Brazilian Jiu Jitsu @ Northern Mixed Freetyle Japanese Jiu Jitsu
Senior Freestyle Japanese Ju-Jitsu sessions are held twice per week, plus Open Mat & All Style All Ages sessions on Friday nights and Saturdays (right after Group Fitness!).
NMMA’s JJJ Instructors include:
• Matt Tonkin
• Christian Grzankowski
• Adrian Prouse
• Andrew Macleod
JJJ Techniques taught and practiced at NMMA:
• Japanese Ju-Jitsu
• Freestyle Japanese Ju-Jitsu
• Japanese Ju-Jitsu Self Defence
• Japanese Ju-Jitsu Weapon combat
• Full Junior and Senior Grading
What is Japanese Ju-Jitsu?
Japanese Jujitsu 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. The word jujutsu is often spelled as jujitsu or ju-jitsu. It is also known as Japanese ju-jitsu.
“Ju” can be translated to mean “gentle, soft, supple, flexible, pliable, or yielding.” “Jutsu” 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 among 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.
There are many variations of the art, which leads to a diversity of approaches. Jujutsu schools may utilize all forms of grappling techniques to some degree (i.e. throwing, trapping, joint locks, holds, gouging, biting, disengagements, striking, and kicking). In addition to jujutsu, many schools teach the use of weapons.
Today, jujutsu is practiced in both traditional and modern sport forms. Derived sport forms include the Olympic sport and martial art of judo, which was developed by Kan? Jigor? in the late 19th century from several traditional styles of jujutsu, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which was in turn derived from earlier (pre–World War II) versions of Kodokan judo. (source)
