[zdoppiklonikaa]

I have a few questions about Jujitsu, that I hope someone can clarify for me.

I was wondering, what is the difference between Jujitsu and Brazilian Jujitsu, since alot of people catogorize them in difference groups(because whenever I hear people talk about Jujitsu, its allways in the Brazilian context). And how and where Jujitsu was formed and how it has evolved into BJJ and the JJ of today. Thanks.

[bushomeworkk]

what is the difference between Jujitsu and Brazilian Jujitsu Jujutsu is a catagory for a wide variety of different Japanese MA. The common thread seems to be that you are either lightly armed or totally unarmed.

BJJ is an unamred style, primarily grappling, and particularly well known for their ground fighting skill.

And how and where Jujitsu was formed and how it has evolved into BJJ and the JJ of today. That's quite a complex issue, there seems to be some debate over exactly where BJJ derives. I'm not particularly knowledgable about it, but from what I've heard, BJJ was developed from judo, and judo was developed from a whole range of older jujutsu schools. If you want to know aout classical jujutsu there's an article at koryu.com about it.

[Yswxomvy]

Jujutsu is unarmed combat that relies on flexibility of the practitioner in adapting the technique to the strength of the opponent (ju-flexible/yielding, jutsu-art). It doesn't incorporate the "one strike" atemi philosophy of Okinawan karate, but relies on throws, joint-locks, chokes/strangles, and pressure points (with atemi). Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu is a derivative of jujutsu that focuses more on groundwork, first developed by an apostate of the Kodokan, Mitsuyo Maeda, who also trained in catch wrestling (submission wrestling).

[sisuarmalmicy]

The problem there is that not all of them follow the priniciple of "ju" but are still classified jujutsu. Many include light weapons and there are in fact a few styles based primarily on atemi and many don't seem to be about flexibility.

[nasxbrtyol]

Ahmed, here is a web site you might want to look at.
www.ajjf.org
It is the American Judo and JuJitsu Federation, they do DanZanRyu JuJitsu, maybe 1500 or so members nationwide. There are several other DanZanRyu organizations but AJJF is the largest. (Ignatz was the editor and publisher of their magazine back in the early/mid 1990's) It was started by Henry Okazaki in Hawaii. Lots of good info on this site.

[vSzsgifP]

The problem there is that not all of them follow the priniciple of "ju" but are still classified jujutsu I thought a simple question deserved a simple answer.

"Ju" is the salient characteristic. Whether it always appears to be present is another matter.

[Tribas4u]

Nice site Ignats.

Thanks guys.