What is jujitsu?

Question

i am thinking about taking martial arts classes and have heard jujitsu is good.

what is jujitsu?

how is it better from the other ones?

Answer 1

If you've heard it's good, chances are it's jiu jitsu (the fastest growing art on the planet).  It's very tangibly effective,  because you use the moves in live sparring situations every class, unlike some arts that are forced to pretent they do the moves for safety reasons i.e. eye gouging or throat chopping.  Here's some helpful jiu jitsu vids:

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNR9IBuDG...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suXxYE3LF...

Answer 2

Jujitsu is a Japanese fighting art that employs a lot of locks and chokes. A great ground fighting style is Brazilian Jujitsu.

Answer 3

it's like wrestling.. :]]

Answer 4

Jujitsu is a centuries-old system of unarmed combat, formulated and practised by the Samurai warriors of feudal Japan. Many modern martial arts (Judo, Aikido, Ninjitsu, Hapkido, Kempo, Krav Maga and even some systems of Karate) have their roots in Jujitsu. Historically, this art was also known as Taijutsu and Hakuda.

Most martial arts differ in the emphasis that they place on various techniques. Jujitsu is an extremely effective self-defence system because of the wide variety of its techniques; a student of Jujitsu will learn joint-locking techniques, throwing techniques, striking and kicking techniques, standing techniques, ground fighting techniques and techniques for defence against weapons. This wide variety of techniques (particularly controlling techniques – i.e. restraints and take-downs) allow for a flexible response that can be appropriately matched to the level of violence one is confronting. This is a major reason why police and military forces around the world favour jujjitsu techniques.

Ju in Japanese means flexible, pliable or "to give way" and Jots means "art" or "practise". Together these words mean “the art of pliability or flexibility”. Jujitsu is often translated to English as "the gentle art", but this can be misleading as the techniques are not gentle on the attacker. The concept of “gentle” refers more to the fact that the techniques require little strength by the person applying them.

Jujitsu techniques emphasise joint locking and throwing techniques, often against armed opponents. However, as the use of body armour has diminished during the past century, Jujitsu has evolved to incorporate some striking and kicking techniques back into its vast arsenal.

Typically, Jujitsu techniques favour the use of "soft blocks" which deflect an attack rather than "hard blocks" that are more common in striking arts like Karate and Taekwondo. They also often redirect and return the movement and momentum of an attacker against him/herself and make extensive use of joint locks to control an attacker. Joint locks can then be turned into throws or restraints as determined by the severity of the attack.

Students of Jujitsu learn escapes, evasion, holds, chokes, throws, weapon techniques, striking, kicking, rolling and falling and ground-fighting (grappling). Jujitsu is not reliant on strength, but relies on balance, speed and leverage. Jujitsu is a devastating art at its most advanced level and therefore must be practised with great care and responsibility. Historically, Jujitsu was probably the first Japanese martial art to be introduced in the West, and it was taught to most of the Western world's "special forces" troops during World War II.

Sorry for the long answer.

Answer 5

in martial arts there are 3 main non weapon non religious aspects phisique technique and chi energy .

jujitsu is often considered the best as far as technique because it is famouse for haveing the wimpier looking man win and because i the ufc it has been learned by most anyone there

in essence jujitsu is japanese but ur probabaly refering to brazilian jujitsu because that is the jujitsu most people no

these styles are similar also to judo but in judo u practice more takin people to the ground and stranding up while in jujitsu u somhow go go the ground and then u put them in a submission or lock to break their arm or neck or ankle or even finger.

along with tae kwon do and judo this is one of the most practiced arts in the world

they do not work on knockouts unless in a position where they have a free hand and the other guy cannot move