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In this old 10 minutes footage, Masahiko Kimura showes his Judo knowledge and his famous lock Ude Garami.

Grand Master Helio Gracie (Oct 1 1913 – Jan 29 2009) was known as the father of Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu BJJ. He was the father of the world-renowned fighters Rickson Gracie, Royler Gracie, Royce Gracie, Relson Gracie and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) founder Rorion Gracie In this video, a documentary, Phil and Ricardo Migliarese, demonstrate [...]

Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, is a Japanese martial art that first became widely known in the early 20th century under the headmastership of Takeda Sokaku. Takeda had extensive training in several martial arts (including Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū and sumo) and referred to the style he taught as “Daitō-ryū” (literally, “Great Eastern School”). Although the school’s traditions claim [...]

O goshi (large hip) is the simplest koshi to visualize as well as execute.  The movement involves stepping inside, blocking, and rotating the hips into position.  It  refers to simply reaching your hand back around your partners waist (on the belt), loading your partner onto your hip and throwing.  This is easily received from a shomen or [...]

Tai otoshi (body drop) is a Judo/Jujutsu throw. In Aikido version of this technique, as the attacker attempts to strike the defender reaches under his foe’s arm and seizes his gi with both arms while moving his left leg in front of his right to prepare for a subsequent move. The defender then pivots in, [...]

The straight ankle lock (depending on how it is performed also known as an achilles lock) is what is usually thought of as an ankle lock. It is typically performed using the legs to isolate one of the opponent’s legs, and placing the opponent’s foot in the armpit, while holding the foot with the forearm [...]

Ashi garami (leg dislocation) that targets an opponent’s leg. It is one of the nine joint techniques of the Kansetsu-waza list, one of the three grappling lists in Judo’s Katame-waza enumerating 29 grappling techniques. Ashi-Garami is one of the four forbidden techniques, Kinshi-waza. [From Wikipedia. Original page is here]

Ashi gatame (leg armlock) is one of the official 29 grappling techniques of Kodokan Judo. It is one of the joint techniques of the Kansetsu-waza list, one of the three grappling lists in Judo’s Katame-waza enumerating 29 grappling techniques. [1] Tori places his left knee on the ground, raises his right knee, which contains Uke’s [...]

These videos show some Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tactics for closing the distance and taking an aggressor to the ground.

The calf crusher (or calf slicer) is Sambo/Brazilian jiu-jitsu technique, a compression lock that involves pressing the calf and/or thigh muscle into one of the bones in the leg. Similarly to the biceps slicer, a leg slicer can be applied by inserting an arm or leg in the on the backside of the knee, and [...]

The can opener (in Japanese Jujutsu referred to as kubi hishigi) is a hyperflexing neck crank that can be applied from the opponent’s guard or from a mounted position, by grabbing the opponent’s head using the hands, and forcing it towards the chest of the opponent. In competitions (where allowed) it is usually used as [...]

The cattle catch (also referred to as reverse crucifix, iron cross or stocks) is a hyperflexing neck crank involving trapping the opponent’s hands and forcing the head towards his or her chest. The technique is performed with the opponent lying on his or her back, and the combatant performing the neck crank perpendicularly face-down in [...]

There are several different ways for an assailant to attempt to choke you into submission or to death. He or she could have you from behind with one arm around your neck and use the other arm and hand to pull against you. You also have the attackers who will have you down in a [...]

The cross armlock (juji gatame) is derived from japanese jujutsu. In general, the attacker grabs the wrist of the targeted arm of the opponent, holding and securing it by squeezing it between the thighs of the attacker. The attacker’s legs end up across the opponent’s chest, with the arm held between the thighs, with the [...]

Kenjutsu may be studied as a separate art or as a subordinate art of another major system. The art of the sword is the core of Samurai martial training and is the key to superior function and strategy.

Daki wakare (hug separation) is a old Jujutsu/Judo throw classified as a sacrifice throwing technique. This throw is done with Uke on all fours, with his back to you and is about to rise. Tori aproaches quickly from the rear and wraps his arms around Uke’s trunk, holding high on Uke’s right lapel with his [...]

Daki-age (hug lift) is a Judo/Jujutsu throw now prohibited in Judo competition. To perform the technique, simply stand and lift with your arms and hips and launch your partner to the ground, ideally launching yourself. Nowadays this technique is popular in Mixed Martial Arts fights,

Danzan Ryu Jujitsu (Cedar Mountain System) was founded by Henry Seishiro Okazaki in the 1920’s in the Hawaiian Islands, and is one of the most comprehensive and most widely taught styles of Jujitsu in the United States. It includes not only all the pertinent elements of an effective self-defense system, but also a complete system [...]