jūjutsu
English
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[edit]jūjutsu (uncountable)
- Alternative form of jujitsu.
- 1997, Karl F. Friday with Seki Humitake, “Applied Constructs”, in Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryū and Samurai Martial Culture, Honolulu, Haw.: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, chapter 3 (The Philosophy and Science of Combat), page 97:
- Whether a result of deadlock or sought voluntarily, the transition from kenjutsu to jūjutsu begins when the opponents close to jūjutsu fighting range (maai), usually with their weapons meeting hand guard (tsuba) to hand guard, in what bugei jargon terms the gasshō (“praying hands”) or tsubazeri (“vying tsuba to tsuba”) position.
- 2003, Serge Mol, “Common characteristics of fighting systems using truncheon-like weapons”, in Classical Weaponry of Japan: Special Weapons and Tactics of the Martial Arts, Tokyo; New York, N.Y.; London: Kodansha International, →ISBN, page 70:
- The art of fighting with truncheon-like weapons was based on jūjutsu, but admittedly it could also make certain jūjutsu-like techniques more feasible, especially in peacetime, when killing an opponent was forbidden.
- 2013, Ellis Amdur, “Yoshin-ryū: A Maze of Willows”, in Old School: Essays on Japanese Martial Traditions, 2nd edition, Wheaton, Ill.: Freelance Academy Press, →ISBN, part 4 (Nothing Stays the Same: Martial Traditions from the Edo Period), page 307:
- Hidemi is seen in the famous photo of the jūjutsu conclave at the Nihon Butokukai, in which various jūjutsu instructors gathered together for several purposes: 1) to include themselves as participants in the new competitive form of grappling, judō 2) to add input to judō’s curriculum 3) to attempt to ensure their own survival as members of the Butokukai.
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