Jujutsu, also known as jiu-jitsu or ju-jitsu, is a Japanese martial art and a system of close combat that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner. A subset of techniques from certain styles of
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
A grappling hold, commonly referred to simply as a hold that in Japanese is referred to as katame-waza, is any specific grappling, wrestling, judo, or other martial art grip that is applied to an oppo
Two wrestlers clinching
Two soldiers in a "crude north–south position"
An armbar submission hold.
Bas-relief of a headlock at the Bayon temple (12th/13th century). A Khmer soldier puts a Cham soldier in a headlock.