Japanese ju-jitsu

Jujutsu

Jujutsu training at an agricultural school in Japan around 1920
Also known as	Jiu-jitsu, Jiujitsu, Ju-jitsu, Jujitsu, Ju-jutsu
Focus	Hybrid
Country of origin	Japan
Famous practitioners	Takeda Sōkaku, Seishiro Okazaki, Jigoro Kano, Morihei Ueshiba, Wally Jay, Gokor Chivichyan, Gene LeBell, Lee Hasdell, Carlos Newton, Benny Urquidez, Tim Kennedy, Shonie Carter, Bill Underwood, Harold Howard, Michel van Rijt, Moshé Feldenkrais, Dong Jin Kim, Mikinosuke Kawaishi, Jean-Yves Thériault, Alexis Davis, Stephen Thompson, Serge Mol, Mikhail Zayats, Matt Larsen
Parenthood	Various Japanese martial arts
Descendant arts	Judo, Sambo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu (via Judo), Aikido, Hapkido, Bartitsu, Catch Wrestling, German ju-jutsu
Olympic sport	Judo

Jujutsu (/dʒuːˈdʒuːtsuː/ joo-JOOT-soo; Japanese: 柔術, jūjutsu  listen ), westernized as jiu-jitsu, is a Japanese martial art and a method of close combat for defeating an armed and armored opponent in which one uses no weapon or only a short weapon.

"" can be translated to mean "gentle, soft, supple, flexible, pliable, or yielding." "" can be translated to mean "art" or "technique" and represents manipulating the opponent's force against himself rather than confronting it with one's own force. Jujutsu developed to combat the samurai of feudal Japan as a method for defeating an armed and armored opponent in which one uses no weapon, or only a short weapon. Because striking against an armored opponent proved ineffective, practitioners learned that the most efficient methods for neutralizing an enemy took the form of pins, joint locks, and throws. These techniques were developed around the principle of using an attacker's energy against him, rather than directly opposing it.