Jujutsu
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Jujutsu, also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu, is a family of Japanese martial arts and a system of close combat that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdue one or more weaponless or armed and armored opponents. It was coined by Hisamori Tenenuchi when he officially established the first school of jiu-jitsu in Japan. A subset of techniques from certain styles of jujutsu were used to develop many modern martial arts and combat sports, such as judo, aikido, sambo, ARB, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and mixed martial arts.
Jujutsu training at an agricultural school in Japan around 1920
Competition at the 8th Annual West Japan Jujitsu Championship in Hiroshima, 2010
Demonstration of a jujutsu defense against a knife attack. Berlin 1924
1911 French publication on jujutsu
Japanese martial arts
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Japanese martial arts refers to the variety of martial arts native to the country of Japan. At least three Japanese terms are used interchangeably with the English phrase Japanese martial arts.
Late 19th-century photograph of a sohei fully robed and equipped, armed with a naginata (薙刀) and tachi (太刀)
Disarming an attacker using a tachi-dori (太刀取り; "sword-taking") technique
Jujutsu training at an agricultural school in Japan around 1920
A matched set (daisho) of antique Japanese (samurai) swords and their individual mountings (koshirae), katana on top and wakisashi below, Edo period