A Brief History of Ju-Jitsu

Some historians believe that Japanese Ju-Jitsu can be traced back to a Zen Buddhist monk named BODHIDHARMA (in Japan called DARUMA)

He is said to have brought a fighting system (Shaolin Boxing) to China from India around the Fifth or Sixth century AD but the earliest traces of Chinese martial arts dates back to the time of the CHOU DYNASTY, the royal lineage that ruled China from 1122 to 255 B.C.

This fight system was not the same as modern Ju-Jitsu, but probably had the basic fundamental techniques and principles, which later developed into the more advanced unarmed combat techniques in use today.

During the Japanese civil war many different martial arts were developed to perfection. The Japanese professional soldier (Samurai or Bushi) was trained from a young age to be a skilled martial artist. He learned to master many different weapons, especially the Japanese sword (KATANA). Many Japanese historians assert that in Japan they practised combat systems without weapons by the end of the fifth century (in particular COMBAT SUMO WRESTLING), but the style of Ju-Jitsu probably was originated by the TAKENOUCHI RYU.

We can say from this system, built on techniques from combat sumo wrestling, Ju-Jitsu began to have an identity, but the name Ju-Jitsu was first used around the year 1600.

When the civil war ended and Shogun Tokugawa was raised to power circa 1600, and only the samurai warriors were permitted to carry weapons, the Japanese started to develop many different Ju-Jitsu. 725 styles were officially accounted for in Japan during the 17th century.

The different styles had different specialities, harder or softer, some focusing on kicking and punching, others on throwing and some on joint locking and take downs

Kyūsho Jutsu,

meaning "vital point art," is a term used in Japanese martial arts which may refer to any of various systems for attacking vulnerable areas, weak points, pressure points, or the vital points of the body identified in Traditional Chinese Medicine. George Dillman is the best-known exponent of the style in the USA with the DKI, ultimately rooted in Chinese acupuncture and Dim Mak, that has been lost in most modern systems. The term is often informally known as kyusho Jitsu.

Some believe that energy (Chi) can be controlled (us being one), others dismiss this idea and offer that Kyusho Jutsu is simply the practice of targeting pressure points on the body to maximize the impact of strikes or joint manipulation.

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