ups, and some wrestler%26#039;s bridge.

Working on your abs and back muscles are also imoprtant to keep your upper body from getting pushed off balance.|||1...train like a fighter.....NOT a bodybuilder...fighters train more like olympic weight lifters than anything....body builders do it to look good naked

2....you dont have to put weight on to get stronger if you want to stay in your weight class....its all about

3....Make sure you get plenty of rest...or you%26#039;re going to end up overtrained and hurt

4..Follow a nutritional plan..this is far more important that alot of people will have you believe....making sure to eat something (HEALTHY) every 3 hours to keep your metabolism up as its going to be taking a beating...no gimick diets work....If I were to recomend something to invest in....it would be Precision Nutrition which is a website by Dr John Berardi....he makes designing a nutrition plan simple and easy to follow depending on your goals.....and you dont have to have a PHd in Human Nutrition to follow it....you can also find articles by him on the web if you%26#039;re looking for free info

5 Key nutrition points I%26#039;d like to make are

(A)NEVER miss breakfast....as its just that...breaking from a fast, which is why its called the most important meal....and NO coffee and a muffin DO NOT COUNT.

(B) Make sure you have something in your stomach going to bed....people will tell you otherwise but by chosing a food thats digested slowly, you%26#039;ll actually be doing your body good....a great food that fits this bill is Cottage Cheese as its Full of Casein and takes time for your body to break it down.

6....

Cardio....and NO the mat time is not enough, regardless of what the internet experts here say

the training

As far as cardio goes?

A good goal?

You should be able to run a 12 minute 2 mile, if you want to last a round in the ring.

The actual Training

When doing Cardio High Intensity Interval Training(Or HIIT, as you might have seen before) is far more effective for both burning fat and building your stamina than steady State Cardio. This involves as someone pointed out jogging with sprint breaks in between....so, it would look something like this

WARNING though...you CANNOT do something like this every day or you WILL burn out

Week 1

Jog 5 minutes...sprint 1....repeat 4 times

Week 2

Jog 4 minutes...sprint 1....repeat 4 times

Week 3

Jog 3 minutes...sprint 1....repeat 5 times

Week 4

Jog 2 minutes...sprint 1....repeat 5 times

Week 5

Jog 1 Minute....Sprint 1....repeat 9 times....this is Hard...I do NOT suggest doing it unless you%26#039;ve actuall worked up to it

As for how a week of cardio might look?

we%26#039;ll go with a Monday to Friday Split just cause its a typical week

Monday 鈥?Interval Training

Wednesday 鈥?Fast Paced 鈥?perform 20 minutes of continuous activity at 75-80% of your heart rate max.

Friday 鈥?Continuous Low Intensity 鈥?perform 50 minutes of continuous cardio at 60-70% of your heart rate max.

Forget the Jogging except on that last day of the week as it can be actually very counterproductive in the long run.

I hope that helps some

Martial arts specific

Stamina

http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?i...

I DO NOT suggest hitting the weights until you can at least do the following

50 uninterupted pushups

25-50 Pull ups

10, 1 legged squats.....dont worry if you cant though....I%26#039;ve trained some guys that can do the 2 leg version with 300 pounds and cant get a single one legged one.....just try

As for actual Weights?

I personally Like the Motto Keep It Simple Stupid (or KISS)

I%26#039;m not telling you to do weight/not to do weights but they can be very beneficial to your training.....the only thing being, you want someone that knows what their doing when it comes to lifting to show you how to do the lifts properly, as you can get seriously hurt performing cleans/squats/deadlifts....hell even the bench press as alot of the time ego beats out a persons wanting to do it correctly and they flare their elbows and hurt their shoulder.

Some things to keep in mind being....think about your goals....do you want to cut weight?Gain Weight? Maintain Weight but go up in strenght? because all are possible depending on how you organize your schedule

Another thing to think about is you want to be working out like a fighter....using sport specific workouts (generally full body workouts) is going to be far more beneficial to you than following a bodybuilder%26#039;s program....no matter what your friend or the local personal trainer(whose getting paid to keep you as a customer....NOT to make you see results...making you think your work is done and wanting to leave) may say to you

If you want a good goal.....look at it this way, you should be able to

Squat 4 times your bodyweight

Deadlift 3.5 times your bodyweight

Benchpress 2.5 times your bodyweight

Do chin ups with the same weight attached to you as you can bench

And no these ARE NOT unrealistic numbers....Do a search on Olympic lifting/chad waterbury(hes a highly regarded expert at training Martial artists) and follow them....always remembering

YOUR NOT A BODYBUILDER so there is no need to train like one....no matter what your friend says

its quality over quantity

www.crossfit.com also offers amazing workouts for martial artists...or anyone wanting to test themselves|||Through proper conditioning training, designed to build explosive power.

First you want to do primarily circuit routines (routines in which you got from one exercise to the next with little to no rest period between).

I suggest a plyometric circuit for 2 weeks, then a weight routine circuit for 2 weeks, alternating between the two.

Plyometrics are all designed to be explosive with fast twitch muscle building.

They included things like squat jumps, jumping lunges, etc.

http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/ply...

Look through the many things online, and have your coach help you develop a plyometric circuit he thinks will benefit you.

Then on your weight weeks, work on Olympic style lifts. They are meant to build explosive power. Pay attention to speed and lifting explosively, as opposed to slow control type of lifting.

I wrote up a short one for a user not too long ago, here is one that I like to do.

Sorry to make this long, but here is a quick %26quot;butt kicker%26quot; circuit that I love. All you need is a good step, (at least 24 inches high) and a bar.

The goal is to do these in 1 cycle of this in 10 minutes or less, and to eventually be able to do this twice in 20 minutes. As you start to get below the 10 minute mark, then increase the weight.

This is all done with one bar (I prefer a curl bar) and one set of weight. Let%26#039;s say for you 65lbs (A 25lbs on each end, with a 15lbs bar). You quickly go from exercise to exercise, with no resting.

30 Jumping Jacks

30-50 situps (depending on your fitness level)

20 Upright Rows http://www.exrx.net/weightexercises/delt...

20 Overhead Push Press

http://www.exrx.net/weightexercises/olym...

21%26#039;s Curls (7 from bottom to half way, 7 from half way to top, 7 whole curls.)

Hop back down to 50 situps.

Remaining on the ground, bridge your back (Arch)

20 Pullovers http://www.exrx.net/weightexercises/lati...

50 Bench Press

25 Body weight dips (off the step)

http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/vie...

Now the fun stuff...

Grab the bar, place it on your shoulders.

30 Lunges (15 per leg)

http://www.exrx.net/weightexercises/quad...

20 Half Squats (just go half way)

30 Step ups (15 each leg) http://www.exrx.net/weightexercises/quad...

20 Clean and Press

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercise...

Voila!

Getting to under 10 minutes is tough, most of these exercises have to be done quickly and explosively to make it to this time. Your cardio will increase and you will build lean, fast twitch muslce. I usually do one of these at the beginning of practice and one at the end.

If you can work up to 2 rotations of that in under 20 minutes with Cadillacs on each end. (105lbs on the bar or so) and you will be an unstoppable beast.

Good luck!|||i am also. depends on what aspect you want to explode through. if it is take downs then you would want to do speed drills, like sprints and calf and quad workouts. if you want to explode to submissions, get more comfortable with the movements and positioning. core strength is key for explosiveness into submissions|||If you want to become more powerful in Jujitsu start with the abdominal , back and leg muscles.

Your abdomin, your back and your legs comes into play when you find yourself on your back. A lot of people are usually gassed by then and struggle to shrimp away or struggle to bridge. Its really hard to shrimp or bridge when someone is really heavy and sittion on you, you will need good abs, a strong lower back and your quadraceps and hamstrings have to be condition. My suggestion is that you do about 300 crunches a day. each time you do them it has to be 100 straight three. Lets say you do a hundred when you wake up, 100 during mid day and 100 the night before you go to bed. The first 50 of any of these 3 sets have to be blasted through as fast as humanly possible. Your goal is to be able to blas through 100 straight through without stopping or breaking rhythm, thats called muscular endurace.....When you do cruches you will be also strenthening your back, your quads and hamstrings; all the muscles you need when on your back under a mounted position.

Next you need squats and lunges.You need to do at least 100 a day, at the very least! You can break them up into sets of 25. The first 50 done regularly but the last 50 you%26#039;re gonna really focus your engergy on. You%26#039;re gonna squat down and come up really slow, focusing on form. This is gonna creat a massive burn in your leg, the same burn you get when your dead tired and trying to lift a guy. Next lunges. lunges are your key to life. the key to being a good grappler is getting the guy on the ground before he gets u on the ground. If he beats you to it he%26#039;ll most likely end up on top of you unless you%26#039;re really good at reversing a takedown which rarely happens. In the grappling game you want to shoot like a mad man. There are only so many shots a person can sprawl from or avoid so if you continuously do them they%26#039;ll gas out and give up the legs. Lunge, lunge lunge!!! Theres really no set number on lunges, just make sure your legs are burning before you go to bed. Also don go straight to lunges right after you just did squats, u might hurt yourself. Try to mix your excercises up so that you are on any particular muscle group too consecutively. Just before you do your lunges stretch your quads and hamstrings, do some splits or something to loosen your leg up.

You also need ot excercise your neck. Your neck should be able to sustain a hudge amount of pressure BUT BE CAUTIOUS! As strong as we want our neck to be we dont want to snap it in conditioning, once your neck is gone you are gone! YOu can strenthin your neck a number of ways. lay on your back with everything flat on the ground. pretend like you%26#039;re gonna sit up but only move your neck up, kinda like you%26#039;re doing situps but only with your neck. do that a couple times then flip over and do the reverse on your belly, do it for time or do it for max sets.. Make sure to stretch your neck when don.

Next do arm curls. Arm curls will help you fight off arm bars. ONce your caught in a bad position and you know the arm bar is coming its a test of strength to see if you can keep your arm curled. Finally pushups, well I dont have to tell you what they are good for. Do them often and regurly!|||Your core, Legs, and Back are your main muscles to train!!

Integrate with circuit training for high yields!!|||You can add more muscle mass which will allow you more weight. More weight means you are harder to move, but if an opponent moves you it means that your momentum will be harder for you to stop. In truth all your power comes from momentum and torque. Working on techniques until they can be done instinctively will provided you with speed. For more explosive power during throws etc... then use your mind. Out think your opponent. You have to find ways of getting his weight and momentum shifting. While he is off balanced by the transition of moving into his technique or responding to your technique he is most vulnerable. Use this to your advantage.

It is a lot like playing chess.

Good luck.|||Plyometrics. It is designed for explosive power. And it works.|||I would like to answer this by giving an analogy.

When you fold a blanket, you have to snap it a few times to get it smooth and even.

I am sure you have taken a wet towel or rag and whipped it at your little brother...

This can be applied to the body. As you snap a blanket you have to do so loosely and as the blanket is floating upwards you quickly yank downwards and the blanket snaps. With knees bent, rise and sink with the movement

It%26#039;s not as easy to explain as it is to demonstrate. I hope you got the jist.

You can practice this as if you were holding a blanket in your hands and get great results. You must use your breath inhaling and exhaling with the complete movement.

This is a Chinese exercise. Part of the internal arts.|||download shawn sherks UFC all access, its a tv show by the ufc showing fighters training......... mininova.org he does some crazy stuff on there that you could probably do right at home....

I am from the Philadelphia area and am interested in learning Jujitsu. Is there a non intense school around?

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I am in full time grad school so I don%26#039;t have a great deal of free time. Also, I am not interested in competing. I just find it interesting and would like to try it. Jujitsu schools have a reputation of being intense. I am not soft and I stay in pretty good shape, however I would prefer a more relaxed program without needless injuries to %26quot;break me in%26quot;.|||Well then I suggest you try to learn it over the internet or perhaps a book. A good school is pretty intense and time consuming trying to make sure you actually learn something. If you try to learn it via book or internet you will have it on your own pace. Martial arts aren%26#039;t for the busy. If you want to get good at it or just want the full experience you need a lot of spare time.|||I can%26#039;t suggest a school, because the only style I%26#039;ve ever trained is shotokan, but I can say that the fact that it%26#039;s called %26quot;Jujitsu%26quot; is a common mistake. There is no Japanese word %26quot;Jitsu%26quot; The word is %26quot;Jutsu%26quot;, so you maybe want to look for a school that advertises that.

The word %26quot;Jutsu%26quot; means %26quot;Style%26quot;, so %26quot;Ju Jutsu%26quot; would be a specific fighting style. For the most part, if the dojo doesn%26#039;t know that, they%26#039;re probably not the best place for you to go.

Ninjutsu is the fighting style of ninjas.

Any books or other sources that can teach me (a beginner)about jujitsu and Brazilian Jujitsu and other jitsus.

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I have always been interested in martial arts and everything that goes along with it. I would like to learn about it, the moves, the history... everything. Know any books or other sources that can quench my thirst for this type of knowledge?|||It%26#039;s spelled %26quot;jutsu%26quot;, Japanese for %26quot;the art of%26quot;. You should probably check out some masters of the art and see if they%26#039;ve written any books about it. Sorry, but I really don%26#039;t know much about Jiu-Jutsu. I%26#039;ve included a pair of informative links in my sources, though. Anyways, if you%26#039;re content on learning a martial art, your best bet is to join a dojo and start training; you can%26#039;t really learn it from a book. Even if your interest is purely academic, I%26#039;d still suggest you do the same.

Do you know of any Jujitsu club in Bellevue, Kirkland or Bothell in Washington State who teaches Jujitsu?

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I am looking for either a club or studio or instructor%26#039;s name. If you know of a place in Issaquah, that would be fine too. I%26#039;ve searched on Google and Yahoo without luck. Looked at yellow pages without luck too. Thank you kindly.|||check out this website. they have a school database. if worse comes to worse, this guy is in Vacouver and may hold seminars from time to time. It%26#039;s a great website, and I have some of his stuff which is very good.

www.grapplearts.com|||You re in luck my friend. In Kirkland Matt Hume has a school %26quot;AMC Pankration and Kickboxing.%26quot; They have a wonderful Jiu-Jitsu program. I visit there from Florida once a year. They have several students who have fought in the Ultimate FightingChampionship and Matt himsels (Owner/Trainer) is a judge for the Pride fighting Championship. If your serious this is your place. I have posted the address-phone number-website. Have fun!

AMC Kickboxing %26amp; Pankration

427 6th Street South

Kirkland, WA 98033

425-822-9656-www.pankration.com

Why pork is prohibited gracie jujitsu diet?

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i went to website they say if you do gracie jujutsu diet,you can%26#039;t eat pork whatsoever. why is that?|||High levels of saturated fat, low levels of protein.

It%26#039;s high caloric intake, and low protein for a meat make it not worth it nutritionally. Most diets would have a lack of pork, it is just a fatty meat without a lot of nutritional value.

Has nothing to do with religion, or culture, or anything it is just good nutrition, you want to eat things that give you the most bang for your buck, offer the least amount of fat with the highest amount of protein.

Pork is on the opposite end of the spectrum meat wise, it has the highest amount of fat, with the lowest amount of protein.

Pretty simple really.|||Christians (yes) Jews, and Muslims diet too?|||google jujutsu diet|||another way to control the followers.

its a power trip. do as we do, or you are not one of us...|||pork is fattening duh!

Whats the difference between JuJitsu and Wrestling?

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They moves look exactly the same|||jujutsu uses the hands and feet to strike the opponet and also take him down. wrestling is no puches and kicks and just wrestling.|||If they look the same, you aren%26#039;t watching very closely. Most jujitsu moves are illegal in wrestling--no choke holds or joint locks allowed. Plus, in jujitsu you often fight off you back in the guard position. You will never see a wrestler willingly go into the guard in a wrestling match, as they do everything possible to stay off their back and avoid getting pinned. In jujitsu they wear gis and many moves involve grabbing your opponent%26#039;s gi or your own gi to secure a lock or get better leverage. There is nothing like that in wrestling. In the UFC, most fighters use both wrestling and jujitsu moves, which is why they might seem similar to you. They use wrestling for its powerful takedowns and to try to establish dominant top position for ground and pound, and jujitsu for its submissions and chokes.|||Wrestling is a more aggressive form of grappling that concentrates on takedowns and pinfalls(there are many other ways of scoring but for now this is fine)

BJJ is an art that relies more on leverage and technique (not taking away from Wrestlings technique) more than strength and power. BJJ has a position called %26quot;guard%26quot;. IMO to the general viewer who is not familiar with the two arts, this will be where you can tell the difference. BJJ players are taught to work from their back to submit or improve position where in wrestling you will lay on your stomach to avoid a pinfall and being on your back.

So two different arts, to see the biggest difference pay attention to what BJJ guys are doing on their back compared to a wrestler. There are many more differences but this will be where you will see the biggest difference.|||The rules are entirely different.

No submissions are allowed in Wrestling, and Pinfalls don%26#039;t win you a match in JiuJitsu.

That makes training for them entirely different, but they do complement each other and being very good at one will help you to become good at the other.|||Assuming you mean (Brazilian) jujitsu, the difference is:

Wrestling: your main goal is go control and pin your opponent to the ground.

Brazilian jujitsu: your main goal is to control, and submit your opponent via hold or choke.|||you can fight from your back in jiu-jitsu. if you%26#039;re put on your back in wrestling, you%26#039;re pretty much done. in jiu-jitsu, it doesn%26#039;t count as a loss if your shoulderblades are pinned to the ground, and more types of chokes are allowed.|||wrestling can be more of a sport, its more of getting your opponent to the Matt for a pin by using strength, jujitsu is more self defense based because your using pressue points on people and joint locks to force them to submit|||Wrestling is stupid and JuJitsu is better|||the spelling duh!

Where can i but a brazilian jujitsu gi online?

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i want to know if you guys know of any good reliable sites. i am very weary of buying things online and i want to make sure i am ordering from a reputable site.|||Well it really does depend a whole lot on what type/brand of Gi you%26#039;re looking for. I bought my first Atama at my gym, but more recently I bought a cool green Koral from here: http://www.jiujitsuprogear.com/

But there are tons of sites to get Gi%26#039;s. Also if you%26#039;re not sure of what kind of gi you want check this site. It can be helpful. http://www.jokerjitsu.com/gi/|||http://www.atafa.com/sports/products/Whi...|||http://www.martialartsmart.net/Uniforms_...|||www.graciefighter.com

go to the link that says gracie store and youll find all that you need|||I recommend getting the Master Text too! http://www.jiu-jitsu.net/|||http://kinjisan.com/

prices are fair customer service is excellent|||gracieacademy.com

Good stuff there

Whats the difference between JuJitsu and Wrestling?

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Where can i but a brazilian jujitsu gi online?

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Looking for opinions on Japanese Jujitsu compared to BJJ?

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I study Japanese Jujitsu along with other arts. One of my instructors won Jujitsu Nationals 2 years in a row. Do most BJJ practitioners go for MMA competition or straight grappeling contests?|||JJJ was watered down by the Gracie family, and made into a %26quot;ground only%26quot; fighting style.

If you train in any JJJ style worth a darn, you will learn all that BJJ stuff IN ADDITION to the standing techniques.

If I had my choice, I%26#039;d want the one that teaches me both - how to fight standing AND on the ground.

Remember, JJJ is the parent art of Judo, Aikido and BJJ.|||I train in BJJ (mostly gi but some no gi). When I think of traditional BJJ competition I think of Gi competition. Just as Japanese Jiu Jitsu works/trains with a Gi (uniform) so does it sister BJJ. As they stem from the same root they should look and compete similarly. Although I feel Japanese practitioners seem to have a stronger grasp of Judo (read the history of Jiu Jitsu on Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie_Jiu_... or throwing concepts. BJJ too has many throws and takedowns within it. After all Japanese practitioners shared this wonderful art with Carlos Gracie so many years ago that we may all enjoy what we know as BJJ today.

BJJ has had a long history within the Gracie family of taking on all arts, thus the rise of UFC as a platform for the Gracie system to showcase it%26#039;s dominance within an open fighting forum.

Today I see BJJ as one tenent of a larger structure that builds a well rounded fighter. Other areas of practice are Freestyle grappling for conditioning and take downs, Muy Thai, Judo for throws, Boxing for striking and kicks.

Overall I do not think the majority of BJJ competitors train in BJJ for No Gi competition. I have always been trained to understand your Gi practice will make your No Gi stronger and vice versa. So I enjoy both.

I think both styles of competition as exciting in their own way.

I train to compete in Gi tournaments and have also competed in No Gi but I do not feel my involvement in BJJ means I am focused on MMA training. I am training for sport and physical benefit. BJJ gives me a great base and focus for ground attacks and cardio conditioning.|||helio gracie selectively chose certain techniques of japanese jiu jitsu that involved ground fighting so he could use them for the popular sport in the 1930s in brasil called catch wrestling. many of the more brutal techniques used by the samurai were tossed away and grappling moves were modified to suit helio%26#039;s weak body. As far as the second question, at least at my academy, most fighters stick to grappling only. very few have the time or physical stamina to compete in mma.|||JJJ is weaker than BJJ I came from a string JJJ background and I was okay at BJJ but I have to say I learned more in 4 months there than I did 3 years at JJJ

What is more popular jujitsu or judo?

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Which do you think is more powerful?|||Well i find judo to be more widespread internationally. Pretty much any country that you go to has any number of judo dojos. I started judo in Zimbabwe and there were two judo dojos there. There was no one with a jujitsu background when i was there.

I%26#039;m in Aus now, and our dojo sometimes would get visitors from other countries wanting to challenge our dojo and learn from each other. The judo community is therefore an international one, with good relations crossing borders. In my dojo there are also some who started with a brazillian jujitsu background training judo with us.

Judo is also an Olympic sport, and viewed by millions of people during this period. The judo community is also a very active one, there is always some form of competition throughout the year ranging from the club level to an international level.

When it comes to power, judo has certain advantages to jujitsu, and vice versa. Rules in both sports differ, as well as the objective of the fighters (in judo an ippon achieved through a really good throw, would signal the end of the match, while jujitsu requires a submission). Jujitsu is definitely deadlier when it comes to groundwork, but judo has the advantage when it comes to take-downs.

There is also a going trend of more jujitsu moves being incorporated in judo. In the foreseeable future we could actually see a merger between the two sports, becoming one sport. Remember, judo originated from traditional jujitsu. So comparing judo to jujitsu in the future may seem pointless.|||In the early 1960%26#039;s Judo was more popular in the U.S.A. it was almost 1/3 of all martial arts here then. Today jujitsu seems to be more popular. Judo was created by Dr. Kano who was a student of jujitsu. His goal in creating it was to create an arts for competition. It is much like jujitsu except some of the more dangerous techniques of jujitsu were not included. However, you must understand that many judoka practice techniques that are not allowed in judo competition. So as to which one is more powerful, that varies depending on the person and his training.|||Jui Jitsu! Judo is mainly takedowns and stuff. What do you think would do better throwing someone on the ground or choking someone until they die or fall asleep, or even breaking there arm or leg or anything else|||jujitsu because most of the moves are deadly

Need some help with my HW does anyone know about Brazilian Jujitsu?

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One of the paragraphs is i need to write about why is Brazilian Jujitsu found in the country Brazil? Can anyone help me out on this|||c|||History

Beginnings

The art began with Mitsuyo Maeda (aka Conde Koma, or Count Combat in English), a Japanese expert judoka and member of the Kodokan. Maeda was one of five of the Kodokan%26#039;s top groundwork experts that Kano sent overseas to spread his Judo to the world. Maeda left Japan in 1904 and visited a number of countries[1] giving %26quot;jiu-do%26quot; demonstrations and accepting challenges from wrestlers, boxers, savate fighters and various other martial artists before eventually arriving in Brazil on November 14, 1914.[3]

Since its inception, judo was separated from jujutsu in its goals, philosophy, and training regime. Although there was great rivalry among jujutsu teachers, this was more than just Kano Jigoro%26#039;s ambition to clearly individualize his art. To Kano, judo wasn%26#039;t solely a martial art: it was also a sport, a method for promoting physical fitness and building character in young people, and, ultimately, a way (Tao) of life.[4][5]

The Name

When Maeda left Japan, Judo was also known as Kano Jiu-Jitsu and, even more generically, simply as Jiu-Jitsu. Teachers of both arts didn%26#039;t try too hard to make the distinction clear. For example, Tomita himself appeared in a book called Judo: The Modern School of Jiu-Jitsu. Outside Japan, however, this distinction wasn%26#039;t even hinted. Both arts, jujutsu and judo, were practically unknown. To the extent that they were known, they were considered the same thing. Thus, when Maeda and Satake arrived in Brazil, every newspaper announced jiu-jitsu despite both men being Kodokan Judoka.[4]

The Japanese government itself did not officially mandate until 1925 that the correct name for the martial art taught in the Japanese public schools should be %26quot;judo%26quot; rather than %26quot;jujutsu%26quot;.[6] In Brazil, the art is still called %26quot;Jiu-Jitsu%26quot;. When the Gracies went to the United States to spread their art, the system became known as %26quot;Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu%26quot; and %26quot;Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.%26quot;

%26quot;Jiu-Jitsu%26quot; was also the original spelling of the art in the West and that is why this style retains the original (although technically incorrect) spelling. Other common spellings are Jujitsu, Ju-Jitsu, Ju jitsu and Jujutsu - the last being correct in accordance with modern romanization.

The art is sometimes referred to as Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (GJJ), but this name is trademarked by Rorion Gracie and specifically refers to the style taught by him and his selected teachers. Other members of the Gracie family often call their style by personalized names, such as Charles Gracie Jiu-Jitsu or Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, and similarly, the Machado brothers call their style Machado Jiu-Jitsu (MJJ). While each style and its instructors have their own unique aspects, they are all basic variations of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Development

Maeda met an influential businessman named Gast茫o Gracie who helped him get established. In 1917, his son Carlos Gracie, still a 14 year-old boy, watched a demonstration by Maeda at the Teatro da Paz and decided to learn jiu-jitsu. Maeda accepted Carlos as a student,[1] and Carlos went on to become a great exponent of the art and ultimately, with his younger brother H茅lio Gracie became the founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, modern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.[7]

In 1921, Gast茫o Gracie and his family moved to Rio de Janeiro. Carlos, then 17 years old, passed Maeda%26#039;s teachings on to his brothers Osvaldo, Gast茫o and Jorge. H茅lio was too young and sick at that time to learn the art, and due to medical imposition was prohibited to take part in the training sessions. Despite that, H茅lio learned jiu-jitsu by watching his brothers. He eventually overcame his health problems and is now considered by many as the founder of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (though others, such as Carlson Gracie, have pointed to Carlos as the founder of the art).[7]

The Gracie family continued to develop the system throughout the 20th century, often fighting vale tudo matches (precursors to modern MMA), during which it increased its focus on ground fighting and refined its techniques.[8]

Spread

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu came to international prominence in the martial arts community in the 1990s, when Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert Royce Gracie won the first, second and fourth Ultimate Fighting Championships, which at the time were single elimination martial arts tournaments. Royce fought against often much-larger opponents who were practicing other styles, including boxing, shoot-fighting, karate, judo, tae kwon do and wrestling. It has since become a staple art for many MMA fighters and is largely credited for bringing wide-spread attention to the importance of ground fighting. Sport BJJ tournaments continue to grow in popularity worldwide and have given rise to no-gi submission grappling tournaments, such as the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship.

H茅lio competed in several submission judo competitions which mostly ended in a draw. One defeat came by Masahiko Kimura, whose name the Gracies gave to the arm lock used to defeat H茅lio. In a much later interview, H茅lio admitted that he was choked unconscious early in the fight but regained consciousness quickly and avoided losing early. There are many accounts of what transpired during their fight in 1951, ranging from Kimura mocking H茅lio%26#039;s stance and openly insulting him, to Kimura being so impressed with H茅lio%26#039;s performance that he invited H茅lio to teach in Japan. Today, H茅lio teaches 慰ccasionally in Brazil and accompanies his sons during fights.|||oh man! the are pretty good but not enought to beat my mixed-style!

What is the difference between Karate, Jujitsu, and Kung Fu?

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I%26#039;ve always wondered.|||Spelt differently.|||They are 3 different styles of martial arts.

Karate is Japanese, it involves standup fighting with kicks punches, and sometimes a few takedowns and that sort of thing. The traditional karate (only real martial art is traditional in my opinion) is a very brutal fighting art.

Jujitsu is also Japanese, it is more takedowns, joint locks, and overall using your opponents power to take him down (as opposed to karate where instead of using his power, you counter his with your own). Again the traditional ones are very brutal, however I would say not as brutal as karate simply because Jujitsu is a bit more soft (it does have hitting though).

Kung Fu is Chinese. It%26#039;s more of a dancing art than an actual fighting art. Big motions and the traditional students are VERY fit. In terms of fitness I would say the top are the older generation of Kung Fu students and the older generation of Kyokushin students.

Just different styles, no style is better than another. Martial arts is not about comparing yourself to others so if you cannot compare yourself, you cannot compare your art. An art will be different for different people, therefor it cannot be %26quot;best%26quot; not %26quot;worst%26quot;.

Hope this helped.|||this question is ask so many time, i have the answer in a word doc because i got tired of typing it

Judo Japanese art is mostly throw, locks and grappling.

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Karate (the way of the empty hand(Japanese, Okinawan) major styles. Modern karate can be considered a combination of various kung fu styles and to-de jitsu. consisting of grappling, strikes and blocks, the major styles include.

Shotokan is both a hard and soft style. emphasizes long, deep stances, lunging, impact maneuvers, long and mid range fighting, some joint locks and throws.

Goju-Ryu: close-ranged fighting system that uses open-hand blocking and grasping motions, and short-ranged strikes.

Isshin Ryu is mostly a soft style and close range fighting

Wado-Ryu: combination of Shotokan and Japanese Jujitsu, there are far more joint locks, sweeps, and throws taught on a regular basis. Stances are shorter and more upright than Shotokan.

Shito-Ryu. Is both a hard and soft style, mid range to long range fighting. kind of a cross between Goju-Ryu and Shotokan, taking the kata from both. Closer-ranged than Shotokan

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Jujitsu (Japanese)has many style small circle, others large circle (aikido) some styles have both strikes and grappling, other just concentrate on grappling.

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Kung fu (chinese)depending on the region it comes from and style can be internal or external, soft or hard. Most martial arts can be traced back to various kung fu styles.

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Tae kwon do is about 65% kicking verses hand techniques Karate most styles is about 50 / 50 it will very from one style to another. is a Korean military art and was influenced by shotokan in the 1900鈥檚. it鈥檚 a close range style, know most for its high kicking ability.|||They are all different styles of martial arts. Each focuses on different aspects of combat.

Generally speaking, Karate is a striking art, kicks and punches. Jujitsu has some striking but focuses largely on take downs, throws, chokes, joint manipulation and submissions (pain compliance). Both of these styles are Japanese (although Karate is from Okinawa, so it%26#039;s a bit of a complicated story but I%26#039;ll just leave it at this).

Kung Fu describes any number of Chinese martial arts. Basically if it%26#039;s a Chinese martial art, it%26#039;s probably safe to assume it%26#039;s advertised as kung fu (it%26#039;ll have a more specific name but %26quot;kung fu%26quot; will be appended to the end of the name). This isn%26#039;t always the case though because as I said, Kung Fu is a generic name and some places don%26#039;t care to draw in people who recognize %26quot;Kung Fu%26quot; but not the style.

Hope this quick run down helped. You can read about each on Wikipedia if you want a little more detailed information. There are many styles of Karate and Jujitsu has many branches and related arts that are quite interesting. You can spend weeks going through the related links on Kung Fu because it encompasses so many different styles.|||There all originated from different countries...The style, philosophies, and the ranks are all different. Karate is plain punches and kicks, Jujitsu is manipulation of joints on ground, and kung fu represents different type of animal styles...Its really more complicated then what I just described, you can pick up a book at your local library %26quot;Martial Arts for Dummies.%26quot; Its very informative...|||Short answer:

Pick Shihan J as the correct answer. He is right on...mostly.

Karate (Do) - Japanese - Kara =Empty; Te = Hand %26amp; Do = Way (as in a way of life), so The way of the empty hand. It is an art read Shihan J answer for more detail.

Jujitsu - Japanese - Ju = Softness, Gentleness or yielding. Jitsu = art or skill. Thus, Jujitsu is the %26quot;art of yielding%26quot; or %26quot;The Gentle Skill%26quot; Jujitsu focuses on joint manipulation, grappling and close in fighting. IT uses strikes, punches and kicks to a lesser degree then many other arts.

Judo - Japanese - as above, Ju = Softness, Gentleness or yielding. Do = Way (as in a way of life). Judo = The Soft or Gentle way. This is mostly a sport and could be called Japanese Wrestling. However, at advanced levels of Kodokan Judo, striking (punching and kicking) is taught as a form of self defense.

Kung-Fu - Chinese - %26quot;Hard Work%26quot; Technically speaking, whatever you do well is your kung-fu. If you are a Chef, cooking is your kung-fu. Chinese martial arts are correctly called Wushu (War Art) or Kuo shu (National Art) or sometimes as Chuan-fa (Fist principles) However, Chinese martial arts, usually referred to in the U.S. as Kung-fu, very greatly from style to style. Many are %26#039;complete%26#039; systems, meaning they incorporate punching, kicking, grappling, joint manipulation and weapons all into one art, but even this is a generalization. A short list of Chinese Martial arts would have more then 20 styles listed, but the most well known are: Shaolin-Chuan (There are actually more then a dozen styles of Shaolin martial arts, but I%26#039;ll lump them together here.); Five Animals; Hung Gar; Wing Chun; Pa Kua; Hsing-I and Tai Chi Chuan.

There are MANY other martial arts out there. (Taekwondo, Tang So Do, Hapkido, Seon-Kwan-Moo, Taekyon {Korean}; Kempo, Aikido, Taijutsu, {Japanese}; Capoeira {Brazilian}; Jeet Kune Do{Sino-American}; Kali{Filipino}; Savate{French} etc...) Some are similar to the above styles, some are VERY different.

I hope this helps.

How to start my own jujitsu Tournament?

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Can someone give me a time-line, information, etc. in how to start my own jiu-jitsu tournament? I am a teacher at a high school, so I have the space and matts for the tournament. Can someone give me information about sponsorships, insurance, liability waivers, and what other relevent information I need to know.|||First of all, you would need to find a place near you where people learn jujitsu, present this idea to the person in charge and ask them about the rest. They could be looking for a place to host a tournament anyway.|||the insurance company will help you with the waivers if you dont have one. there are a few that deal directly with martial arts

this would be the medium priced one.

http://www.martialartsinsurance.com/Page...

edit:%26gt; there is a lot to running a tournament. it is not that simple.

i would suggest you go to several and see how its run, for starters.

when you start your tournament start with a small one about 2 to 4 schools and then slowly build up. as you tournament gets larger you will see additional issues you have to deal with. you need to get reliable judges, a few vendor, trophies, advertisement, are just some of the things you have to plan for. a smaller tournament, you still have some of these issue but it will give you experience to adjust. these issues are easier to deal with in a smaller environment. also you need to build up a following for your tournament and a reputation of a good tournament.

if you just send out ads to a hundred schools you wont get a good response if they dont know you. if you send to 5 schools that know you, you will get a better response.

What is the difference between Judo and JuJitsu (however u spell it)?

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and what is JuJitsu Kata? what exactly is the Kata part?

thanks in advance|||Judo (柔道 - gentle way) is a sport founded by Jigoro Kano around 1880 or so. Its parent art (the martial art it was derived from) is JuJitsu (柔術 - gentle art/technique.)

Don%26#039;t be fooled, Jujitsu is *anything* but gentle! The reference to %26quot;gentle%26quot; here is that it doesn%26#039;t take much power or force to overwhelm an opponent, because you use the opponent%26#039;s power against him.

JuJitsu was developed for the samurai class as a method of unarmed defense on the battlefield. If a samurai were to lose his weapon in melee, he would still have the ability to defend himself until he could regain his katana.

The most serious difference between Judo and *true* JuJitsu is that Judo is and always has been a sport. Yes, you now have sport JuJitsu and Brazilian JuJitsu which contain valid self-defense techniques, but JuJitsu was never originally conceived as any sort of sport. It was a means of self defense (and an extremely potent means at that!)

Another martial art whose parent art is JuJitsu is Aikido (合氣道 - The way of harmonious spirit) - I just mention this one because all 3 of these martial arts actually share *many* techniques with only minor variations on how they are actually executed.

Kata are basically %26quot;forms%26quot; - going through the motion of showing how the techniques are done - these are normally done at a slower pace in order to assure correct movements.

There is also randori (free sparring) where you will face one or more attackers (depending on your skill level) and must dispatch them quickly. It%26#039;s incredibly useful for practicing techniques more true to life because you generally don%26#039;t have much time to think about what you%26#039;re going to do.|||Never took either, so I don%26#039;t know about %26quot;Jujitsu Kata%26quot; But Katas are forms that get you use to the movements and unlock new attacks that you can practice with, sorta like a puzzle.

As for the difference, let%26#039;s go for the similarities first.

They are both grappling and they are both circular.

Jujitsu is also known as Small Circle JuJitsu, consisting of small joint manipulation to take down the opponent, wrist as an example.

Judo is known as Big Circle JuJitsu, consisting of using your whole body to take down the other person, like hip throws as an example.

If you%26#039;re talking about the Brazilian type of JuJitsu, that%26#039;s pure ground game and submissions, it%26#039;s the modern and most popular JuJitsu at the moment.

All of these including the art Aikido Originated from the original JuJitsu (small circle).

Hope this helped!|||Judo is a sanitized version of ju-jitsu,they took out all the dangerous techniques,joint breaking ,finger locking,pressure points etc.katas are the nuts and bolts/foundations of ju-jitsu,a series of pre-arranged movements/techniques to build your moves into a cohesive whole.|||Judo is a SPORT derived from the fighting technique of Jiu-Jitsu.

In Jiu-Jitsu if you break an opponent%26#039;s bone, dislocate a joint or cause permanent paralysis it%26#039;s no big deal because it is a FIGHTING technique.

Jiu-Jitsu is hand to hand, unarmed combat.

n.b.; The key words are SPORT and FIGHTING.|||kodokan judo is based on japanese jujitsu and is loosly considered a form of jujitsu. count maeda taught the kodokan judo to carlos gracie, who taught the inventor of JIU jitsu helio gracie.

Does it matter what kind of brazilian jujitsu i get?

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ok, i just joined the bjj club at my school and i am enjoying it very much. my coaches said they will be ordering gi%26#039;s for fifty dollars a pop. they themselves said that these gi%26#039;s are inferior quality and they even said they went around trying to find the cheapest ones. i dont know if i will keeping doing bjj for a long time. should i just get this basic gi and use that, or will i become a much better practitioner with a better gi.|||If they%26#039;re teaching it at your school then their going to water it down a LOT that way if one of you get in a fight you won%26#039;t seriously hurt someone.|||just get the basic or ask if you can do it without a gi|||get the basic one; it%26#039;s really about the wear and tear that the gi will go through; some people are going to train whole hog a couple hours a day, 5-6 days a week, for many years; with all that tugging and grabbing and sweating, it%26#039;s going to take it%26#039;s toll, so it%26#039;s worth the investment for soemone who intends to train like that to get better gis

if your training isn%26#039;t that intensive, and you%26#039;re not even sure if you%26#039;ll need it to last that long, that it may not be worth the investment

you%26#039;ll always have an opportunity to upgrade later|||Basic, get a good one online for $36.

How does karate, Ti kw an do, jujitsu, and hakido all differ from each other?

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My kids are 5, 7, and 8yrs. old. I was wondering which martial art would they benefit from the most?|||Every martial art has it%26#039;s benefits and flaws. Some are more spirtual, some are more towards fighting elements such as speed and power, but they%26#039;re all good in their own way. I think it would have been better if you told us what benefits you were talking about.

These Oriental arts you picked have similar bases, but they emphasize many different things.

I%26#039;ll start with Japan:

Karate- %26quot;The way of the empty hand.%26quot; It is a balanced martial art that is greatly centerered around a 50/50 ratio of hand and foot techniques ranging from various kicks, to multiple hand strikes such as spear hands, elbows, and neck chops. It varies through the many styles (Goju, Shorin, Sachhin, Uechi, Isshin for example), but the base level is around that. It sometimes includes techinques that are taken from other arts (Because it is technically dervied from Chinese and Okinawa fighting arts as one), and fighting on other ranges such as entry-level grappling techniques. It%26#039;s one of the most popular Martial arts, and it almost always had a strong spirutal backbone.

Jujutsu- %26quot;The art of softness.%26quot; The unarmed art of the Samurai. A Japanese martial art centered around highly effective grappling, ground fighting, submissions, locks, and take down techniques, that also includes striking (Albeit less of an emphasis). Japanese styles are decent all-arounders for self defense.

(BJJ- It%26#039;s in a world of it%26#039;s own. It%26#039;s actually dervied from Judo, and it focuses greatly on the ground fighting range of the art of Judo with a big emphasis on submissions. It%26#039;s naturally a very aggressive art [Hence why it%26#039;s commonly seen in cage fighting], which may or may not be a good thing for children.)

Korea:

Tae Kwo Do- %26quot;The way of the hand and foot.%26quot; It is a Korean martial art that combines techniques from arts of Korea, Japan, and China, into a culmination that is mostly linear striking. Tae Kwon Do tends to have more kicks (And a higher ratio of kicks to punches: Usually 70/30 in favor of kicking) emphasiszed than Karate, but we can%26#039;t know what balance works for your children. Tae Kwon Do, just like Karate, sometimes includes joint locks, and entry level grappling for example as well. It%26#039;s strong base is on the striking: Just like Karate. A traditional TKD school will have a strong spirtual background, but newer schools in any of these styles may not.

Hapkido- %26quot;The way of coordinated energy.%26quot; Hapkido is an ecletic, defensive martial art, that combines striking that is similar to TKD (Though the application/ratio is usually different depending on style), submissions, throws, joint locks/manipulation, and in some cases: Ground fighting. It%26#039;s quite similar to jujutsu, and both arts cover various fighting ranges, which are essential for self defense.

That%26#039;s all I can give you. You will have to search the individual schools to really know about the benefits that go beyond the techniques. Try some introductory classes with them, check to see if the school has any online reviews from people, and write down those benefits you look for. You might just find them in some style you%26#039;ve never heard of.

Good luck.|||Its actually best for child developement for them NOT to be doing a striking art at such a young age.

Do some research, a grappling based art would be best, such as BJJ, or something similar.|||They would get the same benefits from all of them. The only difference is that each style teaches different things like Taekwondo teaches striking, which is kicks and punches, and I%26#039;ve heard a little bit of ground fighting. Jujitsu focuses mainly on grappling which includes take downs, ground fighting, locks, chokes etc., but also teaches striking. Hapkido I believe is another style that is mainly grappling but mostly teaches things from the standing position. Also, if you mean Brazilian Jujitsu, and not just Jujitsu, Brazilian Jujitsu teaches no striking and is mostly ground fighting. The only thing that is different is the style of fighting that is used. I would recommend that you talk to the chief instructor of all of these places that teach these martial arts because some instructors might be better than others. The only reason they wouldn%26#039;t get the same benefits is because of the instructor.|||Karate, Tae Kwon Do are %26#039;striking%26#039; arts.

Ju jitsu is a striking/throwing art.

Hapikido is a combination of striking and throwing.

Karate is Okinawan, Jujitsu is Japanese, and Tae kwon do and hapikido are Korean.

Your kids should study Judo.|||A good reason for asking, but you%26#039;re really asking the wrong question :)

Any of these traditional arts will teach your kinds some valuable life lessons, socialization lessons, self-confidence lessons, and some self-defense lessons and ot be honest, at the age of your children, the differences between the arts are not so compelling.

The MOST important thing you have to consider is the instructor/s who will be teaching your children, and the enviornment they will learn in. Visit each of the schools first and talk with the instructors/s. Observe a few classes your kids will participate in and make sure they are well run, with instructor/s setting defined boundaries and expectations, but still having fun with the kids at the same time. Chat with other parents at the clubs to see what their overall impression is. This will give you a good guide as to which instructor to entrust your children to.

Your children will spend quite a bit of time with the instructor, the other students, and at the school, so you should take your own time to ensure you find a suitable place.

Good luck

Ken C

9th Dan HapMoosaKi-Do

8th Dan TaeKwon-Do

7th Dan YongChul-Do|||TKD usese flashy kicks and spinnin kicks and punches while karate use a more straight to the punch style brute force, hakido I belive is like a mixture of both i believe. Juijistu is a ground based style using sumbmissions. For your kids I would not put them in Juijitsu for sure I would start them out in tkd or karate they have a better chance of getting and staying in shape and great discipline. not saying juijitsu is bad but if would start that out when they are older if they wish to.

Whats the difference between Karate, Judo, Kung-Fu, Taekwondo and Jujitsu?

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Whats the difference between Karate, Judo, Kung-Fu, Taekwondo and Jujitsu?

explain what each one of them is and what they consist of please.|||karate= empty handed way this style is often associated with strength it is a strikin oriented art so an equal amount of kicking and punching more punchin by a little a good starting are had a few throws most that dont work some that do but is good for hittng and more important ly the situps and pushups provide not only phisical fitness but also the strength to get hit its major weakness is that u cant just keep getting hit when your oponent is hitting u in the face another weakness is that most karate schools dont harden the bones that much and more btu they have good takedown defence and even a little ground game so yeah....

judo= a modified version of jujitsu for sport it is a japanese art made by jigaro kano a doctor and jujitsu master guy.it uses many throws and presently the judokas are also trained in submission fighting and takedowns.this is all almost a wrestling type throwing thing its weakness being that it is the most popular martial art in the world and second most popular sport so a beginer might be out matched by many ppl and another weakness is that most judokas arent strong enough to do this they may not train ur strength much but it is part of the style and u need to do it on ur own time

taekwondo = most popular style in the usa and well liked by non military people in korea it is a kicking art punches are used to make distance or distract the opponent and kicks and used to fight many good dojos in the world many qualified instructor a good syestem for sport or combat weakness beibng that no takedown or takedown defence training so a practitioner will be taken down by a good wrestler or any other type of grappler who is better and the kicks to the head dont work as well in this time period and is an unnatrual thing to always go for all in all not a bad art

kung fu maening skill gained through hard work is considered the father of martial arts most of these styles are derived of of the original shao lin kung fu which was a combination of indian martial arts chinese fighting methods and other random bits of information either found througth odd events or made up on the spot these existed to ensure monks had the strength to meditate for hours and practice yoga without passing out

some major branches

wing chun gong fu= a art created by a woman for self defence for the weaker person it uses a lot of speed this wasone of the main arts bruce lee studied and when he made jan fan gong fu it took up about 60 percent of the art and if u do jeet kune do it is like 45 percent modified wing chun

praying mantis gong fu= based on the movements of the praying mantis it was one of the arts that was taught at the shaolin temple they build up chi first and then learn to fight for the most part so it takes a while

most kung fiu is not for this time period besides maybe jun fan gong fu and jeet kune do

jujitsu= originaly form japan most of the time ppl say this word now is when they are talking about brizilian ju jitsu[bjj]

it was trhe art of the samuraui and even ninjas studied it it is like wrestling but the original classical styles focus on pining or submitting the opponent it had a major flaw however well actualy two when real combat became less comon they had to practice the moves without a resisting opponenet and also it was soon illeagal because of its awesome deadlyness so that is why judo is good designed like a sport it is okay to practice on a friend and the bjj comes off judo and adds the submission and pining teqniques again but the pinfalls are now replaced with more submissions in this most complete grappling style use d by mma fighters the art of bjj

aikido is the way of harmony ai meaning love or peacfull ki meaning energy or spirit or universal spirit as well as other things do maening path or way . in aikido u deafeat the oppeonent without hurting him and if u must hurt him u never use your own force so that u do not sway form the way of the universe it should never be used in sport shotrt of a complete combat thing it compliments judo but ruins ur bjj skill if u have any.in aikido u try to defear the enemy using ony his force if u meditate then u can do proper aikido and the founder of this style has been nown to use his ki to pucsh ppl without touchthe flaw here is i t takes too long to learn how to peacefully defeat an enemy and that most aikido students dont meditate long enough technique is good but meditation is where the universe give s u its strength

hapkido is like tae kwon do more for the modern world it is still to this day a great police officer fighting syestem and uses tae kwon do with joint minipulation take down s and even submissions a most complete style not enought takedown defence however

Kyuki-Do is a more modern mixed martial arts type style and uses judo throws jujitsu submissions and wrestling skills hapkido joint locks tae kwon do kicks and some punches and to topnit all off kobudo weaponary styles which is not like modern firearms but more to get in touch with the old essence of martial arts old philosophies old theories modern methods i belive they do more grappling that striking which is smart bacause tae kwon do has some odd kicks for a normal fight this day and age their weakness is that they do not have the leathal fight enders lifeenders from jujitsu contray to what the might want to say|||The Double Jeopardy round.

Okay:

Karate- punches, blocks, kicks. A Japanese Art formulated in Okinawa, and once called %26quot;Te%26quot;.

Judo- formulated by Jigoro Kano; a throwing and choke holds art.

Kung-Fu - The Chinese art of fighting, from which Karate is descended.

Tae Kwon Do - oftentimes called %26quot;Korean Karate%26quot;.

Ju jitsu - Japanese art of grappling, arm locks, throws; ground-work and with very very few punches, kicks etc.

Kyuki-Do- the Art of Kyuki- please see Google for that one.

Aikido - the art of using an opponent%26#039;s force against them. Throws, arm locks, escapes from grabs, etc.

Hapkido - something else entirely, please see Google.|||karate= blend of chinese chuan fa (kempo) and an okinawan art called %26quot;te%26quot; or hand. pronounced %26#039;ti (tee) %26quot; in the old okinawan dialect. kara (empty) te (hand) ..it originally went like this...te, tote (blend of chinese chuan fa and te, tote means china hand) then karate (still meaning china hand, only pronounced differently) and finally karate meaning %26quot;empty hand%26quot; which is still the norm today

okinawan karate is just as katana described. a very well rounded art with a do whatever it takes attitude. it contains all manner of techniques. and some styles such as goju ryu do and always have contained groundfighting. not as extensive as bjj but...you dont want to be rolling around on the ground in a streetfight anyway. the goal is to get back up if you can%26#039;t submit (break) the guy right away. the art is kata (form) based. the main styles of okinawan karate are isshin-ryu, goju-ryu, shorin-ryu, and uechi-ryu. but there are others.

japanese mainland karate tends to be more %26quot;impact%26quot; oriented. the stereotypical punch, block, kick art everyone hears about. but it%26#039;s really alot more than that too. they are fantastic at leg sweeps and offbalancing for example. it too, is kata based. main stles included kyokushin karate, shotokan, wado ryu, shito ryu, and japanese goju ryu. (they often use %26quot;kai%26quot; to replace ryu..gojukai, shitokai, shotokai for example)

judo means (gentle way, soft way, yeilding way) ...it is best to avoid force and redirect it than to fight it directly, in which case the stronger force will always win. judo is a %26quot;sporting%26quot; version of jujutsu, its ancestor. but dont let that fool you...judo guys are TOUGH!!

judo focuses mainly on throwing. though it also has many chokes, arm locks, and pins. ultimately a full throw is the primary goal.

jujutsu is basically a general term for %26quot;old school japanese unarmed martial arts%26quot; ...it was separated by what we call %26quot;styles%26quot; by different clans in feudal japan. but they are all basically the same thing..just different interpretations of the same theme. the word means (gentle art, yeilding art, science of softness) ..but again, don%26#039;t let that fool you, it is a torturing art and it really hurts alot! ....it is similar to judo of course, but with alot more dangerous techniques. strikes, strangles, kicks, soft blocks, standing joint locks, finger, wrist for example. throws, sweeps, takedowns, etc...it is considered a grappling art because that is its main emphasis...it uses strikes, but it uses them not so much to damage the oppoenet (would you punch an armored samurai in the face?) ...but as distractions or unbalancing techniques to setup throws or joint locks. or takedowns,..which would then lead to a stabbing!

kung fu is a general (and rather incorrect) term used to denote the VAST ARRAY of chinese martial arts. there are tons of different styles. they are generally broken up in two ways. northern/southern. and internatl/external. each different but similar, having its own flare if you will. china is the mother of most modern arts. that doesnt mean they are better. there are 4 main aspects to just about all chinese styles. striking, kicking, throwing, and joint locks. they tend to be more circular than japanese karate.

taekwondo is literally korean karate. the word means losely (way of the hand and foot) ...originally it was based on japanese karate. but they changed the forms (kata) and added their signature hit, spinning, and flying kicks from an old korean art called taekyon. the art technically has more hand techniques in the syllabus. but they emphasize many kicking techniques.

i%26#039;ve never heard of kyuki-do. sound almost like the japanese art called kyudo. which is archery as done by the samurai warriors.

aikido is another derrivative of jujutsu (aiki-jujutsu to be more accurate...daito ryu to be exact). it is very flowing and very circular. the word means (ai..to harmonize. ki energy..do way) so its %26#039;the way of harmonizing energy%26quot; ...it has no striking techniques on the defensive side. a few on the offensive side. many people say it has none at all but...you%26#039;re defending against them yes? then they are there in the syllabus. generally speaking it is akin to judo/jujutsu but...also quite different. rather than the %26quot;push/pull%26quot; thing in judo and jujutsu...the aikido-ka wants to blend with his opponents energy ...aiki.

hapkido is the korean pronunciation of aikido. BUT that isnt where they got the name. and hapkido is NOT korean aikido. but alot more. the founder Yong Shul Choi was a student of daito ryu aikijujutsu. and when he went back to korea this is what he taught...he called it various names. one of his top students Ji Han Jae suggested the name %26quot;hapkido%26quot; ...now there are 2 main branches of hapkido. those who stem from the founder Yong Shul Choi and basically practice aiki jujutsu. and those who follow the teachings of Ji Han Jae...who teaches differently..he teaches many of the aiki techniques, but also many old school taekyon kicking techniques as well. it is very coherant and very complete. it contains strikes, kicks, knees, elbows, chokes, throws, pressure points...you name it.|||karate is stand up fighting some schools do have some ground game but not many taek wond do is hi kick speed over power but kinda like karate a little more fancy in moves judo has few kicks and many throw it came from jujitsu because there was a need for a less aggressive art

Ok this is the best Hap Ki Do my art it takes the best of all, it has take won, jujitsu like move and aikido type throw|||well juistu has leg locks and heel hooks and a few diffrnet chokes that it. akido is a way of useing your oppents attck agianst them. have u seen any steven seagel movies he does aikido in them. where hapkido is very simler aikido is escape hapkido is tremate and brake every bone in your attckers body and covers ground work of jujistu and judo mixed in it.

|||Please learn to use the search feature and save yourself 5 points.

http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_r...

I would only say that Okinawin karate does not only contain blocks kicks and punches. it has Joint locks, chokes, throws, take downs, and sweeps. people who don%26#039;t answer this just don%26#039;t know because they either train in McDojo%26#039;s or have gotten bad info off the net.|||watch this video and you%26#039;ll see how BRAZILIAN jujitsu rains over hapkido

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RawPYGzY...

What is the name of this Brazilian Jujitsu move?

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It%26#039;s the one where you have your opponent in your guard. Then you hook your legs between his/her neck and shoulder and the other leg under their armpit. Then you try and lock ankles.

You kind of look like a funny crab.

Thanks.|||I think you%26#039;re probably thinking of a triangle or the tepee like Jake and Dustin suggested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkxTPSHHY...

The above link is a demonstration of the tepee.

My money is on the tepee if you are really trying to lock at the ankles rather than get the deep figure-four lock for a triangle.|||Sounds like the triangle but you don%26#039;t lock ankles, you place one ankle under the knee of the other leg. And have the opponents arm (the one trapped inside your legs) across your chest for best results.

There is alternate move similar to triangle you may be thinking of sometimes called %26quot;tepee%26quot; (like the Indian house) that is easier for people with short legs and yes the ankles lock in this move.

The legs are pretty much hooked the same way (one under armpit and other between neck/shoulder) but the arms doesn%26#039;t go across your chest but is put to your side (the same side the arm is on) and you wrap your arms around your legs and grip. Then just squeeze.

It works pretty well in some cases. One of my peers discovered it on his own by accident because he was frusterated with not being able to wrap his short legs for the triangle as well as the longer guys like myself.|||its the krabanekkybreaky|||A Triangle Choke? Sankaku-jime in Japanese...

Is Samurai Jujitsu the most powerful form of martial art?

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Where does this fighting technique come from?|||-the samurai made jujitsu. Jujitsu comes from japan

-its affective and if u look at the early ultimate fighting championship matches (when it was called the octagon) Brazilian jujitsu (a style of jujitsu that was modified by Carlos, or was it Helio Gracie) practitioner Houce Gracie wiped everybody. He did so good because he grappled. I would have to say that any art that does grappling, ground fighting, and striking will be the best type of fighting style. Also one must not limit ones self to one style.

- Doing more than one style is best, but if one had to choose one style than one should choose a style that does grappling, ground fighting, and striking.

-Personally i like these styles jujitsu, judo, shooto box (probably spelled wrong), combat hopkido (there are diff%26#039; styles of hopkido, but in my opinion combat hopkido is the best style of hopkido), kajukenbo, or krav maga. I%26#039;m not sure about these, but they sound promising Goju-Ryu karate and sang shu kung fu .|||alot martial art in the world confirm they are the best ,actualy all martial art are the best i think. they teach a soul balance emotion control and healthy life. and typically we learn martial art for self defends. but human always do the wrong with his power and killing each other :( ....|||Where did that come from? Did another guy in America make up another weird style for martial arts to draw attention?|||There is no such thing called Samurai Juijitsu. It is just called Jujitsu. The only difference between Jujitsu and Judo is that Judo has no strike moves. Other then that, they are exactly the same. Same submission moves and same throws.|||looking from a historic perspective it surely earned it%26#039;s stars with the samurai. They developed there style of fighting art using the techniques they copied from the chinese during the occupation of China. The samurai were considered to be formidable opponents and some of the most sophisticated warriors in the world, both armed and unarmed, They studied the use of these techniques their entire life thus they were very proficient at them. That said it must also be said that the modern masters took their little part of the samurai arts and refined them as to their own view. The ancient samurai arts were a bit more crude with a wider knowledge, while the modern japanese martial arts are more refined and specific. But still I think knowing their experience a modern day martial artist would have to have luck on his side to beat a classic samurai|||No.

Japan.|||well if its called samurai jujitsu........i would think it came from the samurai............. and no martial art if more powerful than another.. if used correctly they all can be equally powerful|||Research Temple Tai Chi.

Most likely the deadliest and most difficult of any Martial Art to master.

http://www.taichitaocenter.com/|||Everyone wants value for money these days. We are all concerned that we get what we pay for ect.

Unfortunetly with things like Martial Arts there is no real correct gauge to judge how effective something is.

If there was one stlye that could kick the bejesus out of every other style then there would be only one style by now.

Realistically the reason a lot of %26quot;traditional%26quot; styles have been proven less effective is because hardly anyone trains them properly anymore.

I think that your best bet is to figure out what you want to acheive out of martial arts and how much time you%26#039;ve got to dedicate to it. If you have less than 1 hour per day at home plus at least 2 classes per week then go for something simple like kick boxing if you have a reasonable amount of time then there is a great deal of value in learning something complex like Wing Chun, BaGua, TaiChi ect ect ect.

If you want the most bang for your buck with the minimum amount of practice go with Krav Maga, as this is a combative which basically means a watered down version of a fighting system for modern military, the reason it is watered down is because it is desgned to be simple so that it works under duress with as little revision as possible as the modern soldier spends most of their time practicing weapons and tactics involving firearms not hand to hand.|||No it%26#039;s not.

Jujitsu was developed for hand-to-hand fighting, and as your question already mentions, by the samurai to fight on othe battlefield.

There is a grappling art derived from it that has proven more effective: Judo

Kano Jigoro took techniques from jujitsu, discarded what he deemed unnecessary, and created Judo.

At some point the japanese police wanted to learn a martial art to help their training, so they held a competition between judo and jujitsu.

Judo won 12 out of 15 matches, with one draw.

There is no %26quot;most powerful%26quot; martial art, as they keep evolving, mixing and becoming more effective.

I hope this information is useful.

good luck!|||no. There is not most powerful form, because once you finish a curriculum, you really learn to fight, in a %26quot;formless%26quot; fashion. It%26#039;s like in high school you read a bunch of books: Fahrenheit 451, The Good Earth, Romeo and Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc.. There is a Curriculum. But is the curriculum%26#039;s goal to make you a good reader of these books? No, it%26#039;s to make you a thinking person. You can%26#039;t just say, be a thinking person. You can%26#039;t listen to the radio and listen to what to think and be a thinking person yourself. Instead, you amalgamate these books you studied in high school, and with time of these stories in your head, eventually develop the ability to think yourself.

The same is with a martial curriculum: be in Karate, Wing Chun, Judo, or any other style.

How is jujitsu superior to all other Martial arts?

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If jujitsu is so suprior to all other martial arts, as some of the Gracies and many on here have said it is, then why are there no jujitsu Masters or Grandmasters compteting in the Battle of Grandmasters? The %26quot;Battle of Grandmasters%26quot; is open to all Masters and GrandMasters.|||I don%26#039;t think that Ju-jitsu is superior to all other martials arts. IMHO, Jiu jitsu is almost a one sided martial arts, that%26#039;s why you don%26#039;t see a lot of them winning in competitions like Battle of Grandmasters, mmas, etc..|||the real question is who says ju-jitsu is superior?no real martial artist does.only misinformed wanna bes, internet warriors and internet tough guys would have the stupidity to say that.|||Ju-jitsu is probably the best (other than possibly greco-roman wrestling which isn%26#039;t really comparable) 1-on 1 martial art. The problems with ju-jitsu though are 1. It doesn%26#039;t lend itself to quick knockouts. 2. Against even 2 relatively strong opponents you%26#039;re toast and 3. The difference between a ju-jitsu master and someone who has just learned the basics isn%26#039;t a real wide gap. That%26#039;s why Royce Gracie can%26#039;t dominate people like he did when nobody knew anything about ground tactics.|||Those such things are beneath them. Once you get to the Master and Grandmaster level, there isn%26#039;t anything to prove to anyone. Ultimately, martial artists at that level are seeking to develop themselves on a whole other level. Brut %26quot;pageants%26quot; are for the weaker minded who are still understanding the laws of energy. Masters and Grandmasters are mastering the energy within and around themselves.|||I agree with Bushido.|||%26quot;Thin of the worrier his mother must be%26quot;, It more in the world but fighting if you do not believe me, a will kick your ....(The answer ends at the firs dot whatever you may think to add after first dot is yours alone)|||Jiu-Jitsu is an umbrella term. Brasilian Jujitsu is just part of it, and looks more like old style (pre-war) Judo if you ask me.

Comparing Jiu-Jitsu with any specific martial art would be comparing an appel with a whole fruit basket.|||Most people in street fights have said Jeet Kune Do is the best. But I have seen fighters using Jujitsu preform marvelously against opponents.|||There is no superior martial art, except the one that suits you the best. The art is only as good as its practitioner. I think the Gracies are just trying to get more followers. Perhaps they are also just a bit arrogant.

I%26#039;ve been a martial artist for 25 years, and I%26#039;ve been to many tournaments. It%26#039;s always mesmerizing to watch someone who has practiced their art to the point of it becoming second nature.

When you practice religiously, you will excel, and make the art seem superior. Truthfully, it is the practitioner who has become proficient at what he does.

Whats the Difference Between Judo and Jujitsu ?

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And which one would benefit more in a real life situation ?

And which one would benefit your freestyle wrestling skills?

Thanks for your time.|||Judo (along with Aikido) is the modern adaptation of the classical jujutsu of feudal Japan. It was founded by Jigoro Kano in the 1880%26#039;s as both as a sport and a martial art. Kano took numerous techniques from several different styles of jujutsu and consolidated and/or simplified them into a single system. He also removed many of the more deadly techniques so that Judo can be practiced at %26quot;full speed.%26quot; Kano also created the modern black belt system that all modern Japanese martial arts have in common now. It%26#039;s important to note here that Kano%26#039;s system (the original system of Judo) is known as Kodokan Judo. Since WWII, numerous other types/styles of Judo have been created that are similiar to the Kodokan system, but not identical. A good example here is Brazilian JiuJitsu as well as any sort of %26quot;Goshin-Jitsu%26quot; system you might see advertised on the internet or in your local Yellow Pages.

Classical jujutsu is very difficult to learn, presuming that you can even find a ligitimate school here in the States (there are very few legitimate classical JJ schools here in America). It is complicated and takes years to become proficient. Even Judo and Aikido, with their somewhat simplified curriculums, takes about 3 years of diligent study before earning your 1st degree BB.

Which one is better? Based upon your stated criteria, I%26#039;d go with Judo. You can always suppliment you Judo with Kenpo or Karate, since Judo has less atemi waza (striking techniques) than classical jujutsu.

For more info, check out this site: http://www.judoinfo.com/|||Judo is more sport oriented.

Jujitsu is what judo was derived from.

Both styles are very similar , jujitsu is a bit more for the street however. Either would benefit freestyle wrestling.|||Spelling|||judo is for un-orthodox throws

[don%26#039; t underestimate the power of a good judo throw]

jujitsu is for grappling/submission mainly on the ground/ take-down to ground/ real life situations it%26#039;s pointless because you%26#039;ll get stomped out by other people laying around on the ground

ju jitsu helps wrestling/defense more judo works standing/wild take-downs throws equals more useful for clinches and therefore real street fighting|||Judo is the sport form of jujitsu.

Traditionally and literally they should mean the same thing, however when people refer to the %26quot;short%26quot; form of the art (as with Ken-do vs. Ken-jutsu) they usually mean the sport form of the art.

Both can increase your skills and in a real-life situation, the person that trains harder and sparrs (or Randori) would be the better fighter.

Jujitsu at first glance may be more appropriate for a real fight- but how many schools teach at a high intensity? Judo schools on average I would imagine do- but the numbers and odds of finding a good jujitsu school would not be low at all. In fact I would imagine it would be pretty easy to find a good one.

Off hand I can think of two and I never had any interest in taking the art and stumbled upon them purely through friends by chance. (one of these schools the sensei refused to promote any of its students during one test session because they refused to spar with the %26quot;ranking%26quot; black belt during testing)|||one is korean and one is japanese and i doubt they work in real life unless your jackie chan or jet li cause when i was younger i beat the hell out of a guy who took karate lessons and he said he was good but he never laid a hand on me all i did was grab him by the throat and punch him 4 or 5 times and it was over and i know other people who take martial arts and they said it would be useless trying to fight me cause im bigger than they are and everyone i knew that took them are really short and skinny are you short and skinny?|||Judo, with the suffix %26#039;-do%26#039; is translated into %26#039;the gentle way%26#039;, jujutsu, with the suffix %26#039;-jutsu%26#039; is translated into %26#039;the gentle art%26#039;. So if you really want to be philisophical, judo is the more spirtual art, while jujutsu is meant purely for it%26#039;s martial aspects.

As said above, judo was derived from jujutsu as a gentler counterpart.

I would say jujutsu would be better in a real life situation, but i would certainly blend other arts in as well.

I think that judo would be better for wrestling, seeing as most of the locks and things in jujutsu (as far as i know) are not allowed in wrestling.

Any good Brazilian jujitsu places in San Francisco?

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I am a beginner but I want to learn more.|||open up a phone book and look in the yellowpages.

OR take your web browser and go to

yellowpages.com|||Jake Shields just opened one up in Frisco, I have trained there before its a brand new gym, Jake shields is one of the top 10 welterweights in the world, and his instructors are Gracie certified.|||there%26#039;s this place called bushido fitness center which is a couple blocks from my house. Its next to Ulloa elementary school. They teach bjj and muay thai there.

Why does it take 10 years to get to Black Belt in Jujitsu?

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Since Jujitsu is based on locks, holds and takedowns and no forms (Katas) are involved what is the reason for the length of time to get to Black Belt|||There is a great misconception about what a black belt really means. It usually is looked upon as a sign that one has finished or mastered one%26#039;s training, but this perception could not be further from the truth. In a way, the Black belt only is the beginning of what is considered a higher level of training and understanding.

If you are talking about traditional Japanese Jujitsu:

That depends on the person. Each person has a different level and speed of learning. In other words, some people pick up concepts faster than others. It also depends on how many days a week the person is training and what they are training for.

There is no set time period to earn your Black Belt, either you earn it, or you don鈥檛. The length of time it takes to progress from rank to rank will vary a lot depending upon your personal skill level and how often you practise. A Black Belt can be earned in as little as 3 years or it can take as long as 10 or more years. The average length of time is usually 4-5 years with consistent practise. The amount of time it takes does not matter. You are not in a race and no one will be keeping track of how long it takes you to earn a higher rank. One of the goals of the various coloured-belt tests is to prepare you for your Shodan (first Black Belt) test. Generally, you will test for Shodan when your Sensei is confident you are ready and you are able to demonstrate successfully the proficiency required for that rank.|||JuJitsu does have Kata%26#039;s involved..

There are several kata%26#039;s..

Also.. You will remember a move after doing it 10-20 times..

It will become natural after 100 times..

You will master the original move after 1000 times..

You will be able to teach it once you%26#039;ve done it 10,000 times..

You will only be able to start altering it to make it more practical and suited to you (or your students) once you have done it 100,000 times..

You must have done each move hundreds of thousands of times to be a successful sensei..

This is why it takes 10+ years to get your black belt in JuJitsu..|||Ten years is not that unusual from an historical perspective for most arts. Today four to five years is considered the norm and anything under three is considered McDojo.

As to BJJ taking ten years, that is an average, some do get it faster others longer. It is some what semantics too, in most martial arts first degree black belt is considered the first instructor rank. In BJJ a purple belt which can be earned in as little as four or five years is considered an instructor rank. In fact many purple belts run their own schools.|||Hi there

I%26#039;m with Mushin on this one. First off grades what are they all about then?

Make no mistake the belt system was introduced by the founder of judo because he wanted a way of being able to distinguish how compitent an uke was before he used them for demonstration. Its general use has been modified and changed to represent the students level of technical ability. Belts just didnt exist in the Koryu Jujutsu arts which Bjj and modern budo roots are based.

I personally feel a grade is something you grow into not something you suddenly gain! It should be a measure of someones character, determination and ability. It should not be based on a test that you do on the day but overall assessment by your instructor over the years you have trained with them.

I find it rather odd that a style that is supposed to be so combat based in practical application that it has a 10 year rule? Belts dont measure youre ability to fight so why should it matter? It fact it doesnt!

Dont be fooled by the fact that because someone has trained for 30 plus years that makes them an expert because it doesnt. Nor does the fact that they are title holders. Afterall what%26#039;s in a name? It%26#039;s the level, qualilty of training and exposure plus open mindness that makes someone special.

Can someone be considered good after 3 years of training? If they have been training correctly with the right people putting the mat time in then yes. More often though it does not.

And dont kid yourself that there arent any organisations that hold students back to make more money from instruction when they should have graded them years ago! The bent grading system works both ways! What about the you scratch my back and i%26#039;ll scratch yours grading system?

I was once told never to worry about belts just keep training and learning and the belts will come all by themselves and with good instruction they do!

Its not how many years but the quality of training you receive during that time thats important. Plus willing to change your ways when you know what youre doing is wrong even if you may have already invested 10 years trying to master it! An instructor with a budo heart will grade you when you are ready!

You dont need to be proud about a piece of cloth wrapped your waist. You just need to be able to do it! Otherwise your dead!

Best wishes

idai|||I%26#039;ve recently started in BJJ and I have to say that I wouldn%26#039;t want to go against a Blue belt if untrained. Martial arts for a lot of people are a part of their lives so 10 year of practice isn%26#039;t all that long say if you start young in life. I%26#039;ve introduced my son to it at the age of 11 and he likes it for now. I know he is in an art that doesn%26#039;t just take it easy on him and give him the next belt level just to keep him interested. So if he puts in his time and can one day say he is a Black Belt in BJJ he can be proud of his accomplishment. I hope we both can stick it out and enjoy the ride. I%26#039;m not so much interested in being a Black Belt (although I would like to get to that level someday) I just want to be able to use the techniques if I have too and with the %26quot;Rolling%26quot; I think you are better prepared since you are practicing against a live resisting opponent in most if not all classes. Good luck on your training and I hope you don%26#039;t let the time to get your Black belt make you miss out on ALL the things you can learn and use on the road too it.|||Well I only studied that style for a short time it just was not my cup of tea. But like any martial art it takes time to not only learn the moves but to ingrain them to muscle memory. Think of all the knowledge needed to reach black belt as a full picture of water. Now think of your brain as a dried sponge, if you took that picture of water and dumped it all on that dried sponge. 99% of that water would just run off and hit the floor not much would be retained in the sponge. But if you took that same situation and poured a small amount each day for a long time the sponge would at some point soak it all in.

The other thing to think about black belt is not the end, it鈥檚 actually the beginning. At that point you have all the basics down well and it鈥檚 time to really look in at your system and see what you missed along the way.

Patience grasshopper LOL.|||Many different BJJ schools have different philosophies on belt promotions and obtaining a black belt in BJJ.

Typically it can take over 5 years or more to obtain a black belt. Mostly this is because BJJ is extremely intricate. There are millions of details and 1000s of varieties of techniques in every position. In order to truly be a black belt in BJJ you need to be able to understand and execute those techniques.

Also, that is about the time it takes for your body to be able to train and perform these techniques. Once someone shows you a technique, you need to repeat it 1000s of times just to begin to know it. If you want to master a technique, you could do it 1,000,000 times and still need to work on it. Now you try applying that to all the positions and techniques involved in BJJ.

Another reason, which sometimes I don%26#039;t agree with is that students DO NOT want to be promoted. The reason for this is that BJJ is a sport and competition art now. People want to win, so they stay a blue belt for 5 years and continue to compete in the blue belt division and keep winning. Some instructors actually don%26#039;t promote until you prove yourself in competition.

Lastly, I think BJJ schools and instructors take a lot of pride in becoming a black belt. It is one of the few martial arts out there that when someone is a black belt in BJJ, I immediately have a great deal of respect for. People want to keep that respect, and only promote people to black who truly have earned it.

Matt

www.fightauthority.com

www.martialfighter.com|||you need to perfect the locks, holds and takedowns. there is sooooooooooooo much to learn in BJJ and when i say %26quot;perfect%26quot; i mean absolutly perfect so you dont have to think when using the moves - muscle memory

it takes about 10 years if train once or twice a week.

if you train nearly every day then about 3 years|||In BJJ it does take 10 years.

I remember back when I started training, a teacher would not grant Yudansha unless a student had 10 years.

Nowadays, especially within specific arts, you can get it in 2 years. That is a shame.

But the norm at the present time is 4 to 5 years, which is OK if the teacher has a full understanding of his art.

It is easier to teach when you fully understand.

A student can learn faster and more proficient if they are being taught the full-spectrum of the art.

Everything ties in.|||Because Ju Jutsu or any good martial arts school maintain high standards. They are more concerned with passing on their art than making money.

Not that Dojos shouldn%26#039;t money, but all to often you see %26quot;Black belt in one year contarcts%26quot; Pay (insert obscene amount of money here) and you are guarenteed to receive a black belt no matter what your skill level.|||That%26#039;s just an average.

Average meaning that%26#039;s what most people take in order to learn/demonstrate they are proficient in techniques, and do well in tournaments.

There are exceptions such as BJ Penn, who got his in about 3 years.|||Japanese or brazilian jiujitsu?

I%26#039;m only familiar with the 10 year rule within Gracie schools.

Other BJJ schools can grant them on the basis of personal proficiency.|||because thats the only way for bjj schools to make money...plain and simple. There%26#039;s absolutely no reason why it shoudl take that long.|||Money

What is the difference between karate and jujitsu?

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I%26#039;ve done a bit of research, but they seem to be relatively the same. Which is better to take, if you%26#039;re aiming for better fighting skills or more agility?|||I%26#039;ve read the answers above me here and agree and disagree with a lot of it and here%26#039;s why. For one Okinawan Karate has just as an effect grappling ability as any grappling art. However, I can%26#039;t stand Okinawan Karate%26#039;s punch where your thumb ends up in a 11 o%26#039;clock position and your fist tilted as if you%26#039;re about ready to pour wine out of a wine class. In the same token jujitsu %26quot;The gentle art%26quot; teaches techniques that are effective from your back on the ground as well as reversing the mount or countering the mount while keeping a calm head if you ever find your self in that kind of situation ( on your back ). The grappling techniques between Okinawan Karate and Jujitsu differ greatly as well. Okinawan Karate grappling being in the %26quot;stand up%26quot; and Jujitsu being %26quot;ground work%26quot;. As far as atemiwaza goes both have effective striking, but Mainland Karate punches are more effective, in my opinion, than Okinawan Karate punches. Jujistu%26#039;s striking is more of a snap the strike out there and bring it back quickly kind of strike including jujitsu%26#039;s palm strike, elbow strike, etc. As far as agility goes that always depends on an individual and there own time and effort put into their training no matter what art or form they study. It would take several books worth of writing to pen down all the differences between Karate and Jujitsu, but the concepts are nearly the same. In Karate to bend at your waiste, other than a bow, is a no-no while many jujitsu practitioners use the lowest center of gravity to control an opponent. As far as which is best and which isn%26#039;t I never cared much for those types of arguements. I think that all arts deserve respect for their accomplishments over the ages. A art form is a art form because it is that it is and not because it%26#039;s better than someone elses. Tradition is the most important thing among in and all art forms out there. It%26#039;s good to have pride in your style, no matter what it might be, but saying that one form is better than another is seriously unfounded by any facts known to man. You can take a little of all art forms and find something useful in every one them. So I%26#039;d say take them both it may be expensive as hell, but well worth it. Even if you take Jujitsu to blue belt and Karate to green belt or something you%26#039;ll find way more in that purhaps than just sticking with one. Then you%26#039;ll be able to decide for your self which techniques work best for you from both art forms.|||I assume you are talking about Japanese jujitsu, not Brazilian. I like Japanese martial arts, but many instructors get stuck on the forms, rather than the fighting skills so talk to the instructor at any dojo before you sign up to make sure they teach what you want.

If you are looking for a more rounded skill set, go with jujitsu. You%26#039;ll learn throws, strikes, chokes, standing grappling, etc. I think you%26#039;ll eventually want more specialized training on strikes and more broad training with grappling eventually, but getting started in a Japanese art is a good start.|||Karate is a striking art (like boxing) mainly kick and puches, blocks and stances.

Jujitsu is a grappling art (like wrestling) with joint locks, chokes and throws.

Both arts have thier strengths and weakness. I personally train in both (have for years).

With Jujitsu you can control the damage to an assailant. You can do anything from restraining the person to breaking an arm or leg. With Karate you don%26#039;t have a whole lot of control you kick and punch with force and the damage depends on how clean you land the punch.

With Jujitsu you are generally engaged with (1) attacker but with Karate you can defend against multiple assailants.

Maybe try a little of both and see which one you perfer.|||Karate focuses on strikes. Traditional Jujitsu also encorporates striking, but has greater variety of grappling moves, primarily used to maim or cripple the opponent, also a great variety of chokes. It is said that at one point in history, Karate and Jujitsu once fell under the same umberella. Either art will help fighting ability and agility. Karate more so when standing on your feet.|||Karate is a %26quot;HARD%26quot; martial art, hard meaning it confronts strength and power against strength and power. As others stated, it is primarily a precussionary art solely relying on blunt force strikes to incapacitate an oppenent.

Jujitsu - whether japanese or BJJ - is a %26quot;SOFT%26quot; art, soft meaning it meets strength with misdirection, leverage, balance manipulation. Jitsu is primarily a control art in that regardless of whether or not you use strikes, the end result ALWAYS end with the jitsu fighter in some form of dominant position.|||I%26#039;ve done both and been graded in both and and my personal experience and preference would be Jiu-jitsu :)***|||they are totally different...apparently you did no research

How can I make a mat for jujitsu / judo?

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I want to make homemade but durable mat so I can use them with a group of friends to practice martial arts.

We cannot afford the mats that are for sale in the sporthouses malls or in the internet.

Please, can you recommend the materials to me? Can you also give me the procedure on how to make them?

Thank you very much for your answers! :)|||Hmmm...This is potentially dangerous. You will need to be careful about doing this. A tip. I think you may be better off saving up, because matting is vital. You could buy some foam (hard foam-not soft) puzzle matting as it is quite cheap.

Making the matting will cost more, and take a long time.

I hope this helped!|||Hi there

I personally wouldn%26#039;t recommend building any due to the implications caused from injury. Why don%26#039;t you all chip in a just buy a couple. The interents a wonderful place so shop around for the best deals. Failing this you could go cap in hand and ask you local gym if they want to sell any old ones!

Regards

Idai|||I use an old rug we where going to throw away.|||AS others have said, practicing these throws can be dangerous, but as long as everyone is careful and knows how to fall, it shouldn%26#039;t be too bad. When I practice throws and whatnot, I take ten or more blankets and sleeping bags and lay them out flat one on top of the other. They may slide around a lot and they%26#039;re not nearly as good as the mats in a dojo, but it%26#039;s better than carpet or cement!!|||best way is bed. yes more bed

http://aikido-sport.blogspot.com/|||Depends on how big a space you want... Gymnasist use old foam matteresses for training... You could get a bunch of them from hard rubbish collections ;-)|||Since you are a judoka, I wouldn%26#039;t recommend practicing any Judo throws outside of your dojo... It is VERY dangerous to attempt these throws without the proper mat, which costs alot.. you can always practice ne-waza (ground techniques) on a thick rug or you can ask your sensei on different exercises to practice at home

But I wouldn%26#039;t recommend doing Judo/Jujitsu outside your dojo

Where in the Kansas City, Missouri area is a good jujitsu dojo?

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I studied for about a year in Minnesota at a (traditional japanese) jujitsu school, and am having trouble finding somewhere down here! I am a [dirt poor] female student looking for a more traditional, japanese-style school if possible...but I%26#039;m getting desperate. Please leave multiple suggestions!|||And you want to do this why?seem s a strange way for a young lady to defend herself wrestling around on the ground with her attacker?|||If someone ever answers this, you better let me know so we can go together. :-D I wanted to learn grappling, but I%26#039;d still love to go to a comprehensive school so I can keep up with my hand and foot techniques.

Not that I can afford martial arts right now.

Why do some martial arts like karate and TKD have so much publicity, but not others like jujitsu?

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TKD and karate are more popular and jiu-jitsu although effective doesn%26#039;t have the same appeal.

Best wishes :)***|||Because you can find a TKD dojo on just about every street corner. It takes about 2.5 years to get a black belt in it, its fairly cheap to do and alot of kids do it because their parents put them in it and thus there are alot more tkd places.

karate is fairly common too but not as common as TKD and its actually fairly difficult to find a good karate school. Alot of people just sum up all martial arts as %26quot;karate%26quot; as in %26quot;my cousin is a navy seal and a 109th degree black belt in karate%26quot; when what they really mean is %26quot;my cousin was a seaman recruit maintenence guy in the navy for a few years and he tried out a free intro class at a hapkido place once%26quot;.

That same thing happened to kung fu in China. Kung fu just means expert. all chineese martial arts just got simply labeled %26quot;kung fu%26quot; there are in fact alot of different types of kung fu.|||Komits got鈥檚 it right, its because TKD consists of better business men. On the other hand, movies like karate kid and shows like Kung Fu make thoughts styles more popular.

I just have to say this, some dude said jujitsu is the best style, because the gracies dominated the old UFC. Well, i think that%26#039;s crazy to say. I mean, its like me saying Sambo is the best because Fador is the best fighter out there.

|||That%26#039;s why Rorion Gracie brought the Ultimate Fighting Championship to America. The Gracie%26#039;s showed that the best form of martial arts was jiu-jitsu. Not Karate, TKD, Kick boxing, boxing ect. Go to www.Youtube.com and type in Gracie Jiu Jitsu. You%26#039;ll know why mma exist...|||Similar question: %26quot;Why do some TV shows like American Idol and Desperate Housewives get more publicity than others like House?%26quot;

Essentially Identical question: %26quot;Why do some things get more attention than others?%26quot;

Better question: %26quot;What%26#039;s up with your Jujitsu fetish? Who are you, William P?%26quot;

|||it is more of a personal preference, all styles have there pro%26#039;s and con%26#039;s.

i do disagree with karate and tdk being more popular. i see just as many jujitsu dojo%26#039;s as i see karate and tkd.|||I disagree with the premise of your question. I see jujitsu schools popping up all over the place these days, and now many local karate schools have added jujitsu to the list of martial arts they supposedly teach. |||well here in australia karate was pretty much the first martial art that came here so people where trainign in it for a lot longer. and tae kwon do does lots of advertising and its in the olympics.|||well theres so many types of jujitsu out there.

a lot of people equate it with judo.

judo is very well known the world over.

karate has been heavily marketed as has TKD.|||TKD and karate have been in movies and t.v. shows since the 60%26#039;s jujitsu was not as publicized back then because it%26#039;s not as flashy.

What is a better martial art / self defense to learn: Jujitsu or Kung Fu?

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I want to train in something that is more reversing ones aggresion against them as opposed to attacking. Although sometimes, attack is inevitable. And of course, I want to be able to use the martial art for meditation as well.|||You can learn Jujitsu much faster than Kung Fu.

To learn Kung Fu properly may require DECADES!

EDIT:

re: some of the other posts...

If you are just learning fighting techniques, then you are not learning Kung Fu!

.|||I%26#039;d suggest contacting a school of each style and ask if you can watch a class. After you watch just make up your mind. As far as meditation goes, it depends on the school. I%26#039;ve had 3 kung fu instructors so far and not one of them taught that sitting in the lotus position type meditation.|||try judo i have always wanted to try judo i hear it makes you hard seriously think about it you have to actually submit and throw people in the class|||either. depends on how you act with the knowledge because at the end of the day you have the choice on how and when to use it no one else, not even your master can brainwash you into using any other way than you want to. Learn both if you need to but you%26#039;ll probably enjoy jujitsu for its reversals more. look for traditional jujitsu.|||Both will teach you what you want to learn. However Kung Fu will generally teach you more of the meditation aspect.

And please don%26#039;t listen to all the idiots that say that forms are not a necessary part of learning to fight. Forms are not patterns or dances, they are (when practiced by a skilled practioner) a highly developed form of shadowboxing. They are a way of drilling complex patterns and are used to focus the mind and body to use these skills as an instinct, people are not born able to stand, or crawl or walk or run, these skills are learnt, now we are so well practiced at it that we take it for granted. Does anyone in their right mind now discredit the importance of shadowboxing? Ask a boxer if they would take shadow boxing out of their training routine and see what they say.|||After watching Royce Gracie dominate the early UFC%26#039;s, I%26#039;m all for Brazilian Jujitsu. There were even some kung fu guys in the early UFC%26#039;s but they didn%26#039;t do so well. The problem with kung fu is that it is too complex and it relies too much on forms and such. I suggest going with jujitsu.|||Sounds like you%26#039;d like Aikido, it uses your opponent%26#039;s strenght against them, it also has a good spiritual side, so meditation is part of it.|||you want meditation go do yoga

or watch south park its the same thing as a spiritual experience.

however when it comes to fighting you shouldn%26#039;t be deluding yourself about limiting your techniques.

Ok, in a real fight maybe you aren%26#039;t as comfortable hurting someone, but better him than me.

However if that is your attitude then I would suggest a form of grappling or groundfighting like bjj or sambo over traditional jiu jitsu or even judo.

BJJ and sambo have many ways to incapacitate someone that are submission based (which means if you pull them off to thier ultimate conclusion you will break bones/joints, but it is slow and steady enough, usually, that they are effectively subdued).

It is not the art that is %26quot;better%26quot; nor is it the %26quot;person%26quot;.

it is the TRAINING METHODS and teacher that make a person more able to apply thier art to a realistic situation where someone is trying to hurt you and vice-versa.

juijitsu depends on the gym/dojo, kung fu (or chinese martial arts, CMA for short) tends to have a larger number of %26quot;fake%26quot; teachers who pretend to know, and never train with resistance so they don%26#039;t really know if thier techniques work.

anything works when you are against a compliant opponent. you want to find a school that generally throws you against NON-compliant opponents.

bjj, sambo, judo are knonw for this as they are sportative arts and MUST train against resisting opponents. traditional jiujitsu, and cma may or may not.

There are cma gyms that do this, there are juijitsu gyms that don%26#039;t.

odds are you will find a jiujitsu gym that does LONG before you find a cma one especially if you are not in a large city like ny chicago, boston or vegas.

(Yes, I know about la, however I chose to ignore it)|||both are good, complex systems with deep histories. It%26#039;s like asking do I want a cheescake or an apple pie?

What is a good name for a jujitsu school?

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Hoping someone would have some suggestions on a cool name for a new jujitsu school.|||Are you teaching a black belt factory? If so how about:

Squatting Dragon jujitsu? Hung Eel jujitsu?

If not, keep it very simple. Name it something like (City you live in) jujitsu or something like that.|||won hung lo|||You should call it %26quot;ninedemongods%26#039; derriere penetration defecation with no shaft fu%26quot;|||If your name is Joe -%26gt; Joe%26#039;s Jitsu

BTW - Is it regular or Aiki Jujitsu?|||JUMPING JACKRABBIT JUJITSU SCHOOL|||How about %26quot;JuJitsu%26quot; Aquire for *** kicking within.|||kiquindahead

:-)|||Gracie Wanna Beitsu...|||YOU-jitsu Jujitsu

Do the Bujinkan techniques have many similarities when compared with karate, aikido and jujitsu?

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Can it be said that it is like a mix of those three systems I mention?|||Hi there

The answer is a little of both.

Budo Taijutsu takes its routes from many schools including ninpo and jujustu.

Looking in from the outside some of it may seem like aikido or jujutsu but that%26#039;s probably where it ends. The movement and feel of taijutsu is very different from most martial arts as is the way kata are practiced. Its not regimental, rigid or a painting by numbers exercise. Every ones taijutsu is unique to the individual. Its not a mixed martial arts system either. What the practitioner is trying to master is their own natural movement with much focus on balance taking, rythem, flow etc.

The movement is unique!

Best wishes

idai|||Those are two different questions, to which the first is yes and the second is no.

The techniques of the Bujinkan are called Taijutsu. These techniques were brought from China originally, just as Karate was. From taijutsu came jutaijutsu, from which came aikijutsu and jujutsu. From aikijutsu came aikido. From jujutsu came judo.

Taijutsu is the predecessor to the latter two arts, and has similar roots to Okinawan Karate (as can be seen in our striking arts, referred to as Dakentaijutsu).

I should be a little bit more technical. The Bujinkan unarmed techniques come from schools of jutaijutsu (grappling), koppojutsu, kosshijutsu (these last two are divisions of dakentaijutsu - striking bones and pressure points), and ninpo taijutsu (principles of ninja%26#039;s body skills), all of which come from schools (ryuha) passed down for generations. These themselves are offshoots of the original taijutsu and have been brought back together under the Bujinkan and taught roughly in the way one art is taught.

There are greater lessons to be learned from these (The Amatsu Tatara for one), as well as weapon skills (kenjutsu, sojutsu, bojutsu, hanbojutsu, jojutsu, juttejutsu, naginatajutsu, etc.)

I hope this clears things up a fair bit.|||In a sense. Bunjikan Ninjutsu has striking techniques that are similar to Karate, some grappling techniques that are similar to Jujutsu, and a training methodology almost identical to Aikido.

So basically, it has some sound techniques, but they don%26#039;t do enough realistic training for it to matter.

What are the best exercises for having a strong triangle in Brazilian jujitsu?

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I got a thigh master in hopes that it will help though it probably won%26#039;t be very heavy. What else can I do|||the triangle choke doesnt require strength...it requires good positioning and technique.

sink it in....and if he doesn%26#039;t escape in the first couple seconds...he%26#039;s finished!

the best way to get good at anything is to do it.

once you have the triangle closed...its easy.

rather ....you should concentrate on getting into position in the first place.|||Strength is not such a huge factor since it doesnt take much pressure to close up the artery.

But to increase the pressure, you need the proper angle. Never squeeze until you have the right angle, you know its not the proper angle if you are still right in front of his head. And the proper %26quot;squeeze%26quot; is by pushing your knees together, not by clamping down on your legs.

Also, use lunges, squats and practice to build strength in your thighs if necessary.|||As others have mentioned, positioning is far more important than strength for a triangle choke. A distrubing amount of people neglect to shift to the side when they throw up a triangle, which makes the choke significantly weaker.

Also, it helps to know how to pull your leg up. Rather than grabbing your foot, you should pull by your shin.

http://submissions101.com/chokes2.htm

Again, as mentioned in the video, a better angle = better choke. this is especially true if you%26#039;re like me, and have short legs.

JWhat is the japanese term for "student of juJitsu"?

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Depends. You have two answers now. Both caould be considered correct. Here%26#039;s another one....Jujitsu noh Gekusai (Sp?) ( I%26#039;m doing this from memory as I speak some Japanese and my spelling is not of the best) The phrase means student of Juujitsu.|||Judoka

Judo Ichidai- A Judo life--Spending one%26#039;s life in the diligent pursuit of Judo

Shodan- beginning degree|||Unofukiewitme!

Which jujitsu should i take?

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i was just wondering which jujitsu would be most effective when it comes to self defence and combat. also i cannot take combat jujitsu im looking for a jujitsu that has a lot of self defence and a bit of combat|||Japanese Jiu-jitsu I%26#039;d suggest.

BJJ is good ,but as they have rules for competition,which seems to be their main concern in recent times,and I believe how you train is how you fight then JJJ( no rules ) is to me the best choice,it hasn%26#039;t let me down yet.

Best wishes :)***|||BJJ is a refined form of Judo developed by Mitsuyo Maeda, Carlos Gracie and Helio Gracie, which focuses on groundfighting and involves sparring against fully-resisting opponents. It has been proven to work in various MMA no-holds-barred fighting arenas. It has been proven to work on the street as a highly effective self-defence style. It has been proven to work effectively against almost all other martial arts. Due to a strong governing body and a clear lineage of masters, BJJ contains excellent quality-control amongst its instructors.

Judo is a refined form of Jiu Jitsu developed by Jigoro Kano. It focuses on stand-up grappling, throws/takedowns and groundfighting and involves sparring against fully-resisting opponents. It has been proven to work in various MMA no-holds-barred fighting arenas. It has been proven to work on the street as a highly effective self-defence style. It has been proven to work effectively against many other martial arts. Due to a strong governing body and a clear lineage of masters, Judo contains excellent quality-control amongst its instructors.

Japanese Jiu Jitsu (JJJ) is a traditional Japanese martial art which includes various different styles from all over Japan, and is many centuries old. Generally it focuses on stand-up grapping, throws/takedowns, standing joint-locks and maniuplations and basic groundfighting. JJJ is not refined, lacks a proper governing body, lacks quality control in its instructors and has never been proven to work in any MMA no-holds-barred fighting arenas. It has not been proven to work on the street as an effective self-defence style, and has not been proven to work effectively against either BJJ or Judo, or many other martial arts. It does not involve full-resistance/full-intensity sparring, instead using many compliant partner drills.

In other words,

Judo/BJJ %26gt; JJJ.

Some would argue,

BJJ %26gt; Judo %26gt; JJJ|||For well rounded self-defense I like Japanese jujutsu.

That doesn%26#039;t really answer your question though. There are many schools of japanese jujutsu each applying the principles of jujutsu in their own way according to the dictates of their ryu.

You are an individual, no one can tell you what is best but you. Find a dojo close to you and try it out. Ask questions, find out of their philosophy matches your ideas. then choose the one for you.|||The best by far is Shotokan Karate. It was developed in ancient Japan for the sole purpose of defending yourself for real. It teaches you to fight against multiple targets, against weapons, and is taught by the Bushido code (way of the worrier). They don%26#039;t let real karate student fight in full contact because someone would get killed.|||If u dont train like competition then u wont fight like competition... Brazilian is better in pretty much every aspect.. the gym is **** if they train strictly competition

im not downplaying any JJ but BJJ is the best .. do some research and also watch fights with equal people....

another point to add is what do the pros use?|||Sambo or Brazil jujitsu|||sambo

Brazilian Jujitsu In Stoke On Trent?

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Is there any Brazilian Jujitsu classes in Stoke On Trent??|||http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAction....

http://www.touchlocal.com/nat/c-1253-t-2...

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en%26amp;safe=o...

The of course there is your local yellow pages...

Jujitsu dislocated shoulder :(???

2010-05-21T17:44:00.001-07:00

Hi there I%26#039;m planning on taking jujitsu lessons and becoming a pro at it. But the problem is have dislocated my shoulder 3 times. I work out like lift weights and stuff.... but what worries me is when the people will flip me and twist my arm will it dislocate? I%26#039;m heart broken :(. What do you think??|||live with the fact

that%26#039;s all there is to do about it

Both of my knees are at an offset angle which makes that I have dislocated them manier times. The doctor says that it%26#039;s a hazard for me to do any sports whatsoever but that never stopped me before (if I listened to him I should have ended up in a wheelchair before I was 18)

I have even dislocated my knees in class only to pop them back in and continue training a little later on (if it wasn%26#039;t too bad)

It%26#039;s a fact I have to live with but I refuse to let it determine the course of my life.|||If i was in your position i would specifically take up a martial art or do weights to help.

i would never consider taking it easy on an old injury....

i would focus on building strength around the problem area. training seriously helps.

ive had problems with a knee, an ankle and a wrist.

kung fu and tai chi has been the best thing for it ive tried so far.

just remember to take it easy and to inform your master and training members when it might be an issue.|||I don%26#039;t know well about jujitsu, but I%26#039;m assuming it is similar to aikido (both are Japanese martial arts that emphasizes on grappling). A good thing to do is to ask your training partner not to do the moves seriously hard (in this case he/she%26#039;s the move executioner and you are the attacker/ training dummy), and also don%26#039;t resist when he executes the moves, the more you resist, the more painful it is. Your age is also an important factor here, if you%26#039;re still in your teens and you feel flexible, i think you%26#039;re safe, but if you%26#039;re already old, then be cautious. Remember don%26#039;t resist too much.|||Arm locks, wrist locks, etc. sting for a while but if you tap right away and slap the ground when you fall you should be okay. I have arthritis in 1 knee am in my early 50%26#039;s and still practice ju-jitsu. Just take it slow and don%26#039;t expect to be Royce Gracie in a year. Good luck.

How can I increase my endurance in grappling?

2010-05-21T17:44:00.000-07:00

I only have one jujitsu practice a week. I have two Judo classes which are more geared toward family. I like to compete in jujitsu tournaments I just get gassed too fast and it impacts the results I have. So what could I do to increase my endurance? Is it as simple as jumping rope and running?|||I have trained in Judo for many years as well as wrestling. Running and skipping etc... does help with cardio but it only takes you so far. Nothing is more exhausting than grappling with another person especialy if they are stronger or heavier than you.

I would suggest finding out if there is a more advanced class you can go to at the Judo dojo where you will get more ni waza rabdori and tachi randori. Things you can do is when you know you have a tournament coming up ask your sensei if you can do alot more randori to build the cardio and also practice your the fighting as randori is full speed full contact. Even get a friend to lay on your back and drag yourself with your arms across the floor. Or have them lay on your stomach and practice shrimping out from under them or just move across the floor.

I learned a work out wich is real good for cardio that the Cuban Judo team made famous. It is meant for Judo but can be done by any one and you don%26#039;t need another Judoka to do it with you can use a friend or a family member. You%26#039;ll need a person with a stop watch or have visabiloty of a clock with a second hand while doing it.

It%26#039;s a 4 minute cycle you stand infront of your partner (uki) about arms length. For 30 seconds you do uchi komi%26#039;s (typically ipon seionegi). Alternating right and left as fast as you can in 30 seconds. Then at the end of 30 seconds without stopping you do 20 seconds of lifting. So your uki holds their arms up and you go in and pick them up then put them down and back out.(not a throw just wrap you arms around their waste or thighs and pick them straight up) Do this as many times as you can in the 20 seconds. Then after that you imediatly drop and do puch-ups for 10 seconds. (as many as you can). Once that 10 seconds is up, you get back up and go through the cycle again. 4 times equals 4 minutes.

You do not alternate with you uki you do the full 4 minutes then switch. While doing it you uki should be encouraging you to push yourself as hard as you can. Ask you sensei about it. When we introduced it at the dojo we started off doing 2 minutes for people whos cardio wasn%26#039;t too good then build up to 4 minutes. I

f you don%26#039;t have a partner at home.. Find somewhere to tie your Obi to or a rope ( a door knob or a post in the basement or garage even a tree out side if it isn%26#039;t too cold. You can use your obi to do the uchi komi%26#039;s just wrap it around and hold onto both ends and turn in like you normaly would with a person. Then get a sand bag or a duffle bag filled with something heavy at least 100lbs that you can pick up and put down easily enough ( a boxing heavy bag would be good, if you use a duffle bag put it on a chair or something to make it at least waste height.)

But nothing will do better than the Ni Waza randori if you can do that as much as posible.

13 years of Judo

5 years of wrestling.|||Wouldn%26#039;t resistance training do it? Got any kids you can drag around, have %26#039;em hang on to your legs and arms, pull %26#039;em around the yard? A fun exercise, too, it%26#039;d make you popular with the junior set.

Jack LaLanne swam, pulling a tugboat.|||Go to gym and do stuff(like lifting weights).|||BJJ and grappling to me are two different things.. anywho,

to increase endurance you should run BUT not just run alone. run one block and sprint the next and repeat. it will create explosive energy and help you with endurance.

you need to eat well too... not just protien.. you%26#039;ll get the shakes. you need smart carbs too.|||Cardio workouts will help increase your endurance.

Just as important, however, is learning how to fight efficiently on the ground. If you%26#039;re spending a lot of energy but not really getting anywhere, then things are going to get really bad really fast. If you%26#039;ve ever seen the Gracies fight, for example, you may have noticed that they aren%26#039;t in a frenzy when they%26#039;re on the ground. Rather, they stay calm and try to work their lock or choke. I heard one commentator equate them to a boa constrictor, going in slowly and methodically for the kill.

Work on your technique and tactics as well.|||Yes. Jumping rope, running, and other endurance excercises will increase your endurance.

Also, more jujitsu grappling practice will help too. Post ads to find someone with whom to practice, or ask at your school.

Explain the Jujitsu belt ranking system?

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The belt ranking system for jujitsu would be lightest to darkest (ex..white,yellow,orange..ect) and after black belt would be dan ranking which is from 1-10.|||The Jujitsu belt ranks are in two groups, Kyus and Dans. The Kyus are the standard ranks from white to black (lightest to darkest) going as follows: White, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Brown and Black. There are 13 Kyus in total, which includes split ranks such as yellow/orange. There are 10 Dans, which are black belt ranks. There are no significant color differences, except for some stripes on the belt. The Dans go from level one black belt, all the way to the red belt (level 10).

Hope this answers your question

How is a half shoulder throw done from a rear bearhug?

2010-05-21T17:43:00.002-07:00

I have a Jujitsu competition coming in about a few days, i wanted to know if their are any helpful tips or videos etc about doing a half-shoulder throw?

I%26#039;ve tried it numerous times sometimes i get it right other wrong, people tell me that you should not bend your legs but others say bend your legs and throw, any helpful suggestions?|||I would%26#039;nt do that throw from a bear hug ..is it overarm or underarm.

There are more effective counters even at beginners level.

Best wishes :)***|||I%26#039;m not an expert on Japanese Jujitsu, but it really depends on your opponent%26#039;s height. If they are too tall for you to wrench their arm with your knees bent you shout probably stand straight. I personally have always bent my right knee and ended in a crouching position. I know the throw damage is a lot less, but it makes it easier for me to go for a submission.|||Hi there

So so many factors involved here to give you a simple answer! Things like their height and weight as well as how the bear hug hold is applied? Are their arms around your arms or just your waist? Its more of a question of how you would take their balance that determines the kind of throw you would do? Forcing round pegs into square holes simply wont work no matter how compitent you are.

Best wishes

idai

How long is recommended for a person to practice a martial art before they begin practicing with a weapon?

2010-05-21T17:43:00.001-07:00

What weapons are recommended for people to begin with? I%26#039;ve only been doing jujitsu (jukido specifically) for a couple of years.|||Hi there

This really depends on the art and a little on the person. Single art weapons such as Kendo, iaido and escrima are stand alone weapon arts so when you join thats all you will learn. Other arts have weapons later on and a student will progress to learning them once they have mastered the basics. What you have to remember is that most of the traditional arts involve kata and the weapons forms are no different. If you struggle to move your body without weapons then logic says you will struggle with them. Although some students do find that using a weapon helps to remove the ridgid bad habits they may have developed.

I am a big believer that weapons should only be taught to people over the age of 18 years as there is some level of responsibilty. They require a mature minded student but then again so do the arts!

My only niggle is this. Lets say the arts dictate that you have to master an unarmed art first before you can progress onto weapons. And lets say it takes you 4 years before you even get to see a bo staff or a katana. The local thug already has the advantage because there are no rules stopping him from using weapons from the word go! So you are already disadvantaged? Seems very silly doesnt it? Thats why i think weapons should be introduced by the instructor as and when they see fit! If a student is progressing nicely then its time to show them something new to help their progression.

A weapon isnt a spiritual object its a tool and extension of your overall movement that has to be mastered so that it can become part of you! Unarmed or armed they are the same and you need to feel comfortable so that you are able to move from one to another at will. If you are a mature student and have studied for over two years then maybe its time to take on the bo, jo or katana?

Weapons demand the greatest respect. Even training weapons can do serious damage so practice sensibly and with responsible people.

Best wishes %26amp; good luck ;-)

idai|||It depends on which martial art you practice. In Iaido (Japanese sword-drawing arts) you start with a weapon immediately, albeit in Iaido, you use a (wooden weapon in its own right) bokuto/bokken. When the instructor feels that you are ready, (could be 6 months or more) you progress on to an Iai-to (a katana-like sword designed especially for Iai practice by experienced iaid艒ka. Usually made of an alloy that cannot be sharpened.)

Kendo is similar, you also start learning to use bokken and shinai right from the beginning. I know that in aikido, you usually need to reach sho-dan before you are permitted to learn weapons (sword etc), depending on the club that you belong to.

In our style of karate, we practise tanto-dori (knife defence), all grades.|||Depends on the art and the school.

In Karate, we started Bo and Sai training once we were a few steps below blackbelt.

In Aikido, we start with Bokken, Jo and Tanto pretty much right away but its a much smaller part of the art than the empty handed stuff.

In Iaido, the entire art is based on the sword so its a given that you start learning it on day one.

For JuJutsu, it again depends on the school. Traditional Japanese JuJutsu indeed had weapons training - it wasn%26#039;t just empty handed stuff. Most of the major martial arts were represented in Yagyu Shingan Ryu JuJutsu

Sword (Ken Jutsu and Iai Jutsu)

Glaive (Naginata Jutsu)

Spear (So Jutsu or Yari Jutsu)

Quarter Staff (Jo Jutsu)

Empty Handed (Ju Jutsu)

There were other arts studied by samurai, Bow (Kyu Jutsu) being the other major art, but there were other odd things like

Siege Warfare

Signaling

Horsemanship

Swimming in armor

So... If you want to study weapons, perhaps some of the weapons that were part of the old school ryu your style is based on? (sword and spear and jo would be my biased choices - I study Aikido)|||Jukido? That is a new one to me.

But how long depends on your dojo and if it is offered at your dojo.

Years ago in many schools you didn%26#039;t start weapons until brown belt. I%26#039;m sure some still hold fast to this tradition. Today many start much sooner. Depending on the student we may start as early as after they have learn one or two katas. Preferably two. We usually recommend that you start with a wooden weapon. This may differ at every school.|||Depends on the instructor and the martial art. If I remember correctly, in a martial art like Escrima/Kali/Arnis, they start using weapons almost right away

Usually stick weapons are best to begin with-- less chance of hitting yourself with them (unlike nunchaku, or a chain whip )|||I started when I was getting a little bored of karate kata, read that if your students can not grasp a concept then introducing a weapon might help. So I say after your first grading get those weapons out, as for type anything that is wooden for safety so staff bo or jo (I use second one) hope that helps|||Many people I know started with a weapon. It is a different style, not something that requires other knowledge. I would recommend the katana or staff to start with. They are weapons that have a good deal of classes out there, and you can usual find a trainer nearby.|||Depends on the martial art. In Kendo, Kali, Escrima, Kobudo, Western fencing and so on, you start with a weapon. Other than that I%26#039;d say it depends on what your school%26#039;s curriculum is. There is nothing that really prohibits you learning how to use a weapon.|||I didn%26#039;t know there was a time limit. In some styles like Kendo, you%26#039;d start off with a weapon. Just talk to your sensei about it.|||Personally I think that an individual should be a black belt before learning any weapons. How can you control a weapon when you can%26#039;t control yourself?|||Depends on the instructor I think.

Starter weapons I would suggest are staff, single handed stick, spear, a simple sword.

Are all martial arts jujitsu?

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As a jujitsu practitioner I%26#039;ve come across a very interesting website that states %26quot;it%26#039;s all jujitsu%26quot;. Would it make you mad if you knew that you art came from my art? Did you even know that your art sprang from mine? Did you even know that %26quot;Jujitsu%26quot; is the %26quot;Grand father%26quot; of all martial arts?

Source: http://www.alljujitsu.com/index.html %26lt;---please read entire page before answering my question please then take a look at the actual documented facts of the matter.|||Okay William I%26#039;ve read your link, and maybe a few months back I%26#039;d agree but not now....Why ????

Well I went to a Tai chi class with an chief instructor who%26#039;s older than myself and has been doing Chi Tai and various kung fu styles since he was 6yrs old and he impressed the hell out of me.

I asked him to demonstrate every move in the Tai Chi 24 Taijiquan form and it was almost identical to jiu-jitsu, for example he applied on myself the parting the horses mane with throw.

And in jiu-jitsu terms it consisted of a straight arm lock and outer hook throw. The only difference being jiu-jitsu would pull in and elbow the face and break the arm, where as Tai chi would strike the ribs and/ or break the arm and throw.

Hence why I%26#039;ve joined Tai chi as I%26#039;ve seen many jiu-jitsu,Aikido moves in it to deem it more than an old man in the park art.

Sorry I%26#039;m a realist and I was convinced personally of its effectiveness.

Best wishes :)***|||Sorry bro, he%26#039;s trying real hard to make a sell, maybe a little too hard in my book. Besides him saying it doesn%26#039;t make it verifiable fact.

He contradicts himself in his own article, he calls jiu jitsu the grand father of all martial arts and then says that the development of jiu jitsu was influenced by China. Chinese martial arts in the meantime were influenced by several styles of Silat that are known to have existed priorly.

As katana said there are also several styles that couldn%26#039;t have been influenced by jiu jitsu.

He makes some valid points and is right about early jiu jitsu being a full martial art covering all ranges. I also have no doubt that it has influenced many other arts, but being the basis for pretty much all. No way.

He strikes me as a snake oil salesman, trying a little too hard to convince and sell. Get your black belt on line or on DVD?!?! WTF!!!!

If we are going to get down to it, pancrase as developed in Greece is far far older and from what records have been recovered was a full range art with both stand up and ground fighting, or maybe some Japanese jiu jitsu master time traveled back to teach them.

William P, no offense bro I like a lot of what you have to say on here even when I don%26#039;t agree, but I think this dude is full of it and just trying to sell himself and his style.|||A key quote:

%26quot;All those other types of martial arts, or at least the skills that make them up, were at some point INTRODUCED INTO Japan%26quot;

So not all martial arts came from jujitsu.

It was just chinese martial arts actually that were introduced into Japan, I think. Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Modern Boxing, Savate, Eskrima, Pankration weren%26#039;t introduced, as well as many others.

It%26#039;s a bit contradictory to say that it%26#039;s the best because all martial arts came from it and then say it%26#039;s the best because it was made from all martial arts. You could do the same thing with pretty much any martial art.|||Interesting. I think he missed the point, though...

In Japan, there%26#039;s a concept of Taijutsu -- the skills required by the body for carrying out a job. Everyone has taijutsu: the baker, the warrior, the prostitute. From the whole of the warriors taijutsu (budo taijutsu), various forms splintered off into schools and became specialized. Koppojutsu, kosshijutsu, jujutsu, aikijutsu, etc. all came from this concept of taijutsu. Now, to say that all Japanese martial arts came from China or that all Chinese martial arts came from India is foolish. Those arts that were brought over combined with their own way of fighting. They were nothing new, just a refinement.

Now, if we want to get technical, it%26#039;s all taijutsu. By this, I don%26#039;t mean it%26#039;s all a Japanese art, but that its all a human art (and I simply know the Japanese word to describe it) and that we%26#039;re all seeking the same conclusion: to find the most efficient way to fight. Two arms, two legs, one head. And that%26#039;s only on average. One of the Soke of Gikan Ryu Koppojutsu only had one arm. But that rough body idea is what all martial arts are based on.

To directly face his argument, he starts out with a false and unsupportable conclusion (%26quot;It%26#039;s all jujitsu!%26quot;) then offers further false premises which he doesn%26#039;t bother to support, then changes his argument (%26quot;It%26#039;s all in jujitsu!%26quot; is a very different thing). The entire argument is illogical, so it really warrants only one response:

Shut up and train.|||in the literal sense of the word yes it is just as it%26#039;s all kung fu

ju jitsu or jiu jitsu or ju jutsu depending on your preference

literally refers to fighting arts. every kind of fighting art can be seen as ju jitsu. I think that in embracing the chinese martial arts the japanese also integrated the concept of the word kung fu in to their language Kung fu in itself is also a general term which means skill.

but the main source of the techniques in the eastern martial arts originated in China and northern India|||Sorry William, but I have to disagree with this, especially when it comes to karate. He never says or proves anywhere that Okinawan karate came from Ju Jitsu, and talks mainly about Funikoshi and Japanese karate.

I can understand how he could make that argument, however some of his facts are decidedly messed up. or one thing if you follow the first link at the end of the page it will take you to a chart that has Akido, Judo, Karate, and Ju Jitsu and comparisons on what they contain. According to him karate does not contain standing holds or locks, no soft blocks, no throws, no chokes, and no controling opponents. Karate not haiving these will come as a real shock to my instructor who teaches all of them, and to the other Okinawan karate teachers I have met that also train them.

Not saying his statements about Japanese karate might not be accurate, but I know that you realize there is a huge difference between that and Okinawin karate. I just would not trust somebody who was stating what he is stating simply to get people to buy his product, and I definetly don%26#039;t trust someone who says you can get your black belt on the internet.

This is no offense intended to you at all, but I don%26#039;t buy it. Judo and Akido definetly, karate, especially Okinawin karate, not so much however I do know that originally some of the Okinawins did learn some Ju Jitsu, and Kung Fu not at all. Then there are arts like savate, capoeria, kali, escrima, etc. that could have in no way been influenced by Ju Jitsu. |||Having not read the article in it entirety, I can say (without having read it at all) that not all martial arts are jujitsu. Even jujitsu as we know it is a relatively modern art, stemming from older systems. This could be the true %26quot;grand father%26quot; of several arts including aikido, judo, modern jujitsu and arguably the korean art hapkido; but along side these is brother jujitsu.

From the original we get the offspring of sport fighting (judo), the more spiritual aspect of the art (aikido) and then the boiled down fighting style jujitsu. This form of jujitsu usually has completely removed the classical armour (although techniques utilizing the gi for leverage are inherited from this) and most weapons training (many schools still teach weapons but not necessarily legitimately inherited through jujitsu training).|||Bullshido....

Besides, if jujitsu is the %26quot;Gradfather of all martial arts,%26quot; and Taekwondo came out of the Japanese systems, would it not then make sense that Taekwondo is a perfected form of Jujitsu? By the logic presented in your website, that would be the case.

Beisdes, I have never seen a Jujitsu (be it BJJ or JJJ) player utilize much in the way of striking - at least not as part of their jujistu training. Usually, they say they get their striking from some OTHER martial art.|||No all martial arts are not jujitsu.

There are many martial arts that were birthed out of jujitsu. Like:

judo, karate, aikido, and on some levels tkd.

The current craze BJJ comes from Judo which came from Jujitsu.

But you should also realize that boxing, wrestling are considered martial arts. They do not have an Eastern culture influence.

Capoeira is a martial arts that originated by African in Brazil.

Let%26#039;s not forgot Kung Fu. It was the chinese martial arts the birth the Japanese martial arts.|||

Hi William!

An interesting article. I don%26#039;t believe Jujitsu/Jujutsu to be all martial arts or the origin, and I%26#039;d like to answer all your questions with just one answer...

Many people talk about the origin of martial arts and have an opinion on which style sprung from where, who was directly resonsible for what and so on and so forth, but if we think about what martial arts truly is, and the reason it has come into being in different areas all over the world, not just in one secluded area then spreading elsewhere...it becomes very apparent that it is impossible to identify where and who martial arts came from becomes you will not have any true documentation or %26#039;facts%26#039; from that far back , as many humans in every corner of the world would have had to survive and developed their own %26#039;way%26#039; of training for this. You may get documentation of a formalised school but martial arts, in truth, has been around from the dawn of humankind (including our ancestors). I know this is a lofty answer but it is in answer to the question you have posted.

Out of personal interest, what would it matter if we knew the answer to your question or indeed it was correct what was put in the article? The way people train today is very varied in the martial art world, due to many many stratagies and applications. We can only make a real positive impact with the time we have now so lets get training for the good of martial arts and leave the origins to the historians who will never know the true answer anyway!

Keep the Faith!

Ade Finch

The Way Of The Internal Gate

www.internalgate.co.uk|||Jiu-jitsu is the grandfather of all Japanese martial arts. Historians agree that the only two indegenous developments in Japan were: 1. the Shinto religion, and 2. Jiu-Jitsu; everything else was borrowed from the mainland.

Please visit this informative website on the history of the martial arts:

http://www.hoplology.com

Hoplology is the study of the history of all the martials arts in the world.|||All that I can add is that my style of karate (wado-ryu) was derived from jujitsu. While still a student of Funakoshi, Ohtsuka Sensei began to experiment with various sparring ideas and jujitsu techniques. Ohtsuka Sensei wanted to incorporate Shindo Yoshin鈥檚 jujitsu techniques with Funakoshi鈥檚 karate techniques to create what he felt was a more complete system and left Funakoshi to create what is now known as Wado Ryu. Ohtsuka Sensei also studied with and borrowed ideas from other karate notables such as Kenwa Mabuni, the founder of Shito Ryu, and Choki Motobu, famous for his Naihanchi kata and street fighting skills.

Wado Ryu is different from many karate styles in that Ohtsuka Sensei did not believe in the use of the makiwara to toughen the parts of the body used for striking. Also missing from Wado are the hard contact elements of sparring. Wado students learn to use taisabaki (body shifting) to avoid the full force of an attack while at the same time positioning the body for an effective counterattack.

|||Would it make you mad if you knew that your art came from my ancestors? Because there is some proof that all arts come from the Afrikans of Ancient Egypt after they discovered drawings of people doing grappling in pyramids. In fact, in the ancient Egyptian language:

Ka = body/soul

Ra = energy/chi/ki/force

Te = hand

So they all draw from Jujitsu. And? So? And Jujitsu draws from earlier arts that may have been called Ka Ra Te. And? So?

So what. |||Hi there

I wouldnt get too upset by the webpage%26#039;s claims. They should first learn how to spell jujutsu correctly before making such bold statements!

Secondly arts are born from history and enviroment. They are all trying to teach the same thing and thats natural movement.

Funny thing is 90 percent of jujutsu practitioners couldnt tell you which koryu style their art comes from?

So all arts come from jujutsu which koryu ryu ha would that be then?

Brazil?

Take a look at the list and please tell me which line modern jujutsu comes from?

http://www.koryu.com/guide/ryuguide.html

Best wishes

idai|||Hahahaha I believe that guy knows what he%26#039;s talking about like you%26#039;d believe me if I said I was abducted by aliens. haha that was great, thanks for the laugh William.

I like how he says everything came from Japan then retracts it saying the Japanese only perfect it/everything.

Just too much. It was s good laugh though. I%26#039;d love to visit one of his seminars and see him in action.

%26quot;With my jujutsu I can teach you how to stop a bullet!%26quot;|||i dont even know what to think of it...

im sure theres truths about some martial arts being influenced and perfected into others...but all in all, it got shady when he tried to sell me something at the end...he did make a good sell, but maybe a little overagressive in the absolutism...

ill make up my mind on my own|||Martial arts was in China before it was in Japan. jujitsu is a grappling style, so it couldn%26#039;t lead to striking styles. The quote is nonsense to anyone who knows much about martial arts.|||are pi帽atas(mexican martial art) also jiu-jitsu?

because i mean, its in mexico

so i assume its kind of hard to get an asian martial art base in it

just wondering|||So by that logic, I guess we are all speaking latin. After all, there is latin in all of the modern non Asian languages.

It%26#039;s all latin!

James|||sorry. that article doesnt prove anything dude.

i%26#039;m no martial arts expert but even i can see that article really says nothing.|||i don%26#039;t think so. you have no idea ,try a search on martial arts.|||By attempting to tell us what karate is and does and contains he reveals he has no knowledge of karate at least not to any extent or depth.

He is selling black belts over the internet to the gullible and naive wannabe%26#039;s .

Which came 1st the chicken or the egg?You could argue the egg came 1st as the chicken hatched from the egg or the chicken came 1st as it had to lay the egg 1st.

Actually they both came about by the process of evolution .Some creatures layed eggs some gave live birth and I suspect it was pretty much the same with grappling arts and striking arts.They evolved side by side and crossed over at many junctures along the way.Karate contains locks and throws JUJUTSU contains strikes .

Because the human species is a thinking creative animal they explored and discovered things about themselves and the human body no available science at the time could teach them.What is the most effective way for a small man to throw a larger stronger opponent and defeat him .What is the most effective way to strike to accomplish the same purpose..

All this info was kept strictly secret within familys tribes and groups and many very effective methods have dissapeared over the years.

Weapons developement made unarmed combat a secondary skill and I feel this is where specialization developed .Consider a soldier highly skilled in unarmed combat but without a knowledge of how to use weapons .He would be very quickly dead.Grappling arts in japan grew quickly because that was your best bet against someone who was armed and you weren%26#039;t.However their jujutsu was not what you see today .Submission was not a priority killing was so various strikes were used to accomplish this purpose once the weapon was controlled.

The martial arts we practice today are bunminjutsu or civilian adaptations of former military arts and it doesn%26#039;t take a rocket scientist to discover these military elements in our arts.Which is why I always laugh at questions like%26quot;what is the deadliest art or most effective%26quot;.

My answer is %26quot;how deadly are you%26quot;as they all have the potential to be purely killing arts.

I have a DAN rank in AIKIJUTSU the art on which AIKIDO was developed in the early 1900s .We were required after completing a lock or throw to reach to our right hip as if drawing a dagger and make a stabbing motion to the throat which was a vulnarable point in samurai armor.This was later %26quot;modernized%26quot; to a knife hand to the neck and recently eliminated altogrther. relying on the lock or throw to do the job.

In the early years of AIKIDO it%26#039;s founder said %26quot;my art is 90% striking%26quot;so no one who%26#039;s take on it is based on modern adaptations is going to convince he knows anything about what one art or the other contains or doesn%26#039;t contain.|||I have to disagree. All martial arts have a member thinking they are in the best martial art, this is a good thing; the best one is the one which works for you. The site overuses the right of personal opinion. I%26#039;d rather choose a martial arts through feed back from people I know, than a site boasting with brainwashing repeated messages. ITS ALL JUJITSU OOH WOW!

Just hypothetically thinking in my head, it can%26#039;t have all come from the one thing. Think about it, there are martial arts all over Asia anciently invented when they couldn%26#039;t travel that far. Therefore unless there is one guy who spent his whole life traveling over Asia teaching people the same thing, and then having them listen to him then the most ancient martial arts cannot be the same.

I do think that some of the later modifications have similarities between them.

Anyway, that site is just like other sites trying to convince you that their martial art is best. See the bottom? It%26#039;s just contact details to sign you up!

Overall, I have nothing against Jujitsu, it%26#039;s just that site. It seems insulting to every martial art, and then the tack of that site just insults itself.

**note, the site says the other martial arts of Asia migrated to Japan and probably formed the core of Jujitsu, doesn%26#039;t that mean it didn%26#039;t all come from Jujitsu and that they just took other techniques?

Anyway, my brother did Jujitsu and quit it because he didn%26#039;t like it, he wasn%26#039;t allowed to wear glasses in training and couldn%26#039;t see properly.

The site also boasts to give you a black belt in one year? and doesn%26#039;t mention testing. It boasts of being 3 times faster than other martial arts schools. I might have my critics by saying you can%26#039;t learn and apply perfectly however many moves there are in a year. It would be like having a special school promising year 12 diplomas to five year olds claiming they will automatically succeed and bragging the school is faster than the traditional ways. Oh and then those who couldn%26#039;t get to school would watch a DVD and be emailed a tacky wordart certificate with purchase.

Anyway, the site also offers about one ten locations in the whole of the USA, and for those who can not get to them they buy the DVD! Sorry, I don%26#039;t believe you can learn much from a dvd.

I don%26#039;t have proof, I don%26#039;t have the time to find it. I can just look at the site and see through it. Anyway, sorry for the rave. I seriously have nothing against Jujitsu, it didn%26#039;t work for my brother because he has no coordination or discipline. That was just my opinion of the site.

Have fun reading that, it%26#039;s almost as long as the site was!

Lara.|||Well aside from this guy wanting to teach Martial Arts over the Internet or Correspondance courses I have a few problems.

One he doesn%26#039;t actually document anything, but I certainly can agree that MANY if not MOST Japanese Martial Arts came from Jujitsu. However they added other techniques and modified them and became more specialized and because different.

Just like ALL medicine comes from Hippocrates... the fact that it has been heavily modified and evolved makes today%26#039;s medicine almost entirely different than that of which Hippocrates used, it is like opening a school for Medicine using entirely the Hippocratic system of medince and humors and stating %26quot;Why learn that other medicine, it all came from Hippocrates!%26quot;

But more importantly... ALL Martial Arts are not Japanese.

I can promise you Mongolion Folk Wrestling has no influence from Jujitsu.

Muay Thai kickboxing has no ties to Jujitsu.

Capoeira.. no ties

Afrikan fighting arts--no ties..

Pankration has no ties to Jujitsu, etc. etc. In fact if you believe the hype of other people selling their art, one could argue that Jujitsu and most Martial Arts came from Pankration, and the conquering of Alexander the Great. That his greek soldiers taught Indians hand to hand Martial Arts, Indians in turn taught the Chinese, Chinese in turn taught Japanese...etc. etc.

The truth is there is no father of all Martial Arts, and if there was it certainly wasn%26#039;t Japanese in origin, as their trade routes were small and influence globally was minimal until two hundred years or so.

So honestly these kind of claims are had to make, and pretty much impossible to substantiate, especially given that there are Martial Arts from all over the world, that have no ties to Jujitsu.

Additionally, this %26quot;source%26quot; doesn%26#039;t actually give any historical documentation, other than his own words. He is a Godan, and he is trying to sell people Jujitsu online...

I would be wary of anyone trying to teach you any art online, via correspondance course, or video series, and I certainly don%26#039;t consider their word gospel.

It%26#039;s not that I dislike Jujitsu, I agree with a lot of what he is saying.. as Jujitsu being the father of many JAPANESE Martial Arts. I would disagree with it being the grandfather of Kung Fu or Chinese arts.. (that have been around far longer than Jujitsu, and are in fact believed to be the source of Martial Arts introduction into Japan and Okinawa). Nor does it have anything remotely to do with most other Martial Arts that are not of Japanese nature, aside from BJJ. BJJ came from Judo, Judo came from Jujitsu, yes we all know that.

Many Karate masters cross trained with Jujitsu before founding their own style of Karate... ok.. I can agree to that.

Aikido came from Jujitsu, yup I would agree with that. I don%26#039;t think anyone would argue against those claims.

But Kung Fu? Not buying that.

And again... %26quot;ALL Other Martial Arts%26quot; again would completely disagree with that, shown as above.

But hey, I%26#039;m not trying to sell anything. I have just done some hobbist study of the history of many Martial Arts, Hoplogy, and a little bit of common sense.

|||Kirby has been saying that for years.

It does not coincide historically.

I have not read the article but I intend to, because I love to read about all MA%26#039;s except for the fake crap.

Now, I will be the first one to tell someone that Jujutsu (yes, I always use the correct pronunciation) is a great art. I trained with Jujutsu practitioners as many of my closest friends are.

But... no.

Especially Chinese MA. Hell No!!!

JWBulldogs - karate did NOT come from Jujutsu. You are dead wrong on that. Not even Japanese karate for that matter!

The Okinawans had a grappling art called %26quot;ti%26quot; = %26quot;hand%26quot; before the Chinese Cultural Exchange during the 1300%26#039;s - before the so-called %26quot;discovery of the new world%26quot;.

The Okinawans did not have good relations with the Japanese but they did have great relations with the Chinese. That is where many of the similarities in the arts stem from.

Also, I don%26#039;t know if any documentation exist to back up this claim, but it is said that the Katana is fashioned after a Chinese sword. So the art of the Samurai has borrowed from others. Some say it was fashioned after the Scimitar. I say - remember that there have been Chinese Muslims since before the crusades. Let%26#039;s not forget the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng - who trace their descendants to the ancient Israelites.

So Jujutsu is not as old as Kirby-san wants to make it out to be. That would mean that the Israelites practiced it.

Like I said, I give it its props. I worked out with JJ guys.

But - neh!

What is the best style of self defense to learn?

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I did think it would be boxing as it most closely resembles any street brawl I%26#039;ve ever seen. Everyone has different ideas however. I%26#039;ve been told Jujitsu, Aikido and a pall at work raves about something called Krav Maga.|||the best style of self defence is the one that saves you in a real situation.

boxing is ok but it is designed as a ring sport,also it only has 2 weapons,however it is still a good stand up style.

i would suggest freestyle karate as they teach stand up/ground/grappling,weapons and practicle streetwise self defence.

japanese ju-jutsu is also another good self defence style.

in suggesting them though i would also add that you need to find a good school with a good instructor no matter what style you choose.

an instuctor with real experience if you can find one,and theres not many of them around.real life and real situation experience is a lot different than dojo experience.|||Aikido will not work very well in a real life conflict, but it is an excelent art worth studying as it teaches you to move quickly and how use joint locks and throws.

Krav Maga is the best I can think of as a single art. Keysi Fighting Method looks really good too. But, all martial arts are a discipline of a group of techniques and a way of movement. How to use them in a fight is up to you. Instructors try to give real life applications, but the the thing is, the only way to learn to use them is to study up on it yourself and to test in sparring or real fights.

Its not the art that is effective, but the fighter using it. Think of it as a pen and a paper. The pen and the paper are tools, but what you do with them, and what you write on the paper is up to you.|||The best is the one that you enjoy enough to train in for a long time. Yes, Krav is a great art that has a very realistic curriculum that is an advantage to some other arts - but if you hate it then you will suck at it - and consequently (for you) Krav will suck. The object of all arts is the same as the object of basketball - do it enough times that you don%26#039;t really think about it.

Me? I hate dribbling so I suck at it, but I%26#039;m good at a hook shot since when I was a kid all of my friends were taller than me. Does this make a hook shot better than a good dribbler? Of course not, but it does help to offset the differences in skill somewhat. Same for a particular martial art against any other art.

This metaphor is the worst one I%26#039;ve ever used!|||All martial arts can be effective. There is no best martial art. It all depends on the practitioner. Those are all good martial arts.|||Muay thai, krav maga , boxing its all good.

What is the most effective Offensive martial art?

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I know the primary aim for martial arts is for defensive purposes, but i am looking for an Art where i can use if for offensive purposes. I was also wondering which of these arts is the easiest to learn for me, as i%26#039;m 6ft and 19 stone. I%26#039;m on the fat side then :-(

I think i may well prefer to use my arms more so then legs and was thinking about boxing? I intend to use anything i learn in a street form so would prefer it to be effective. I have heard jujitsu and muay thai are rather violent offensive arts?

N.b Please don%26#039;t judge me and moan about how it should be deffensive purposes only and tell me i need to lose weight.|||Hello,

I%26#039;ll make this short and simple like the Art of Kenpo Karate. I have studied Martial Arts for more then 35 years now and for the past ten years I have been learning and teaching Kenpo. Kenpo is a very devastating self defense system. Just check out some demos on youtube.com or do an engine search for in depth information.

Enjoy and good luck with your training.

(77)|||Offensive m.a.: muay thai: based on the tattoo%26#039;s that many have on their backs with (demons and ghostfaces) i see in muay thai matches. an aggression based style.

some street fighting m.a. styles.

and kajukenpo- reputation for it%26#039;s brutal and %26quot;raw%26quot; training.?|||it%26#039;s only the artist and the tenets of ma why it%26#039;s used for self defence.there all offensive.if you want to fight and attack ppl maybe you should just by a gun and leave the ma for the men.

the only time ma should be used for offence is if the situation requires it or your getting paid for it.lol. the tattoos you speak of big spender are not ma tats.go to my blog and you will see what a muay thai and karate irezumi is.(if it%26#039;s still there.)the tradional muay thai tat is the symbol of the thai yakusa,you wont see to many of them in the ring.|||Just because you%26#039;re a certain height or weight doesn%26#039;t mean learning Martial Arts is going to be any more easier or more difficult to learn. Martial Arts don%26#039;t have certain disciplines for people with particular body characteristics (height, weight, gender, body type)

And a Martial Art is only as effective as the person who utilizes it.

Also Martial Art can be used offensively just as easily as it can be used defensively, there%26#039;s nothing that says you can%26#039;t attack an opponent first before they attack you if you%26#039;ve anticipated their attack.

But if you want to study boxing then you don%26#039;t need to learn any Martial arts because it sounds like you%26#039;ve already made the decision.

You could study kickboxing where you can use your hands as much as your legs, but if you%26#039;re more set on just boxing, then go ahead.

Muay Thai and Jujitsu aren%26#039;t any more or less offensive as they are defensive, because it varies from situation to situation about what what technique(s) you%26#039;ll use

if a fight happens it%26#039;s not gonna wait for anyone to say %26quot;let%26#039;s flip a coin to see who gets first licks in%26quot; so waiting until your opponent to strike before you do is not necessary,plus the sooner you can end the fight; the lesser your chances of injury will increase due to fatigue.

and there%26#039;s never a such thing as a fair fight so anything goes, but it looks better in your favor if the other person took the initiative in the fight to swing first if the police wind up getting involved later.

otherwise you could wind up in the back seat of a squad car right along with the other guy|||Taking into consideration your height and weight then firstly,

Boxing would be a good start,you expressed an interest in jiu-jitsu but the hardest part of learning jiu-jitsu is coping with breakfalling if you can get past that then great go for it.

Good luck and best wishes....Dave|||Ninjitsu as in Ninja and krav maga

www.kravmaga.co.uk are good (as in MOSAD isreali specail forces)|||since the martial art i practice is based on Wing Chun,i would recommend that . having been in the martial arts for 44 years plus i think Systema would work or Krav Maga.your choice ,good luck|||I practise Karate but avoid kicking in sparring events as I not very good with it just yet, might avoid it all together in a real situation. There are so many different types of martial arts due to there being so many different types of people with differing abilities. Go to a class find out, above all enjoy it|||You%26#039;re probably best off sticking to boxing of some sort: Western boxing, Muay Thai, hell, even French boxing has its aggressive uses if you can *find* any instruction...

Just keep in mind that if you want to be in shape for the ring, you will have to lose weight. As in, you%26#039;ll have to exercise and such just in training. That is a part of the deal. It just comes with the territory. Western Boxers skip a *lot* of rope and do some road work (running). Thai Boxers and other kickboxers do much the same.

In terms of more close-up fighting, you may wish to look into Judo. It doesn%26#039;t look aggressive in still pics and such, but see some in motion, and you%26#039;ll get it that aggression is a part of the training.

And....in all fairness, I have to bring this up. You did say %26quot;effective%26quot;. Well, weapons are pretty effective, provided they are legal for you to have and you have the will to use them. The old saying is true, your fists *will not* beat a bullet. And even just a pocket-knife or a folder, where it is legal, will make you much more difficult for attackers to deal with.

Still, I would say you are on the right track mostly. Only catch is, you have to *train* whatever it is you do, as it really is all about the quality of *resistance* in your training.

Take care and good luck to you, let me know how it turns out. ^_^|||Shadow boxing.

Or in your case jabba boxing.|||The 12 bore.|||to many to say but have a look at combat hapkido and don%26#039;t worry about your weight when you start any martial art you will improve your fitness and lose the pounds www.combathapkidoireland.com|||The 44 semi-automatic. I can take out 12 %26quot;masters%26quot; in 6 seconds!|||You cannot beat Wing Chun or Chin-na. Both are Chineese Kung Fu arts that are extremely effective and devastating when used offensively.

Find yourself a real Chineese teacher. A lot of so called teachers claim to teach Kung Fu, but are nothing more than Tae Kwon Do or Karate crap. It%26#039;s amazing how many of these scammers are out there. Careful, a real Kung Fu teacher DOES NOT go by the name sensei or call his school a dojo. Those are Japanese terms, and more than likely they are teaching karate in disguise.|||Olympic style Taekwondo, I took six years and got my black belt in it (a three day test), and believe me, its awesome. Make sure you get a hard course, not a buy-ur-belt course. You%26#039;re only cheating yourself out of one of the best accomplishments of your life by choosing a easier school.|||hey - not judging you or moaning -- but you say you want to learn to be %26quot;offensive%26quot; in street fights - so I am assuming you want to start them rather than finish them

so here%26#039;s my advice - first learn how to take a shot - and I am not talking some stylised martial arts shot - I am talking a headbutt, a broken bottle to the face or a steel capped boot to the nuts - when you can carry on fighting through those you might have a chance of not losing your teeth and kidneys - seriously if you go looking for fights you will find people willing to fight you who are a whole lot meaner, tougher and better than you - so sooner or latter your a## will be badly whipped - if you are unlucky you will be stabbed or shot. So be prepared ! A friend of mine always wears a cup and carries a mouthguard.

Second are you fast or slow? If you are slow a little guy will hit your nuts so many times before you can react you will wish you were a girl ! If you are slow grappling skills with your weight will help you in a fight. Get in close quick neutralise your opponents hitting range, take him down and proceed to choke him out.

A street fight is usually won by the guy that gets his shot in first and then follows up hard. I have done various forms of fight training since I could walk and compete at national level - but in street fights I have found that to win the best techniques are the fastest and dirtiest - if i was figthing you - i would flick gouge your eyes - kick your balls or inner knee or stomp your shin, head butt your eyebrow area and if up close grappling bite your lip or cheek skin off

then I would proceed to puch, knee, kick your kidneys, balls, thighs, spine as hard and fast and often as I could

if need be I would choke you out and then I would kick the sh#t out of you - i would want you to go away badly marked and remembering your a## was kicked.

my friend those are he realities of street fighting - you need to train for those types of eventualities - so you need to pick basic skills across a large number of disciplines - find someone who will train you full contact so you know what its like to be hurt and then hope you dont come up against a gun or knife carrier|||try anything that teaches you to keep going once you attack. real world fighting doesnt wait for the other person to recover, and it doesnt come in to attack then back off to prepare for the next attack.

you should be taught to keep the pressure on and over whelm your opponent until you win or lose. if you have the chance to strike, take it, and keep taking it.

fighting IS offense. the winning person at any time will be the one on the offensive, and the losing opponent on the defensive. you MUST maintain your winning streak by continuing the offensive.

also, if you know an attack is going to happen, whats wrong with attacking first? offense isnt just about being the bully, or starting the problem, but is the best way to reduce your pain by getting the fight over as quickly as possible.

if you think defense is the key you will lose.

violence isnt an evil of thugs, but a fact of fighting. if you cant handle using it when it counts you are limiting yourself. you dont have to be an @sshole to use violence to stop violence. and please, no more about the art of Aikido as a self defense tool.|||Karate is the simplist quickest martial art to learn but be careful about which kind you learn. I myself dont take karate but i know how they fight and I would say kyukushin karate, Ishinryu karate , or shotokan karate would be a good one for what your looking for.

I myself take muy thai, jujitsu, shaoling eagle claw kung fu, drunken kung fu, and monkey kung fu as well as a little bit of samurai sword fighting|||I%26#039;d have to go along with western style boxing.|||dude mma is here haven%26#039;t u heard of it MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

15 years ago the world established that the most effective art form are Brazilian jui jitsu(not Japanese) muay Thai kickboxing and wrestling (not pro wrestling)

muay Thai offer the most effective striking in all martial arts focusing on devastating knees elbows and thigh kick plus the added advantage of being able to control Ur opponent in the clinch

Brazilian jui jitsu tells us that u can take a kung fu master take him to the floor and easily choke him out or arm bar him without braking a sweat because all the fancy kicking and punching in the world ain%26#039;t gonna help u when someones sitting on top of u second away from applying a pain full joint dislocation

then there is wrestling, although very simple also very effective learn the single leg take down double leg take down suplex and greco roman throw from under hooks then all u ned to do is gain top position once UV taken Ur guy down with ease then punch his face to a pulp till hes out now known as %26#039;ground and pound%26#039;

add all these techniques then ur what is known as a mixed martial artist

i%26#039;l enlighten u check these sights out

www.pride.com

www.ufc.com

www.sherdog.com

www.subfighter.com

www.mmaweekly.com

just type the following words into www.youtube.com and ull get some footage NHB, MMA, BJJ, PRIDE, UFC, GRACIE, EMELIENENKO FEDOR

fave fun dude and dont let any one tell u that the following martial arts are worth taking up especially if u really wanna smash some faces in

bullshit martial arts= aikido, japanese jui jitsu, hapkido, kung fu, tkd worst of all = KRAV MAGA

quality martial arts proven in actual fighting tournements over the past 15 years= sambo, judo , brazilian jui jitsu, muay thai, free style wrestling, greco roman wrestling, kickboxing

have fun and good luck

5 yrs brazilian jui jistu

10 yrs kickboxing

15 yrs martial arts fan and knowledgable mma fan|||Shukokai karate...but the best..albeit %26#039;defensive%26#039; is Aikido.I would bet on an Aikido master beating a kung-fu,karate,tae-kuando or judo master any day...Seriously!!!|||I know you have asked people not to moan about martial arts being defensive. But the very fact that you are asking for information on how to violent and offensive are worrying in themselves. Have you anyone in particular in mind that you want to maim or will it just be mindless violence?|||i do jiu jitsu and most of the guys ther are pretty big and they seem to do the moves fine, one of the censeis is also a pretty big guy and he usually changes the move a little for him if his weight gets in the way. jiu jitsu is a great sport because even tho striking is good, once the fight gets taken to the ground jiu jitsu takes over. i wrestle and do jiu jitsu so i know some takedowns from wrestling and how to maneuver on the ground but i like jiu jitsu because even if im on my bak i can still finish the guy. i havent tried a striking sport yet but i would want to. maybe u can join one of those dojos where u can take different classes and see which one is best for u? also, if u watched any of the early ufc when it was more of art against art instead of fighter against fighter gracie was champion and that is becaue of jiu jitsu, the strikers couldnt stand up to him on the ground once he took them down. well, i hope this helped u out

What is the most effective martial art to use in actual fight situations?

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I am thinking of doing a martial art, i want to know the most effective and lethal one to do that can be applied to actual fight situations and defeating multiple attackers. I have been looking over the internet and am thinking Muay Thai or Brazilian Jujitsu or a combination of both.|||Probably Krav Magna for it was designed specifically for real life combat under today%26#039;s situations.

sure the other styles and arts are good but Krav though i do not practice it myself seems exceptionally good for real life situations compared to many I have seen.

As always though it comes down to how good the teacher is and how well you learn from them.|||well from what i discovered is that systema and aikido have worked better for me then any other i have taken everbody down no matter what and it works in any sitiuation and it doesnt require much energy. Report Abuse
|||The best system is the one that is quick and easy to learn and works at all ranges and in all situations you can possibly think of. This system is probably a gun, you learn handling it and shooting within 10mins, so if you live in the US of A, get yourself a gun! Now, there is no best system, each system is only as good as the individual user of the same, so try out some systems and see how you personally feel about it. Best is a mixed art that comprises kicking, punching, and grappling, less frills the better. Kicks are good long range weapons (go no higher than waist level), but you have only one leg on the ground and become vulnerable to a grappler.

In the UFC tournaments it has been the grapplers who succeeded most of the times, until the standup fighters learnt grappling.

Against multiple attacker and/or weapons the best defence is the fastest 100m time, there is no shame in running/retreating if odds are vastly against you.

But even with the best training and system, you need to have the fighting spirit, no use of any system if you freeze when it%26#039;s getting serious.

%26quot;The best victory is the one you win without fighting%26quot;|||Multiple attackers .Think escape aikido is big on escape technique.|||It is often the error of a lot of beginners to think that it is the style that makes the difference. It is actually the quality of the training and the student, as well as the number of hours of work put in. Generally try something well rounded, and not sport specific. Also remember that you cannot really learn a technique good enough for reall lif without realy investing some time into it. Try out classes to find what you like, because that is what you are most likely to stay with. Also stay away from hopping around at first. A lot of beginers get discouraged because they think the guy over there is doing something spectacular that they should be learning right now, and end up being %26quot;practitioners of many and masters of none.%26quot; It takes a while to learn good basics that become reflexive. Keep in mind %26quot;lethal%26quot; stuff is not legal too so take what you learn with a grain of salt and some common sense. Good luck and have fun.|||Let me tell you one thing for sure.

BJJ against multiple attackers will get you killed.

Think about it.

While you%26#039;re trying to submit one guy, the other guys would be pounding on you...

Hahaha...

The best way is to learn Muay Thai or other striking and strike them in the ear (This may sound funny but it%26#039;s extremely painful and will immobilze them.) and run away.

:D|||I%26#039;m not an expert, but I took a self defence course and my instructor said that realistically, you can%26#039;t fight against a single attacker, let alone multiple ones. Only in the movies can guys last for 10 minutes, knocking out 5 bad guys.

Apparently, in real life, you are only good for %26lt; 10 seconds before you are totally spent of energy - and that is assuming you don%26#039;t get knocked out cold or stabbed or shot.

Out on the street, the best thing to do is to escape, which is what a good self-defence course will teach.

But, if you are 6%26#039;5%26quot;, 250 lbs, I might give you more a chance with the more %26quot;pro-active%26quot; approaches that some of the other Answers recommend.|||nothing beats a gun|||I%26#039;ve found that Isshin-Ryu works for me.|||Boxing teaches you both defence and attack.|||I agree with billybean, its very hard to beat up multiple enemies unless they are all toddlers or you are bruce lee. Muay thai is pretty good but for real life situations i%26#039;d pick Karate, Krav Maga or aikido.|||I have been studying martial arts for nearly 20 years now, and I don%26#039;t think any single style is effective in all situations.

I fully agree with the past guys saying in a multiple attacker situation most of the time despite your training you will be in trouble, however...

My personal view is that a combination of Brazilian JJ and a striking focussed martial art such as Tae Kwon Do/Karate etc is the best mix.

BJJ will get you out of trouble in the bulk of fights that end up on the ground, and a focussed striking style will hopefully stop you from getting on the ground for a streetfight.

You might be better than the guy you are fighting on the street, but if you are on the ground and he has mates who can help him you are in strife!

Aikido is great too! Love that but personally think that BJJ is more practical.|||You have been watching too many films. There is no way in reality that any one person can %26quot;defeat%26quot; multiple attackers in a fight situation. You will get seven kinds of shiy knocked out of you in short order.

Don%26#039;y even think about it.|||You need a combination of martial arts.

KRav MAga is dirty and self defense... that will do the job and let you escape if possbile.

You should also take Brazilian Jujitusu, which will help if the last attacker takes you to the ground. Then you can just choke him out and go home.|||Japanese Jiu-Jitsu or Chinese Kung fu are still the most effective street fighting martial arts.

Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu is not designed for street fighting but for ring fighting to win trophies in front of cheering spectators Muy Thai is also a ring fighting style for competition and is clumsy and vague in a street fight.|||Truthfully......the most effective one is the one you can employ most effectively. No-one here can tell you what that will be for you, you have to discover this for yourself through trial and error.

Beyond this would be a concern for your intiial question, %26quot;applied to actual fight situations and defeating multiple attackers.%26quot; The whole purpose of every marital art dsicipline is to avoid those very scenarios, so if you%26#039;re seeking out training to engage in those, then you will be in for a rude awakening if the instructor you find is worth the weight of their belt.

I would suggest trying any of the arts you expressed an interest in and finding the one you enjoy most, value the instructor/s most, and are most effective in. THAT will be the most effective for you - despite what opinions anyone else on this forum have.

Ken C

9th Dan HapMoosaKi-Do

8th Dan TaeKwon-Do

7th Dan YongChul-Do|||Most martial arts classes will teach you to handle actual fight situations. My style, Isshinryu Karate, is excellent. Ed Parker%26#039;s Kenpo Karate is designed specifically toward actual situations, and traditional boxing (often called Pugilism) gyms used to cover a large number of these situations, but haven%26#039;t since the 1950s. (Some of the boxing self-defense is documented in old texts prior to the 20th century, while the change of boxing gyms from self-defense to sport oriented is documented by Jack Dempsey in his two books, one on punching hard, the other on self-defense written for the military. all techniques he learned in his boxing gym)|||I%26#039;ve studied a number of martial arts over the years and trained in Tae kwon Do, Muay Thai, Kali (Phillipino Grappling and knife fighting), Black Dragon Jiu Jitsu, Kyokoshin Karate, Wing chun, Jeet kun Do, Tai Chi, Aikido, Hapkido and Kempo.

Each style has its own strengths and weaknesses, Tae Kwon do is really good for aerial kicking techniques, which is great if you%26#039;re fighting on a football field where there is plenty of room to move, not much good in a crowded bar or an alleyway. Jiu Jitsu I did%26#039;nt much like as every move was pretty much designed to kill or maim your opponent. Wing Chun I had issues with its footwork, crossing ones legs in order to get a greater degree of pivot and therefore a more powerful kick also meant that just prior to that monster kick your balance was compromised, hapkido taught me pressure point strikes but trying to apply them in a fight situation was difficult. Tai Chi was incredibly physically demanding, I did%26#039;nt expect it to be so, but the first three 2 hour lessons are spent in horse riding stance on the balls of your toes.

What I%26#039;ve done, is to study all these different martial arts and more or less created an amalgam of the lot, so I use what ever is appropriate for the situation.

All I can say is that if you are in the situation of having to take on multiple opponents and no reasonable chance of escape back yourself into a corner and punch and kick as hard and fast as you can while remaining as calm as you can, make every shot count, you only ned one good shot to knock someone out.

Up close and personal... My best recommendation would be Muay Thai, only because it teaches distance fighting with kicks and punches as well as grappling, throwing and short attack techniques through elbows, knees and headbutts.

The main problem you have is that you don%26#039;t know what training your opponent(s) have had, which for my money is just another good reason to only use what you have learned for defensive purposes. If martial arts has taught me anything at all, its that every situation can be resolved through talking, if you have to throw a punch, in effect, you%26#039;ve already lost.

Does anyone do JuJitsu?

2010-05-21T17:42:00.000-07:00

I am an 18 year old guy, who physically fit, weightlifts and would like to take up a martial art as a form of self-defence. I recently discovered that there%26#039;s a Jujitsu class at my local leisure centre. Should I sign up? What%26#039;s the Pros(+%26#039;s)? and What exactly will I learn?|||Here%26#039;s the thing no one%26#039;s caught so far:

CHECK to find out if it%26#039;s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or Japanese Jujitsu. In either case, you%26#039;re going to need a gi -- that kimono with a coloured belt that most martial arts use.

If it%26#039;s Brazilian:

- expect a kind of wrestling, but where you%26#039;re not necessarily losing if you%26#039;re under the other guy

- expect to go at full steam against your opponents, and to have to %26#039;tap out%26#039; to signal that he has won

- check to see how the instructor got his brown/black belt. If he can%26#039;t trace his lineage to a guy named Gracie in less than five steps, you%26#039;re probably not getting a quality instructor

- expect the best-performing ground system in the world

- be prepared for a system where victories are earned by choke or arm/leg locks

- BJJ does NOT cover punching, kicking, or any %26quot;kata%26quot; (those forms that entire karate classes dance in), and does not show you how to take an opponent to the ground. In fact, most of your sparring will start with both competitors kneeling

If it%26#039;s Japanese:

- expect a cross between judo and brazilian jiu-jitsu

- it WILL teach you to bring your opponent down, and some elementary submission skills, not remotely as intensive as BJJ, but perhaps more useful as the only art you have in a complete fight (BJJ with a striking art, though, is the combination of choice for professional fighters)

- expect to go at about three-quarters strength during sparring

Finally, don%26#039;t forget that all martial arts are simulated. In the UFC or WEC, you can win by armbar from beneath your opponent. In real life, armbarring your opponent in a street fight is a great way to kiss pavement at about 400 pounds of pressure per square inch. :D

Long story short: you seem like an athletic guy. Take a martial art, either one. It%26#039;s fun!|||I do judo, in a way another form of jujitsu. Weight loss can be expected and inner control of strenght, technique and speed. If you are a weightlifter, it is a good thing when you are throwing but you really need speed and allertness. Be careful for bad falls as it intensifies injuries or pain than that should be experienced.|||You%26#039;ll learn allot of wrestling (grappling) and joint locks and some throws. Is it traditional Japanese Ju Jitsu or Brazilian? If you are interested in self defense, I would suggest Krav Maga or even Combat Hap Ki Do (Hap Ki Do without the flashy kicks).|||+ you should do it

- you should do it|||I%26#039;ve been taking it for a couple of years. It is a great workout. Basically ground fighting/grappling. You learn how to take somebody down, gain a dominant position and use chokes and joint locks to submit your opponent. The school I go to combines Brazilian JJ with other martial arts such as Muay Thai and Sambo for a more well rounded system. I would reccomend it for sure. As far as self defense, I would put my money on a good BJJ fighter against another discipline any day.|||I am a Brazillian Jiu Jitsu practitioner and for me you%26#039;ve made a good choice... If you can find a school that mixes Jiu Jitsu with other styles (like Muay Thai and Shoot Wrestling) go find one... Contrary to what some people are saying in here, Jiu Jitsu is very applicable in a real fight, it will enable you to CHOKE/KILL thugs out to harm you...|||In my opinion Jiu-jitsu is the best martial art if you dont want to puch anybody. You usually hold them down. You can also break limbs of your opponent which is very intimidating.|||as the other guy said, a lot of locks and submissions.

But if you wanna learn how to defend yourself, you would be better for MMA. Because if you do jujitsu, there is a lot of ground work (atleast bjj) and if you want to learn how to defend yourself, the ground is an aweful place to be. you cant see what your opponents buddies are gonna do, and will prolly get kicked in the head a bunch.

Just my 2cents. i did a few classes of jujitsu, but it wasnt quite for me. ive been doing mma for a few months now and for me, mma is a much better workout

What is the difference between Brazilian jiu-jitsu and regular jujitsu if any and thanks for your time //?

2010-05-21T17:41:00.003-07:00

brazilian jujitsu comes from japanese jujitsu

bjj was developed about 100 years ago|||The name %26quot;Brazilian Jiu-jitsu%26quot; is actually very misleading since its roots do not lie in traditional Jujitsu but actually evolved from Judo.

Infact the men who originally pioneered the system (Helio Gracie, Carlos Gracie and Mitsyio Maeyda) never actually studied traditional Jujitsu but were actually 6th dan black belts in Judo.

Traditional Jujitsu puts much emphasis on striking but isn%26#039;t a particularly effective method of fighting in my opinion- jack of all trades, master of none, most MMA fighters favour western boxing or Mauy thai its much more %26quot;straight to the point%26quot;

The idea of BJJ is that a weak person can beat a stronger person by using superior technique rather than superior strength, they are two completely different systems.

The Gracies showed the martial arts world how important Goround fighting is- if you can take a big strong man to the ground and tie him up in arm locks and chokes then you have taken away his two most useful tools- his strength and his reach, Royce gracie demonstrated this in the early days of the UFC by dominating men who were much bigger and stronger than himself, he beat them because they had no idea how to fight on the ground.

bodyfarmer99- You made that up as you went along didn%26#039;t you?

1.The two arts are COMPLETELY different, there is very little simularity.

2.Judo WAS NOT derived from Jujitsu.|||Actually, BJJ is based on Judo, which is a descendant of jujitsu.

BJJ, like Judo, is competition oriented (although both teach and train to be used in self defense situations as well). Jujitsu is a more rounded art teaching techniques for stand up and ground fighting as well as weapons training.|||OK here we go juijitsu is a japanese martial arts that was adapted to create judo. In the 1920s japanese immigrant began coming to brazil the brazillians such as the gracies all 5000 of em, began to learn juijitsu from the japanese they%26#039;re basically the same with a few differences.

Is Brazilian Jujitsu Taught in the U.K?

2010-05-21T17:41:00.002-07:00

I%26#039;am from Coventry, U.K. and I%26#039;m wondering is there any schools in the westmidlands that teach this style of Jujitsu?|||Birmingham is the closest i know to you, also in West bromwich and walsall.

I dont have all the details with me but if you contact me i can give them to you later|||I enjoyed the link thanks!!!!!!! Report Abuse
|||I doubt it. I don%26#039;t think it%26#039;s very common or popular in the UK or Ireland. Try Judo; it%26#039;s fairly similar (I believe) and Judo dojos are very common and easy to find.|||Check some of the yahoo groups, and I%26#039;m sure you will find some group teaching BJJ in the UK|||Yes it is in the UK.... but I dont know what coventry has to offer!!!!|||MMMM i dunno about west midlands but you want to give york martial arts college a look as they are getting quite a few exotic martial arts in like caporel (thst may be what you%26#039;re looking for) and stuff|||Yes. It%26#039;s taught in my hometown.

What is Vee-Arnis JuJitsu about?

2010-05-21T17:41:00.001-07:00

Can anyone tell me a little more about it? I would like to take Judo but the class times are during my work hours. This martial art is something that would fit my schedule. I%26#039;d like to know a llittle more about it. Thanks.|||Professor Florendo Visitacion was a Filipino Martial Artist in NYC. He was skilled in the Filipino arts and trained in Jujutsu and other arts. He combined what he learned and it began to be known as V-Jutsu, after the first letter of his last name.

Moses Powell was one of his more popularly known students.

I usually don%26#039;t rely on wiki but this info on him is correct to the best of my knowledge.

Professor Vee was awesome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florendo_Vi...|||All I can say is: It is roughly a combination of Muay Thai, BJJ, and Arnis, aimed towards street self defense. This site says they sometimes add other concepts as well.

http://www.veearnisjitsu.com/

Are there any Aiki Jujitsu practitioners out there? Do you like the martial art?

2010-05-21T17:41:00.000-07:00

learn Gracie juijitsu|||dont do it, dont do anything with bullcrap names lol

Gracie is better i have friends who do it|||I studied this art for a couple of years. I found it to be quite good. It is a nice mix of the soft(akido) and the hard(jujitsu). Definately worth checking out.|||CONTACT AN AIKIDO OR JUJITSU INSTRUCTOR . YOU HAVE TO BE A BLACK BELT IN EITHER TO EVEN START AIKIJITSU . ( I THINK THAT%26#039;S WHAT YOU MEAN , SORRY IF I SPELLED IT INCORRECTLY ) . IT MAY BE SEGAL%26#039;S STYLE .

Japanese Jujitsu and BJJ?

2010-05-21T17:40:00.002-07:00

So what is the difference between these two types of Jujitsu? I know the history of them but what is the difference in fighting style?|||there are some descent answers here.

they are all jujutsu. there is only jujutsu...and variations on the theme.

japanese jujutsu, gendai (modern) jujutsu, judo, brazilian jujutsu, aikido, aikijujutsu, sambo. they all come from japanese jujutsu. directly or indirectly. they can trace their roots back to japan. (not ONLY japan in some cases..such as sambo)

the important part is the %26quot;JU%26quot; ...its the underlying principle these arts are built upon. ju means to yeild, or be %26quot;soft%26quot; or %26quot;gentle%26quot; ...yeild to force rather than oppose it.

the difference is one of emphasis.

japanese jujutsu is tachi...standup because it%26#039;s STUPID to grapple on the ground with a sword weilding samurai. it does have defenses from the ground, and finishes. but there is no %26quot;rolling%26quot; as you see in bjj and judo.

judo%26#039;s emphasis is on throwing techniques (biggest emphasis is on throwing), pinning techniques, joint locks, and strangles (chokes) in a sportive %26quot;live%26quot; environment that can be practiced forcefully ...yet safely. many techniques from jjj cant be practice full force or seriousy injury or death can occur.

sambo is a combination of judo and local folk wrestling styles of russia. it has a penchant for leg locks. though it breaks down into 4 categories. sport sambo (like judo with more grappling and leg locks) ...combat sambo for the military....self defense sambo for civilians...and combat sport sambo...like mma with headgear. the %26quot;founder%26quot; of sambo was even killed because he gave credit to japan for its influence on sambo. one rule that sets sambo apart is there is no %26quot;passive wrestling%26quot; allowed...if you%26#039;re not working, you lose points.

bjj is basically brazilian judo, but with an emphasis on groundfighting. the entire goal is to INTENTIONALLY take your opponent down AND follow him there...and finish him there. all these arts teach you to takedown your opponent, but not necessarily to follow them there and roll with them. Maeda taught Carlos Gracie (not helio as some think)...and Maeda was a student of Jigoro Kano, creator of judo. BUT before that he was also a jujutsu practitioner. so he called what he taught Carlos jujutsu. why, noone knows. but it was kodokan judo mostly.|||Japanese Jujitsu focuses on martial arts as a self defense style incorporating grappling on the feet, strikes, biting, small joint manipulation, breaks, take downs, and ground fighting, as well as weapons.

Judo - is the sport form of traditional Jujitsu that awards points on take downs and control as well as chokes and submission attacks against the elbow.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Sambo are the Brazilian and Russian adaptations of Judo that take that sport and create there own self defense as well as sport styles to it. The uniforms, weight divisions, time limits and rules for BJJ and Sambo differ slightly from Judo. In Sambo no chokes are allowed, but you can attack all large joints, including knee bars, ankle locks, shoulder cranks, etcetera. In BJJ almost every technique from all forms of submission wrestling (no holds barred) are included with the focus being on obtaining the submission or choke out over scoring a take down or contol.|||Japanese jujitsu uses striking, throws, joint manipulation, and groundwork - locks, chokes, etc.

If you look at japanese jujitsu competitions, you will see that it resembles mixed martial arts. In other words, japanese jujitsu is a very complete, well rounded, and effective martial art.

BJJ focuses almost entirely on groundwork, although they have a few takedowns and throws. Then again, like i said, its almost entirely ground fighting.|||they are similar in bjj there is more emphasis on ground work and often in mma competition japanese jiu jitsu has many dadly moves but they are both submission styles and although bjj is the best grappling art it should be acknowladged in clasiacal jujutsu there are strikes but that is just overall u see the question u asked is innaccurate u see martial arts in japan are primarily grappling and jujitsu is a term for martial arts bak then because martial arts were supposed to be soft so most styles of japanese jiu jitsu are different from each other some are exactly like bjj with less on bak stuff and more throws some have weapons and a what to do if somebody grabs ur sword and some are like traditionalp wrestling and karate mixed but almost all have throws almost all have takedown defence and almoast all have subbmissions much like bjj also a lot of bjj places teach more fitness skills and it takes forever to learn either art but the japanesed form is longer since schedules bak then were diffferent a;lso japanese jiu jitsu is rareer|||BJJ concentrates on groundfighting.

Japanese Jujitsu is usually a standup fighting art that deals with multiple attackers, self-defense, weapons, strikes, and standup grappling.

Both ranges of techniques are necessary for overall self-defense. |||JJJ is for self defence BJJ is a sport.|||imo judo is the best.

Jujitsu Classes?

2010-05-21T17:40:00.001-07:00

I%26#039;ve been complimented on my groundwork and been told to seek a jujitsu class in order to make the ground game more technical.

Anyone know of any local classes round the East Kilbride-Glasgow area?

Thanks|||These might help, good luck:|||Don%26#039;t know of the area; would just like to say you should deffo go along...i started when i was about 6years old, im now 16 and reached black belt a few years ago, my older brother made it past black belt onto his 5th dan aswell - its come in handy for me when i got mugged and im glad my parents told me to try it!|||is that BJJ your referring to as in Gi MMA?

register on cagewarriors.com/forums and post a question on there on teh general discussions or pro mma forum, there will be people who run gyms posting in that area on there|||Just to say, I do Ju-Jitsu!!!!!!!! but sorry, I don%26#039;t know any classes in that area.try going on the internet and searching for some|||http://www.raynerslanetkd.com/IAOMAS_Eng...

How do you know when you are ready to enter the intermediate divison in grappling tournaments?

2010-05-21T17:40:00.000-07:00

I really don%26#039;t know whether to enter the Naga beginning divison or intermediate divison. I%26#039;ve been training a couple years but only 1 time a week in jujitsu and also doing Judo. I entered one jujitsu tournament as a beginner about one year ago and won 1 match and lost 2 but was competitive in every match. I think I%26#039;ve improved but not sure if ready for intermediate. How do you know if you are ready for intermediate level? Also last year I was in the heavyweight divison this year it will be the cruiserweight divison as I dropped weight.|||Blue belt? If you are then intermediate, if not stay in the novice.|||You should stick with where your Teacher says. Aloha flier has it right for the most part, white = beginners.|||Ask your teacher. He/She should have a good estimate of your compairitive skill level

Ppl who know what jujitsu is only?

2010-05-21T17:39:00.003-07:00

if i want to learn jujitsu moves free over the internet were would i go|||who are you going to practice with? Who will point out your mistakes? Don%26#039;t you want to be ranked and have belts so you can have bragging rights and teach other chumps. Well, you can get some free stuff but after awhile you would want to join a group to practice your new moves. It will just be boring sparring with the same people. I don%26#039;t know anywhere on internet that does that. THere are loads of instructional DVD, VHS availabe in different sites. Just search it in yahoo.|||bjj.org/techniques|||You can%26#039;t. And even if you say that you did. I would jump at the chance of scrapping with you. I train and train. There is no book/video/etc. that will teach you how to react to the real thing. No book will drop elbows to your ribs. No book will counter your moves. No book will try to tap you out. Get my point?|||you should check out judoinfo.com, you can learn a lot there|||You can%26#039;t, so don%26#039;t bother trying. It sounds harsh, but trust me; you can only learn martial arts from a qualified instructor.

Judo/Jujitsu people, what's the name of this shoulder lock?

2010-05-21T17:39:00.002-07:00

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tsBjOCw0bW...

I asked the creator of the video but he didn%26#039;t reply.|||As it says in the video its and elbow/shoulder lock and a variation on a hold down but sorry I don%26#039;t know the Japanese name as my style of jiu-jitsu ( wjjf ) world ju-jitsu Federation HQ Based in Liverpool UK only used English names which in my opinion makes it easier to remember and learn.

Best wishes :)***|||Well the guy says it%26#039;s a Kesa Gatame variant so I%26#039;ll take a guess and say it%26#039;s called the %26quot;Ude Garami No Kesa Gatame%26quot; or in english language terms

%26quot;The American ( Americana ) Pit Lock%26quot; [ big wink ] hehehehe...........|||It is a kesa gatame with a shoulder lock. It states it on the video.

Reading is fundamental|||It looks a variation of the shoulder-lock (kimura) done with legs. Sorry, my knowledge of judo terminology is minimal at best.|||its the ezekiel/figure 4 lock from the scarf hold|||Americana from scarf hold using a figure 4 leg lock.

Heck of a mouthful.|||It looks like a kimura used with the legs from the scarfold position

Is Karate, Tai Kwon Do, or Jujitsu better? Why?

2010-05-21T17:39:00.001-07:00

Which one is better and what parts of each of them are the best?|||Ok fella im gonna take the time to answer this even though you could%26#039;ve reserached a little more and easily got what you were looking for so all i ask is you give me best answer ok, got it GOOD. Okay well start with karate although some karate practioners can be very explosive their point fighting tournaments only allow one hit then a whistle is blown and a restart. They lack on punching,their style of punching is bringing your punches basically from behind you, turning them over, and nailing you. Karates main philiosiphy is %26quot;one strike,one kill%26quot;, which to be honest with you is complete bullshit. They spend no time training on the ground so a fighter who is versed in ground fighting can easily close the distance,put them on their back,and end there night by making them look very foolish flalling around like an upset school girl on the ground, Their best assets are self dicipline and some nice kicks, Now tai kwon do is also a decent art that will get you in great shape and give you great flexibility. They have very flash kicks that if done correctly are beautiful to watch. Their problem is they emphazize to much on kicking high and not much punching. They also do not train or train very limited on the ground which is a big no no. Like karate they also have katas which are pre cherographed manevers you practice with a partner that will %26quot;supposedly%26quot; have you %26quot;ready%26quot; for a real fight which is in plain english bullshit. Sure karate and tkd kicks,blocks, and strikes look like they work wonders on the air but to a fully able and resisiting opponent its alot more difficult. Now Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a great choice. Dont be confused though because there are still traditional jiu-jitsu schools out there trying to capitalize on the recent boost in popularity of bjj but there are NOT THE SAME ART. Brazilian jiu-jitsu is fantastic in the fact that it recognizes every phase of the ground. In the average persons mind the worst place to be in a fight in on the ground on your back right? Wrong. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighters are equpped with a guard and can control and even easily submit bigger guys, while the guy is on top of them! The overwhelming sucsess of BJJ in mma compeition such as the UFC when pitted against other arts (karate,tkd,etc) is attributed to the fact that they practice EXACTLY how they fight. Bjj is safe to train with a partner at full contact as long as both parties understand a tap out when a submission applies ends the fighting. Without dangerous striking they can train full speed so come competition time they are more than preparted. If theres one weakness in BJJ it is the lack of striking because to take a fight to the ground it is necessary to move out of the free movement phase of combat (start of fight on feet hands up) to either the clinch or the ground where you can use your bjj to control and end the fight. I belive just as Bruce Lee there is no best style, the best style is incorporating pieces of different styles and seeing what works for you the best. Being well rounded is the key. In my opinion a fantastic stand up form of fighting is Muay Thai (hands,shins,elbows,knees). The blows trained properly can be devistating to an opponent, My advice to you would be find a good BJJ place and try to cross train in Muay Thai. If you cant find a place to train thai american kickboxing is great as well. Just make sure u practice your sprawl (moving your hips back to avoid takedown) aswell. Well I hope that will help you but on a side note completely disregard the moron that told you boxing is the best style haha, Yes boxers are great strikers but there pure boxing stance standing so much to the side leaves them very vulnerable to takedowns. Also if they were to bob and weave as in a boxing match against someone like myself, they would be hitting in the floor momentarily courtesy of a knee or kick. Boxing is great but let me be clear boxing IS NOT fighting. Good luck in your training and any of your future endavors.|||Maybe you should try boxing. and it will help the most physically and mentally. When it comes to self-defense in the outside world, you wont able to perform fancy kicks. %26quot;karate and tia kwon do.%26quot; Jujitsu is nice but you going to have to go to ground. So i prefer boxing. =)|||They are all effective methods of self defense. I don%26#039;t like to reccomend Jujitsu because it is a jitsu rather than a do. In other words. they teach people how to fight but not when not to fight. Without the proper philosophy, it is not a true Martial Art.|||well all these three arts are completely different so comparing them would be like comparing apples to sausages, karate is a stand up art, jujitsu is grapling and TKD is a sport, if you want to compare pro and cons of an art try comparing ones which have a little in common|||Of the 3, Jui Jitsu is best. It hasn%26#039;t become franchised. Most Karate and Tae Kwon Do schools are McDoJos and Belt Factories.

For striking, take up Boxing. Everything else is a joke.

For grappling, go for Jui Jistu. BJJ is a sport.

For jointlocks, Hapkido. Aikido is too formal.

Good luck finding all 3 in one place.|||It depends on the likes of the individual taking it. if you like being on the ground jiu jitsu is the choice, if you like standing and striking than muay thai is probably the best fit, if you like throws its judo...take the art that suits your likes and advantages|||definately karate specificly freestyle karate its more well rounded and practicle.|||that not how you spell tai kwon do its tae kwon-do|||Yes, karate, tae kwon do %26amp; jujitsu is better. I%26#039;m glad I could clear this up.

Point is no one style is better all around than another style, each his it%26#039;s own good and not so good points.

Karate is all about power.

Tae Kwon Do is all about speed.

Jujitsu is all about submission.

If you%26#039;re asking which one would win in a tournament, I%26#039;d say Jujitsu simply because the others are about keeping your distance and don%26#039;t deal with grappling. Once a skilled jujitsu practitioner gets a hold of you, you%26#039;re going down. If you can keep outside of his or her reach then you might have a chance.|||what kind of answer is that?

It really depends on the instructor for each...

but to give u a better feel i%26#039;ll put them in order of y taught and its content that ur typically taught and its usefulness.

Content: Jujitsu%26gt;Karate%26gt;TKD

Ease of use: Karate%26gt;TKD%26gt;Jujitsu

it also depends on what ur looking for..

TKD and karate are both good for simple basics,

Jujitsu: takes a bit more skill to learn but the redirection techniques tend to be at a higher level, and the instructors tend to know how to use them correctly.|||It all depends if they are utilized for the purpose in which they were developed, for example:

Tae Kwon Do was developed in 1951 as a military style to be done while wearing boots, helmet, back-pack, and carrying a rifle. TKD was designed to deliver the strongest blow to the weakest part of your enemy - a kick to the head. That is why TKD is 70% kicks.

Karate was developed in secret by Okinawans after learning China Hand or a style of Kung fu which was brought back to Okinawa and modified into %26#039;Okinawa Te%26#039; or later Kara Te (Empty Hand). Karate-do is a linear striking system as opposed to the circular system of Kung fu. The purpose of empty hand or Karate-do is to defend against an armed opponent. So you turn your hands and feet into weapons with hard hitting and aggressive training. Karate-do (as opposed to Karate-jutsu) also teaches weapons usage and multiple attack and defense.

Jiu-jitsu was the Samurai art and possibly originated in Japan. Jiu-jitsu is noted for wrist locks, chokes, body throws, ground work, as well as weapons such as knives, swords, spears, and bows %26amp; arrows as well as punching %26amp; kicking.

Neither of these arts are better, just more suited for what they were designed. Try to do Jiu-jitsu when your wearing lug sole combat boots in inch deep mud with a rifle, helmet, and rucksack - Tae Kwon Do was designed for this situation.|||Well, I only did Tai Kwon Do and Karate, but I liked Tae Kwon Do. Partially because I thought it was easier, and partially because none of my friends did it.|||None of them are better or worse. Just different. It depends on what you%26#039;re looking for. However, you haven%26#039;t told us what you want to get out of your training.

If you%26#039;re more interested in competition, TKD is the way to go.

If you want something more traditional, go for karate.

If you enjoy throwing people around, try jujitsu.

TKD and karate are striking arts- you stand and punch/kick your opponent.

ju jitsu is grappling/throwing- most of the time, you%26#039;ll be on the ground.

A word of warning here: If you aren%26#039;t comfortable with the idea of grappling with men, then maybe JJ isn%26#039;t for you. On the other hand, if you tell the instructor that you%26#039;d rather practice with women, he%26#039;ll probably try to make sure you end up with a female parnter.

I%26#039;d be wary about going to Youtube; many of the martial arts videos there are biased. Essentially, they say something like: %26quot;This style is the one best and true style, and everything else is crap!%26quot;

So keep that in mind if you look these videos up on Youtube.|||There are incredible things you can do with the human body. If you go into martial arts, it%26#039;s a blend of the %26quot;martial%26quot; deadly, with the human strive for something that is poetic or %26quot;art%26quot;.

In terms of the martial aspect,

1) the most deadly thing you can do when you and your opponent/s are standing is to strike them in the open, without any grappling of any sort....and these you can learn in karate. With taekwondo, you can only learn the kicking aspect but not the punching aspect.

2) When you and your opponent are grappling, the most effective weapon is submissions, locks, chokes, breaks. And that is where Jujitsu becomes useful.

If you want to maximize what your body is capable of as a %26quot;weapon%26quot;, these are the areas you should learn when striving to improve yourself.|||In my opinion I think that Karate is batter, now sum peeple mmite disagree, but that%26#039;s wut i think. i think that becuz i Karate they work on ground skills and sparing. They teach u how 2 roll out of armbars, and how 2 counter the pefect kick. and most of all they tech u self defence, so u can petect urself on tha street. I think karate is tha best but thats only one guy.|||The answer to your question is yes....

If you want self defense against multiple opponents and tradition, including kata practice, Karate is the best.

If you want to perform in the Olympics, Tae Kwon Do is the best.

If you want to win one-on-one fights that go to the ground, Jujitsu is the best. :)

Actually, all three styles mentioned can do well in many different category. Jujitsu, to my understanding has kata training, sometimes. Karate has grappling techniques effective in one-on one fights, sometimes. etc... I%26#039;d suggest watching videos on youtube of teach, and deciding which one you like best. When looking at karate, make sure you look at %26quot;traditional%26quot; as well as freestyle karate. They are very different from each other. Jujitsu also has wide variety in it%26#039;s schools. Look up Aikijujitsu, vs. Brazilian Jujitsu, and you%26#039;ll see what I mean. Taekwon do seems a bit more unified, though this is as much to do with the Korean government%26#039;s involvement in the style as anything else.

Jujitsu questions?

2010-05-21T17:39:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking about taking Jujitsu lessons along with my boxing lessons, will these two go together? I like the idea of Jujitsu but is seems hard to put someone in an arm lock or some sort of lock the they are throwing rapid punches at you, is it applicable in real life situations and how long does it take tomaster this art or get to a level where you can defend your self against bigger stronger attackers.|||some people have been able to earn their black belt in jiu-jitsu in as little as 3 years but those results are not typical. You have to dedicate 5 days week and practice practice practice in order to get it that fast. Mike Fowler is the most noteable and recent black belt to do it in around that time.

But to answer your question. BJJ is practical against a boxer and against most people that just like to slug it out. More than likely they have no idea how to defend a takedown and they probably are completely clueless on how to defend themselves once they are on their back. You could easily exploit this with a months training in the art.

In the event that your opponent decides to take you down to attempt to beat on you down there you will have the knowledge how to work from your back...more importantly you will become completely comfortable being there. There are almost as many submissions from your back as their are with you on top in the mount.. That doesn%26#039;t even include sweeps.|||You are partially right in that it is hard to put some people into a hold, especially while they are punching and struggling with you while they are standing. It will give you a better chance in that as you gain in skill and understanding of Ju-Jitsu and try for first one hold and the person resists or the opportunity to apply it shrinks other opportunities will present themselves to apply other holds. Not only that but if a fight lasts more than a few seconds then it oftentimes ends up on the ground and here once again it will give you more ability to defend yourself. You have little power and leverage in your punches while grappling and wrestling on the ground with your adversary and so some other type of martial art that teaches ground fighting techniques is great. A good Ju-Jitsu program not only teaches holds, but take downs, chokes and ground fighting that allows you to more adequately defend yourself while on the ground-not just standing up.|||Yes, Jujitsu is one of the most effective arts you could possibly learn, although it will take years, if not a lifetime to master, results can be seen in as little as one week. Remember, it is said that a GJJ white belt can beat a black belt of almost any other style.

-Out.

And p.s.: a jiu-jitsu practitioner would easily beat a boxer, even if they throw like Ali. The reason is is that boxing doesn%26#039;t work on your back.

What stand up fighting do you do in jujitsu?

2010-05-21T17:38:00.003-07:00

In most BJJ classes its all groundwork, so when tournaments or competitions come along its either wrestlers who go for takedowns or people will pull guard... A good school in my opinion will teach stand up, even if its just the basics to prepare you for the inevitable of standing to start the match or fight|||There are teach you take-downs at most schools but thats not really bjj. so i guess none|||no stand up in jiu-jitsu, you learn actually useful stuff in jiu-jitsu

If i go to a judo or jujitsu class is there a chance i could end up being thrown by a female

2010-05-21T17:38:00.002-07:00

Yes most definitely, jiu-jitsu is very popular with women and a great art for them to learn.

Best wishes :)***|||Actually it%26#039;s all about technique and not strength or speed so yes you%26#039;ll stand a great chance of being thrown and taken down by any female in your class, especially one that may out rank you in what she knows ( belt ranking ) I know of a few female MMA practitioners that can be just as brutal in the cage as any man and just as %26quot;technique savay%26quot; as the next guy. Never under estimate a woman or young lady with proper training because they can, in some cases, be just as hard to spar against as any man you%26#039;ve ever sparred against.|||Yeah, I%26#039;m assuming you don%26#039;t want to, who cares? Male or Female, you will get your *** handed to you sooner or later so accept it. I know girl MA%26#039;s that would be able to kick my ***, learn from them, don%26#039;t reject them.|||yup....but if you never have - you need to. The last thing you ever want to do is underestimate an opponent or attacker, no matter what gender or size. So if your there to really learn, plan on it.|||ya if you partner up with a female. why are you concerned? are you afraid of being less of a man if a female throws you?|||I%26#039;ve been thrown by a female. To be honest, you cant tell the difference male or female while in the air about to land on top of your head.

|||Yes, absolutely, I have been thrown many times by women.|||Take up ballet.. u%26#039;ll throw a female in the air and u%26#039;ll also get to catch them back!! |||If there%26#039;s a girl in the class then, yes.

Jujitsu vs TKD?

2010-05-21T17:38:00.001-07:00

I am trying to get into MA but I am still deciding which style and which school to go to.

I have found two potential schools one a TKD school and one a Jujitsu/Aikijujitsu school. Can someone point out some of the advantages/disadvantages of the two styles, especially in relation to one another?|||There seems to be this exact or simular question here every day. The best answer is to go to each school try out each and go with the one that suits you. Train hard and have fun|||What type would you like to learn? Stand up striking? or ground work? don%26#039;t listen to most ppl on here... if you arent lookin to fight everyone who is trained... you will learn to fight in either art.... both have huge gaps in their training.... If you find a good school in either... they will show you how to use the strenghts of their style (while neglecting to mention the weakneses).... If you want to learn balance flexibility and breaking boards is cool TKD (devastaing kick and hand techniques), If you want to learn take downs, submissions (how to dislocate your oponents limbs) which is also cool, then BJJ.....What ever you choose, always understand there are different ways, and no one way is correct every time, and never tell anyone else, what they learned is junk|||I%26#039;d suggest the Jujitsu/Aikijujitsu schools.

But for stand up striking I%26#039;d learn to be proficient in Boxing re: hand strikes, and fainting bobbing and waiving.

And awareness/ evasion ..Aikido

Grappling/escapes ... jiu-jitsu

Mix and match the above styles beyond average level and you%26#039;ll be a match for most people I%26#039;d say :)

Hope this helps !!!

former jiu-jitsu coach :)|||Before I answer, I want to clarify some things:

1. Whoever thinks aikijujutsu does not include atemi waza (strikes) needs to drop the crack pipe.

2. Not all jujutsu is Brazilian - thank goodness!! Not all jujutsuka want to roll on the ground while being pummeled by brutes #2-4.

3. Aikijujutu is not like judo. There are many rules in judo that do not exist in aikijujutsu. Judo is wonderful, but not the same.

To answer: depends what you want.

If you want something tailored more to sport and competition than practical self-defense, then take TKD. That does not mean TKD cannot work as self-defense...that just tends to not be the priority. TKD will also not teach weapons.

If you are interested in self-defense as opposed to competition, then the aikijujutsu school might be more applicable. If want something useful in law enforcement, then aikijutsu is definitely more applicable. Try doing a high kick with a utility belt on...

Good luck!!|||Royce Gracie has already proven that Jiu Jitsu is the superior MA. It has defeated nearly every art, including Muay Thai, Boxing and Wrestling.

Today all ALL MMA fighters learn Jiu Jitsu for that reason.|||The Relation is that they both need time and effort to be good at! For self defense there both good. Jujitsu you%26#039;ll need to practice grappling which doesn%26#039;t take a short time! TKD you need to develop flexibility in your legs and learn kicks and it takes a while before you ready! TKD your advantage is you could be a good outside fighter! Jujitsu you could be a good inside fighter! Remember both Styles are just as effective! It%26#039;s a 50/50 % Chance of walking into the strikers range and getting KO! It all depends how you train in them! Look at Bruce Lee He only weighed like around 120 pounds!|||this is like comparing a m-16 machine gun to a pair of nunhchucks. if you want to get a good work out take tkd , or tae bo with billy banks. but if you want to learn how to win streetfights , and shatter bones and joints , take bjj.|||tkd is somewhat good for striking but more for its kicks and high energy fighters. no grappling nor locks all strikes

aki/jujitsu is all grapples and locks with no strikes.|||I am a Black Belt in TKD and I have competed in many tournaments. I can tell you that TKD is an almost useless MA when it comes to a real fight. I am a student in BJJ and Muay Thai now and I%26#039;ll tell you that a white belt in BJJ will beat a black belt in TKD 9 out of 10 times in a real fight situation. If you are looking for an effective self defense system, go with jiu jitsu.|||TKD will teach you striking, emphasizing on the kicks.

Jiu jitsu will teach your grappling, emphasizing on the ground work. (I%26#039;d assume is brazilian jujitsu), if not it will teach you standing and ground grappling equally, similar to judo

Choosing would depend on what you like the most, my suggestion is to try one class of each.

good luck!|||In the broadest sense, Jiu-Jitsu involves grappling, throws, sweeps, joint manipulation, locks and bars. It is in close, sweaty, and an excellent discipline to learn. TaeKwon-Do invovles kicking, striking, blocking, fluid movement on your feet wherever possible. It is a distance, sweaty, and excellent discipline to learn.

Don%26#039;t really worry so much about the discpline, all will teach you something worth learning. If these are the only two schools in your area, go to them. Talk with the instructors and students. Observe a few classes at each school. Try our a couple of classes if they%26#039;ll let you to experience them for yourself. You%26#039;ll probably have a clear favourite if you do this, and that will make your decision much easier.

Good luck!

Ken C

9th Dan HapMoosaKi-Do

8th Dan TaeKwon-Do

7th Dan YonChul-Do|||I%26#039;d go with the Jujitsu school. Aikijujitsu (Daitoryu) is a style that%26#039;s very hard to find in America, but very strong. TKD schools can be found anywhere, so that comes with it%26#039;s benefits and problems.Jujitsu is also more effective fighting system, but if you practice TKD and train hard you will become a good martial artist no matter what.

Judo, Jujitsu vs Karate, Taekwondo - Which is the better art when one faces 2 or more opponents in a fight?

2010-05-21T17:38:00.000-07:00

If only there were an easy answer to this question. When facing two people, anything will work so long as you%26#039;ve practiced it until it%26#039;s automatic. Strike first, strike quickly, and don%26#039;t ever fight two people at the same exact time.

If two people are making it obvious they%26#039;re going to attack you, and they%26#039;ve arranged themselves so that you cannot swiftly neutralize them both, withdraw and make them pursue you. Use your surroundings to your advantage... get yourself onto higher ground, seek weapons of convenience, keep one of them between you and the other, let them face into the Sun.

Use everything you can to do the winning, but believe that you will emerge as the winner. If these means having them both face-down in a pool of their own blood, that%26#039;s illegal but fine by me. If this means getting out of a dangerous situation alive and well, that%26#039;s even better.

Unless this little bout is practice for when you%26#039;re in the local lock-up, I might suggest you try two other, less glamous ways of defending yourself:

1. Not getting into situations where people are likely to fight you, and

2. Talking your way out of such situations. It%26#039;s amazing how easy it is to let somebody think they can beat you up, without making them prove it.

But if you%26#039;re belligerent enough that you intend to face people more often than once or twice in your entire life, I might suggest taking that one guy%26#039;s suggestion of getting a Beretta. Or maybe a Glock. Your call, just remember the old saying:

%26quot;Never insult seven men when you only have a six-shooter.%26quot;|||obviously any stand up style is going to be better than ground fighting.karate,muay thai,kung fu would be the better ones tae kwondo well theres a lot of good practitioners out there but unfortunately the majority give them a bad name.but you cant blame the students for the teachers or hierarchy%26#039;s policies.most of the good ones i know also cross train,which is a good thing no matter what style you do.any good ma should be able to defend themselves against 2 ppl otherwise what would be the point of learning it?but i did say good ma,and to most ppl that means anyone with a blackbelt.it doesn%26#039;y matter how many blackbelts you have if you dont have experience or your teacher does%26#039;nt either your not much better than anyone else out there.and then theres the difference between fighting and self defence.it%26#039;s very hard to fight multiple attackers,defending yourself is much easier.any good ma who knows the difference would have seen the situation before it occured or at least been aware of thier surroundings and/or situation.you cant practise real life situations especially with multiple attackers until it becomes automatic.for a start no two situations are the same.thats like saying sparring is exactly like a real life situation.and if it%26#039;s obvious that 2 ppl are going to attack you it%26#039;s to late to withdraw and at this stage you dont want to neutralise them you want to send them to the hospital,if they have weapons the morgue.when its obvious that the sitution has escalated you dont pussyfoot around you do what you have to do at the time.any good ma should have done thier utmost to aviod the situation long before it got to the stage where you had to defend yourself.and if you seen the situation and deliberately became involved well you not a ma your a fighter.ma%26#039;s who do it for it%26#039;s intended purpose dont have anything to prove to anyone thats why they dont become involved in fights.not that thers anything wrong with fighters or fighting but theres a place for it.hey iv%26#039;e had my fair share of thai and karate fights,in the ring.and i loved it to and i miss it,but like i said i used it for it%26#039;s intended purpose.street-maximum damage minimum impact.ring-well your not really there to maim or kill anyone.your there to prove yourself.

self defense is in the brain,fighting is in the fists.

if i%26#039;m attacked by multiple attackers and theres absolutely no way out,i%26#039;m there to maim or even kill as quickly and as ruthlessly as possible.i%26#039;d rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.|||Here is the dillema with your question. Virtually all martial arts teach you that %26quot;If situation %26#039;A%26#039; occurs, you use technique %26#039;B%26#039;%26quot;. Attacker throws punch, you block/counter, etc. But what happens if situation %26#039;Z%26#039; occurs and you have only learned to handle situations A-Y?

The point is just using two opponents isn%26#039;t enough information to answer the question. Do either of them have weapons? Are the both in front of you, or is one behind you? Do you have a weapon (keys, belt, laptop bag, etc). Why are you in this situation? Do they want your wallet? Did you say/do something to provoke them? Is your life in danger? These things will all impact the chain of events that will occur.

The gun defense certainly works in the movies. And it%26#039;s great if you have a really good lawyer. And unless it is somehow strapped to your body, it CAN be taken away from you. Not that it WILL be taken away from you, but there are two of them and only one of you.

Season%26#039;s Beatings!|||well the problem with grappling arts like Judo or bjj is that when u face more than one guy ur screwed. U take someone down for a submission hold and the other guy is gonna kick ur head like a soccer ball and good night.|||Skeet shooting.|||Taekwondo|||Karate|||It all depends on what you are used to and are most comfortable with|||You are going to have a hard time with more than one attacker in any art, I can tell you that right now.... but Taekwondo is on the BOTTOM of that list!|||None of those will help too much. It doesn%26#039;t matter how good you are, if two or more person want to hurt you, you%26#039;re already in really bad situtation. Especially if the person are smart enough to have one go head to head with you while other one go for your legs.

So.... fire arms training is probably what you%26#039;re looking for.|||Although guns are effective, if someone attacks you from behind or there are more peopple than you have bullets, lts face it you arent going tomake every shot under those circumstances, if trained judo,/ jiu-jitsu are very effective, remember jiu-jitsu was the samarias unarmed fighting style so it had to be good against multiple opponents my example o fmultiple attackers is WAR.|||Berretta fighting style is the best.

I have 16 deadly moves that are unstoppable and too fast for the eye to see.

I wil take any judo jj karate guy on with one arm around my back.

berretta style wins them all - hands down within seconds.|||Striking arts are best against multiple enemies. Karate ot Tae Kwon Do.|||The Art of The Eight Limbs .............. Muay Thai|||12 Gage with #4 shot|||wood_vulture is Damn Right!! I loved everything he said. Listen to his advice. Two on one is a sure way into a wheelchair or death. Let%26#039;s just pretend that I and someone else decide to %26quot;beat-up%26quot; one guy, then it%26#039;s to permanently ruin his life. Maybe back in good old elementary school will you have two guys want to %26quot;fight%26quot; you. In a real-world situation, two guys can easily apply a couple quick moves and you%26#039;re immobilized.

But to answer your question about which Art is better. Go with the MMA mentality (MMA - mixed martial arts) learn all you can and get as good as you can in each area.

Go to YouTube and do a keyword search on Bruce Lee%26#039;s interview where he talks about being water.

Jujitsu Lessons?

2010-05-21T17:37:00.003-07:00

I have taken up Jujitsu, and have my first lesson on tuesday. What can i expect on the first lessson, how much will i get hurt overall, and what should i wear (do i have to get a uniform?)|||Only your teacher can tell you what to expect as each school is different. You are not going to get hurt. Just wear some loose fitting clothing like a sweat shirt and sweat pants. Your teacher can advise you about what uniform he/she recommends, but you will most likely need a gi. A Jujitsu or Judo gi is generally a little thicker than a karate/TKD gi because you will use the fabric to clench and for some throws, later for holds like the lapel choke. (See Royce Gracie in UFC The Beginning.

See a website like this one for an idea of Judo Jujitsu uniforms. http://www.superfoots.com/judouniforms1....|||Congrats on joining a school.

There are a couple of things you%26#039;ll want to know and do before you head in there for your first lesson.

First of all, cut your finger and toe nails. I learned very early that even if I had just a few days of nail growth, it was so easy to snag them and bleed. (ouch)

You don%26#039;t have to wear a Gi on the first day of class. You will most likely be able to buy one from your school.

Pay attention to the instructor. Be cool and relaxed and do not spaz out. No one likes a new guy who is a spaz. Just take it easy and ask lots of questions. If you spaz out no one will want to train with you out of fear they%26#039;ll get hurt because you%26#039;re flailing around like an idiot. So don%26#039;t be that guy. :)

Good luck and congrats!|||First, are you taking Japanese or Brazilian Ju Jutsu? They are very different from each other: one focuses on grappling and submission techniques (Brazilian), while the other focuses on joint locks and controlling techniques that do not cause injury (Japanese).

Either way, wear comfortable, loose clothing in which you can easily move. Do not buy a uniform until you have spoken to your instructor. Many instructors and schools have specific uniforms they wish their students to wear, and you don%26#039;t want to spend $30 on a uniform just to find out you bought the wrong one. Also, you might want to wait a few weeks before investing in a uniform to make sure this is an art you truly want to pursue.

As for getting hurt overall, unless you%26#039;ve got a truly gung-ho, hard-core Brazilian ju jutsu instructor (from Brazil, that is -- they teach the way they expect you to fight in Brazil), then you should not expect to get injured. After all, the instructor wants you to come back, and negative word of mouth is very damaging to a school/instructor. But yes, any martial arts training may cause you aches and soreness, especially if you haven%26#039;t exercised or done anything physical with regularity. Your instructor should be able to tell you what stretches will best warm you up and cool you down, however, and there is always ice, rest, and elevation if you are truly sore.

Every instructor has a different first lesson. You will more than likely be introduced to some basic terms (Japanese or Portuguese), basic stances, have an introduction to breakfalls, and learn the first few basic techniques. Time will go by quickly, believe me! Good luck, and enjoy your training.|||the first time can be a little intimidating but don%26#039;t sweat it...The first couple of practices they taught me basic stances and moves and kicks and break falls and what not...Don%26#039;t worry about getting hurt...you use what is called tapping out- when your stuck or need to stop you tap the mat and your opponent lets up...that is if you even wrestle on your first day...The uniform- a gi can come in handy...in the tournament i was in there was no-gi competitions and gi competitions...a gi can help with some of the chokes and help get a better grip on your opponent for some of the moves, however it does get very hot...but it may depend on your instructor...have fun! i loved it!|||I can answer this question from many different points of view..well first off it truly depends on your teacher..and the people that you train with..expect to learn alot of techniques and steps..and in most cases students will go slow with you at first so you can learn the moves because you are new..if you train in Brazilian jujitsu there are no-gi and gi days which means that you will need a gi (uniform)..so have fun and be safe

Free ''japanese-style jujitsu'' online?

2010-05-21T17:37:00.002-07:00

does anyone know what website that i can go to, to recieve free %26quot;japanese-style jujitsu%26quot; training online? or how about free ebooks on this subject? any info on what techniques the japanese samurai used for physical conditioning would be extremely helpful as well...i%26#039;m very interested in the samurai martial art fighting style (japanese jujitsu), it is very appealing to me, and i would like to learn it...but the thing is, is that i learn ALOT faster when i am learning at my own pace...that is why i am asking for free ONLINE

%26quot;japanese jujitsu trianing%26quot;, free ebooks on %26quot;japanese jujitsu training%26quot;, and what techniques the japanese samurai used for physical conditioning, rather than asking for a regular jujitsu school that i would physicaly have to go to. But anyway, thanks in advance for the answers!|||here you are

http://www.ajjf.org/|||Go find an actual instructor or institute, but do not take online martial arts.|||if you are just starting out, as in never ever took any martial arts program or know how a body reacts when techniques are done, you will never be able to learn anything on your own. You might be able to pick up a move or two to try on your buddies, but that may be about it.

If you can%26#039;t find a decent school in your area, look for another style or purchase instructional dvd%26#039;s online.

That being said... I know I saw a short Gracie video on youtube.com do a search for what ever style you want to learn.

I also saw some for American Kenpo labled %26#039;on the mat%26#039; or something like that|||Jerry L is correct. You cannot learn martial arts from an online class. It takes years of practice and dedication.|||You can%26#039;t get something for nothing, and you can%26#039;t really learn a martial art from a book or website. Without someone knowledgeable to guide you and correct your mistakes, you will never properly learn it. There are a lot of nuances to many techniques that you simply cannot get from a few pictures and a paragraph of text. Martial arts training is always at your own pace anyway.

Samurai had the job of being warriors, so they practiced all day long, every day, their various martial arts techniques.

Brazilian jujitsu or MMA in Taiwan?

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I am training wing chun at the moment and would like to get into MMA and BJJ. I will be moving to Taipei soon so I was wondering if the was a good place to train.|||I know of Andy Wang at Taiwan Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club.

http://www.taiwanbjj.org/

Go to http://www.jiujitsugear.com/forum lots of BJJ/MMA guys hang out there and Andy Wang post there too. They can give you all the info you need.|||You can check out my club if you like. We do BJJ, Submission Grappling and MMA. I鈥檝e also trained extensively in Wing Chun and Ba Gua .

Here is my web site evolutioncombat.com

Contact me at gor15@hotmail.com

Cheers

Gord|||I think tigerhead knows what he is talking about.

Where can I find a good Jujitsu Academy in Cerritos/Buena park area??

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A good resource is the On The Mat web Site

they teamed up withh BJJ.org and have a school database

http://onthemat.com/school_database.php

Alos a good place to get Jiu-Jitsu gear

http://www.jiu-jitsu-usa.com

Hope the Helps

Hondo|||www.fullcirclejujitsu.com/associated.htm...

after typing Buena Park Jujitsu into my search engine

What jujitsu is better for me?(or other martial art)?

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Im trying to decide between Brazilian and Danzan Ryu Jujistu. im no very vague basics of what both are. the kind of martial art im looking for is one that is mainly grapples, submissions, throws, etc, and that also incorporates a little bit of striking. im 5%26#039;8, 15, and 185 lbs? what would be good for me? and just explain why it would be better for me.|||Okay simple facts here,

Bjj is in fact.. modified judo ( As admitted by the Gracies via Maeda Sensei. )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuyo_Mae...

Bjj mainly focus on ground grappling for the ring/dojo which could help in the street,providing whilst you are ground and pounding your opponent that several of his friends don%26#039;t kick your head mid way through defending your self.

Only one of my real street survival situations have went to the ground against two aggressors kicking into me at the same time ( which I Survived / won incidentally ) by sheer luck admittedly.

The only way you go to the ground in survival situations is by accident ,not choice.

Danzan Ryu Ju-jitsu originates from older Japanese jiu-jitsu systems and focuses on real self defense on the street ie: no rules

anything goes.

My choice would be survival at all costs, whats your real motivation ????

Best wishes :)***|||I would do Brazilian because as it is more modern and more realistic.

Cause lets face it, most fights end up on the ground anyway it%26#039;s just fact. And as well as being able to strike you have to know how to grapple and be familiar with the ground.|||Danzan Ryu Jujitsu|||Danzan Ryu Jujistu i would also suggest freestyle karate.|||Watever gets you hard!

Searching for a reputable MMA/Jujitsu class in the 510 area code for my 14 yr old son, anyone have any suggest

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Try Martial Arts of America (www.maakarate.com) - they have many studios in the Bay Area, including Fremont (510 area code). They don%26#039;t offer MMA/Jujitsu specifically, but they styles are taught in their karate programs and their krav maga trainings.

With that said, your son my be too young to start in MMA or Krav Maga due to the level of intensity and maturity required. You need to talk to the instructors and the school master to determine what your options are. However, good training will cost you.|||http://www.dojolocator.com/DojoList.aspx...|||There%26#039;s a great one that I attend, called Oakland Karate and Kickboxing. It%26#039;s on Broadway street in Oakland, and they teach three different martial arts there: Shaolin Kempo Karate, Muay Thai, and MMA grappling. They have kids classes too, so he should be able to attend. You can get their number from their website and give them a call during their business hours.

Whcih does NOT come from Japan: Karate, Kung fu, or jujitsu?

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Karate and Kung Fu.

Kung Fu origin is China

Karate origin is Okinawa and some for Japan, which origins can be traced to China|||Obviously it is from China. Jujutsu is from Japan and Karate was actually made, not by either cuture, but by Buddhists in the late 12th Century as an alternative to Tai-jutsu (Japanese), the first martial art. It was made as a form of defending their temples from invaders. So you see it was in China that it was made but not as a Chinese martial art because the Japanese were also Buddhists but more of a religious martial art and the two cultures developed many different versions, such as Goju-ryu and Shotokan. |||kung fu is from china

karate originated in okinawa, and was later brought to japan.

jujitsu was developed in japan.

sensei scandal and katana are both correct.

you people dont know history and need to do more research

and bishopofpeace if you are going by that logic you are still incorrect, martial arts came to china from india and the middle east.

to the best of my knowledge jujitsu did not come from china.

all countries had there own native form of ma, china had an impact on how they were developed in some countries. but it was not the solo source|||Karate does not come from Japan.

IT IS FROM OKINAWA!!!

I am so tired of posting this on here.

When are you all going to get it????

%26quot;kung fu%26quot; is not a martial art. It is a term that means %26quot;how much you know about something%26quot;.

It does not have to be about martial arts. It could be that your knowledge of cooking is very good - they would say %26quot;your cooking kung fu is very good%26quot;.

Meaning your cooking skills are very good.

Jujutsu comes from Japan. |||Technically, kung fu or gung fu means %26quot;hard work%26quot; but in the martial arts term, it%26#039;s from China

Karate originally meant %26quot;China Hand%26quot; - enough said.|||I agree with Sensei scandal. how many times must people be told that Karate originated in okinawa? So t answer your question karate and Kung fu, neither one comes from Japan.|||I%26#039;m glad Einstein came from Germany. Those Germans are really smart. Any matters pertaining to science or intellect should be directed towards Germany.

/sarcasm|||kung fu is from china

karate is from okinawa (which is now part of Japan)|||All martial arts came from China. A chinese man too the art to japan and Korea.|||It%26#039;s Kung Fu, which is from China.|||Kung Fu - China

|||Kung fu...silly question.|||Kung Fu

I've decided to take bjj classes in sacramento, i'm choosing either cassio werneck jujitsu or groundworks

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jujitsu by rickson gracie students and dave terry, bjj blackbelt also from rickson gracie. does anybody know about these schools? help and need advice...|||The first thing I would recommend is to go spend some time in each school during a class. See what the people are like, how the class is run, how clean it is, things like that. BJJ is demanding and at first very often humbling, you need to feel comfortable with the people your training with.

Let me make a small disclaimer, I train at Cassio%26#039;s so I%26#039;m somewhat biased. That being said I really enjoy it there. The school has a friendly feel, people are very approachable, we train pretty hard, and the jiu jitsu is world class. Since I don%26#039;t know your specific goals (tournaments, self defense, fitness/weight loss, etc.) I can%26#039;t be much more specific.

If nothing else stop by the school, talk to Cassio or Hilza, and take a few free trial lessons to see if it%26#039;s a good fit for you.

Here is a recent post another student did after Cassio came in to teach at his regular school (in Rocklin) http://opiedog.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!...

Hopefully I%26#039;ll see you on the mat.

Do you agree with me that Brazilian JuJitsu receives too much credit and is over sold?

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Correct me if I%26#039;m wrong but the perception seems to be that the Brazilian%26#039;s created a totally new system that was invincible and no one had ever seen anythign like it. The truth is the Gracie%26#039;s brought grappling back to the US. I don%26#039;t want to denigrate the Gracie%26#039;s I have a ton of respect for that family. Doesn%26#039;t it seem though that people completely lose track of the fact that catch wrestling was popular at one point in the US. The guy who taught the Gracie family spent time in catch wrestling tournaments. some of the best MMA fighters have a history more impacted by catch wrestling than jujitsu including the Shamrock%26#039;s, Barnett, Sakuraba.

Here is a link to a wreslting manual published in 1912 far before the gracie%26#039;s arrived. With alot of good submissions and wrestling techniques

http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/...

The people today who practice the japanese based jujitsu are viewed as second class citizens even though is started japan|||Yes. And much respect to the Gracie%26#039;s but c%26#039;mon. Even that system had to evolve rather quickly. Ever wonder why they are not winning much. No really. Before all y%26#039;all think I%26#039;m hating, how many of the NEW Gracie%26#039;s are on top of the fight world? The world evolved. And many learned the Gracie system...and mastered the art.

BTW, you%26#039;re on the right track. BJJ evolved from Japanese jiu-jitsu, a much dirtier form that included joint manipulation, eye gouging, biting, etc. Gracie evolved it into a sport. A clean and safe sport. Kudos! But to call it a totally new system just isn%26#039;t true. It%26#039;s an evolution of what existed. All modern martial arts are evolutions of the old. Look up kajukenbo and you will know what I mean. It%26#039;s the first true MMA fight system with belt rankings. Plus it%26#039;s arguably the youngest martial arts form out there. An evolution of 4 other styles: Karate, Judo/Jiu-jitsu, Kempo, and Bo-fu (Chinese kickboxing). And yes it%26#039;s got application. It was born from street fighting in the Paloma community in Hawaii, regarded as one of the seedest neighborhoods around.

More power to you, brah!|||its a good style the problem is a lot of ppl who do it are blind to the fact that its good for its intended purpose.its not the be all and end all of martial arts as some seem to think.|||Yes you are correct, the Gracies are a remarkable and very talented family of fighters. I think another influnce for the situation is the current %26quot;pop media culture%26quot; which tends to negate historical influences or overlook them entirely.

some of the other comments are dead on as well.|||It does get too much credit. One of the places where it gets too much credit is everyone thinking that it%26#039;s so great compared to striking arts just because the Gracie%26#039;s were destroying the stand-up fighters in the early days of the UFC. But what people fail to realize is that the mat surfaces used in the beginning of UFC%26#039;s were designed to favor ground based fighters. The Gracies helped to create UFC and thus could choose the surfaces they fought on. The surfaces were much softer which kept standing/striking guys from being able to jump or keep proper footing. Once the surfaces were changed to be more stable, the striking arts started to catch up again. It was all rigged when looked at from a certain point of view. Their style wasn%26#039;t (and isn%26#039;t) so much invincible as they simply had home court advantage in the beginning.

You%26#039;re also correct that Jujitsu/Jujutsu originated in Japan but also keep in mind that there are styles that are neither Japanese nor Brazilian. My primary martial art is a striking art (Shorei Ryu) but I%26#039;m also a practitioner of Danzan Ryu Jujutsu which is a Hawaiian art with Japanese roots. I do agree that people who absolutely worship the Brazilian style do need a little more reverence for the Japanese styles though.|||ill answer this later im gunna go eat|||yea id learn juijitsu over bjj... but thats just cas bjj is so active in the mma... but yea wat ever i dont think it sucks or ne thing|||It wouldn%26#039;t get so much credit if it wasn%26#039;t good and producing quality fighters....|||I believe it to be a good system, but since I have never studied it in depth from afar or from actual practice, I cannot comment too much on it.

I will say this, though: as with anything else, martial arts have trends which are popular for a few years until the novelty wears off. BJJ just happens to be one of the most recent trends, but before that, it was Tae Kwon Do, Ninjitsu, and in the 70%26#039;s, Chinese boxing collectively known as kung fu. I won%26#039;t even comment about Tae Bo.... ugh.

Since martial arts follow trends, those who are dedicated to BJJ will stick with it, and others will simply follow whatever else becomes popular. So, I don%26#039;t necessarily agree with you that BJJ receives too much credit and is over sold - it is simply the flavor of the month.|||yes it is over rated..and the gracie family tries to make it like they own the style or they created their own style ...they always say that it is totally different from the regular japanese juijitsu....And I mean...THEY ALWAYS SAY THIS.....To be honest, its the same thing with a couple of changes....It sounds like someone took an invention..changed the color..and called it their creation....The gracie family isnt all that either..we only see royce fighting...and he doesnt win every single fight...in some of them..he gets the crap beaten out of him....and its not just once or twice either...i do admit that..he is still pretty tough..but what about the rest of the family? See? Every once in a while a person who has the ability, learns martial arts and becomes pretty good...and he isnt bad...but thats just one guy in the family that was half way decent.....

They are starting up a jujitsu class in jan.for kids my son will be 9 in feb is this a good age.?

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If you inrole your kid into a jiu jitsu class at the age. you are given him a great oppurtunity. yes 9 is a great age to start he will get a black belt at a young age and it will help him mentally also. And thim bullies will think twice and it will make the chances of your son being a bully even more slim. I say enrole him into the class%26#039;s and give your son a great oppurtunity :D|||i agree the child will have a great advantage. but the instructor needs to also teach the child more than just the conflict side of the art. show him how not to start fights.onlly use when you need to defend themselves or their families from harm. teach according to the child%26#039;s age. don%26#039;t over bear. Report Abuse
|||Well, in my dojang the oldest someone can learn jujitsu is 13. Jujitsu is serious and you must make sure that your child is mature enough for it and he wont go around beating people up because it teaches a lot about self defense. If you think he is mature enough, then martial arts is a great thing for kid.|||If the instructor is good and your son is into it, by all means sign the boy up.|||If they have a kids program sure, go for it. Make sure its legit though.|||The right age to start.|||yes 9 is a good age to start most martial arts.

Jujitsu lessons?

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For ages my parents have been wanting me to join a sports team and %26quot;get fit%26quot;. I have found one, but it is not a very normal sport (when i saw normal i mean over popular like footie and such). I wanted to join jujitsu lessons. I dont know how to tell my parents, and if they%26#039;ll let me take the lessons

What should i do. Also, how much should a lesson cost and will i need a membership for it (the price might make the chances better)|||If your parents are going to get all up tight about you trying to get fit, self confidence and being able to protect yourself id say there not very good parents

just stress these points to them and they should see the benefits|||you can haggle with most schools. In chicago, the going rate is between $50 - $100 per month for 3 days per week.

Dont ask your mom, ask your dad. Tell him you want to learn martial arts. read up about the different martial arts so you know what they are about when you tell them.

Ju Jitsu is a defensive martial art.

go to wikipedia.org and research karate, kung fu, ju jitsu, and aikido. dont waste time with tae kwon do.|||First things first. Do you want to take Japanese Ju Jutsu or Brazilian Ju Jutsu? They are very different from each other. Japanese is a centuries-old art that focuses on incapacitating without injury, via joint locks and throws. Brazilian is much more aggressive and uses throws and submission holds (think UFC).

Next, do you know of any places near you that offer Ju Jutsu? If not, look in your phone book or search for your city%26#039;s name and Ju Jutsu on Google. Put together a list of schools and their phone numbers. Don%26#039;t forget community centers and YMCAs, as these may also offer classes in Ju Jutsu.

Once you%26#039;ve done that, call these places and ask at what age a student may start training (Ju Jutsu, being hard on joints, is usually not started until the mid-teen years). Let them know you are interested in starting training, and would like to know what their monthly tuition is AND how many classes per week that tuition covers. Don%26#039;t forget to ask if the gi (uniform) is included. If you are given the run-around that they want you to come in to see the place and sit down and talk to them before they give you their prices, tell them straight out that you are researching prices for lessons so you can convince your parents to let you train, and your case would be much more convincing if you can present your parents with pricing.

Once you%26#039;ve got a list of schools, their costs, and whether the uniform is included, approach your parents about taking lessons. Let them know that you understand this is a long-term commitment (versus seasonal, like football or rugby) and that you would be attending X number of classes a week. Tell them what the monthly tuition is, and remind them that not only with training in Ju Jutsu increase your fitness but it will improve your focus, self discipline, concentration, memory, and integrity, all of which can be applied to school or any situation in your life. Then, see if they will accompany you to one or two places on your list so that all of you together can see the dojo, meet the instructor, and ask questions.

Be prepared, enthusiastic, and keep your mind open to any compromises your parents may offer. Good luck!|||Jiu Jitsu is a phenomenal martial art, as long as you%26#039;ll be doing the Brazilian style. Lessons for three days a week should run around eighty five dollars per month.|||jujitsu is an awesome form of selfdefense...price i dont kno...but if you wanna do it, tell them! whats the worst that could happen, you get a no?|||Jujitsu, and it%26#039;s sister-style Judo, is an excellent sport that will develop your cardiovascular system and build good muscle tone, as well as having all the other benefits of the more popular western sports. Prices vary from place to place. Call and ask.

What's so wrong with private jujitsu instruction on a first date?!?

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its wierd! go to the cinema or bowling or something!|||nothing. just be carefull, and don%26#039;t start somthing you can%26#039;t hadle or somthing that makes her uncomfortable.

Jujitsu lessons?

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What's so wrong with private jujitsu instruction on a first date?!?

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nothing. just be carefull, and don%26#039;t start somthing you can%26#039;t hadle or somthing that makes her uncomfortable.|||its wierd! go to the cinema or bowling or something!

Small Circle Jujitsu?

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I remember when the Gracies ran little bitty ads in Black Belt magazine. They ran those ads for years. No one really cared about BJJ until Hoyce started choking people with his gi in the early days of the UFC. Now, beyond question, BJJ and Gracie Jujitsu have become one of the most popular styles in the world.

My question is this; how does BJJ compare to Professor Wally Jay%26#039;s Small Circle Jujitsu?

I have limited experience (though some) with grappling arts. I%26#039;m interested in everyone%26#039;s perceptions, MMA%26#039;s, Traditional Karate, etc etc.

I look forward to some great answers!|||Two different worlds, both based on some of the same premises. Small-circle was based on various Japanese Jujutsu forms, incorporating mostly wrist, shoulder, and finger dislocations, nerve attacks to the body once placed in a position of disadvantage, or subdued with pressure point striking. Brazillian jujutsu was based on Kodokan Judo as taught to the Gracie family by Count Koda, so it has a natural affinity for Judo chokes, locks and submissions, especially gi chokes.

Now, this is where both arts started, but both have gone through changes. Small-circle has found itself incorporating more dislocations, immobilizations, and trips than originally put in, as different students-turned-teacher begin teaching and incorporating their own curriculum points. But ultimately, it is based on economy of movement, efficiency of travel and immobilizing the opponent quickly. The %26quot;small circle%26quot; is an allusion to both the manner in which the wrist and fingers are manipulated in most locks, and the movement utilized to break wrist/forearm grabs in self-defense.

In BJJ, we find that the sport is increasingly specializing in positionary fighting, ie. moving from guard to side mount to mount to back, etc. to get submissions from easier positions, rather than getting a submission from the initial position one finds oneself in. This is a newer way to interpret the art, as in the 80%26#039;s and early 90%26#039;s, you would find a BJJ grappler getting plenty of submissions from weaker positions, since they also practiced economy of movement, as opposed to position-before-submission, as today. Also, the gi chokes have been toned down as alot of competitors fight MMA or ADCC (no-gi grappling) rules now, limiting them to joint manipulations and none gi involved chokes.

Ultimately, the comparison is that Smallcircle is mainly standup oriented, quick submissions from finger or wrist grabs, but is alot harder to use since it takes years of memorization of the technique to truly get into those positions against other trained artists, especially other jujutsuka; and BJJ is primarily a large joint manipulation system from a grounded position, culminating in submission from joint locks and chokes and the ability to move from less dominant positions up the scale to more dominant.|||Wally Jay%26#039;s Small Circle Ju-Jitsu has its foundation in Japanese Ju-Jitsu and it is very good but has some limitations-most martial arts do in some ways. The Gracies took Japanese Ju-Jitsu several steps further with respect to submission holds, chokes, and the ground fighting aspects and how to maneuver your opponent into a position of vulnerability and made it more practical and more capable than its Japanese forerunners. There are different styles of Japanese Ju-Jitsu and all have their strengths and weaknesses. As with many Japanese and Okinawan martial arts traditional ways of thinking and acceptance of new ideas comes hard and came even harder twenty years ago.

If you notice Gracie Ju-Jitsu, being more progressive, is evolving and changing now and incorporating things like ankle locks and knee bars much more in their training and acceptance of those techniques which I believe they did not ten years ago just as Japanese Ju-Jitsu also is. I think the world is big enough for both and this is a great time to be studying either.|||Small Circle JJ is a greal example of the simplicity of Ju Jitsu. GrandMaster Ron Van Browning has some moves that are unbelieveable -easy to do and highly effective. As JJ is, a well versed system of joint control.|||I took a class with Jay at Saint Mary%26#039;s College back in %26#039;78. Back then, he showed us the economy of movement necessary with his style. It wasn%26#039;t showy, and you didn%26#039;t really reach out to touch someone. But if an opponent got in your range, you could quickly and effortlessly take him down. We all found it a great defensive style.|||I love both, and both have their place. Small Circle Jujitsu (or the parts I learned) are still a defensive maneuver to manipulate joints (a lot of the time this is small joint manipulation). This is very good info to use, but tough to pull off without hitting or shocking someone first (unless they are impaired some other way).

BJJ is really great in that it moves onto larger joint manipulation and body control. The issue with this is that you are always on the ground. So, when you take Joe Snuffy down and dislocate his shoulder, his two buddies can gut stomp you through the floor.

They compare in that they are related, but the application is very different (as with all styles).

Differences between Brazilian and Japanese Jujitsu ?

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Japanese Jujitsu allows strikes and also have have throws and take downs.

BJJ is mainly focused on grappling |||one is a hair cut in a certain way the other is a twat not Knowing what his girlfriend has done

looks like the other answers do not Know what a brazilian is this is why the word twat is used to these kung not a clue people out there|||Brazilian is better because it evolved the traditional techniques.|||bjj comes from japanese jujitsu an judo. it was developed about 100 years ago|||BJJ focusses on ground fighting where as JJJ is more of an all round art that includes striking.|||The Japanese know how to spell it: Jujutsu|||The Japanese bow before they kick your tail.

Which is better karate or jujitsu for mixed martial arts?

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Combining the two is the best.

Be prepared!|||I%26#039;d say jiu-jitsu !!!!

As its more rounded regarding different ranges in fighting !

Although I%26#039;m biased lol

Former jiu-jitsu coach :) Best wishes|||When it comes to MMA, you need some ground experience, especially if your opponent does, and the best for that is probably brazilian jiu jitsu. You can watch any striking vs. jiu jitsu match and if the fight goes to the ground, which 9 times out of 10 it does, the striker has simply lost. Trust me when I tell you that I%26#039;ve seen a black belt in karate against a blue belt in jiu jitsu and the J.J. fighter won. So definitely Jiu Jitsu over karate.|||William is right Brazilian Jujitsu is my choice.The Gracie%26#039;s are masters of BJJ.|||jiu jitsu by far..|||BJJ, groundfighting usually wins, just look at the UFC stats|||bjj u stupidass who do u see in mma using karate?|||even though they are both martial arts you are comparing too totally different things

karate:focuses on striking

jiujitsu(if you are talking brazilian): focuses on ground fighting(getting a dominate position, chokes, joint locks etc..)

you need both aspects to be a complete fighter

EDIT:addressing a comment under mine, Georges St Pierre and Bas Rutten, uses Kyokushin Karate

in K1 Andy Hug uses Kyokushin Karate and has a win over Crocop, also Tadashi Nakamura(also a Kyokushin karateka) fought a Thai Boxing champion to show who had the greatest martial artist(Thailand or Japan)and won. It depends more on how practical you train than the art itself.|||well if you are thinking of mixed martial arts then no matter what you will need a striking and grappling art no matter what if you want to be an effective fighter. Brazilian JuJitsu is a very popular grappling style in MMA, and there are certain styles of of Karate have been proven to work very well in MMA (notably Kyokushin Karate).

A BJJ school may be a better choice because you could get both the grappling training from BJJ and as is the case of most BJJ school offer some sort of striking style. However if you are able to find a Karate school that offers a grappling style then you can choose which school you like|||jujitsu wins more often in mma

but utilizing both styles would benefit your skill set|||That would depend on the karate style.

An aggressive style such as kyokushin or enshin would provide the striking, but one such as shidokan would not only provide striking, but grappling as well as it teaches judo and muay thai techniques.

Jujitsu is an almost exclusively grappling art, very effective at that, but for MMA you need to learn striking as well.|||For MMA rules, and for 1 on 1 fighting, with the choice of one or the other, I%26#039;d think Jujitsu. However, you%26#039;re not limited, take both and you%26#039;ll be able to take out both guys.|||JuJitsu for mixed martial arts.

Karate (Okinawan Karate) for street fighting. Pressure point, Eye socket, Neck, and Groin strikes will make anyone quit.

Jujitsu or other martial arts on utila or roatan?

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interview questions and answers

http://allinterviewqa.blogspot.com/|||Your question is not clear for me. I think you should offer some extra details about what you need to know. But I have been to Roat谩n, Honduras, and I am going to share my pictures with you, so that you have an idea about what Roat谩n looks like:

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http://www.jaimemontoya.com|||There is a Tae Kwon Do school and team in Coxen Hole on Roatan. I am not if Utila has any martial arts.