Gene LeBell was born in 1932 in Los Angeles, and holds a 10th degree black belt (red belt rank) in Judo and a 9th degree black belt in Jujutsu. Along with Judo and Jujutsu, Gene has also trained in Boxing, Catch-Wrestling and Kyokushin Karate. In addition to martial arts, he also dubbed in professional... more »
Shinshinkan karate is a Shorin-ryu karate Traditional Martial Arts Style. The video shows some effective Jujutsu techniques for street fighting and self... more »
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... more »
In this episode of Fight Quest, Doug and Jimmie travel to California to check out street fighting style of Kajukenbo. There they learn what it’s like to deal with mutiple attackers, weapons, and finish the week off with a limited rules kickboxing match. Kajukenbo is a hybrid martial art that combines Western Boxing, Judo,... more »
Judo was derived from Jujitsu, a japanese martial art that uses punches, kicks, blocks, wrist-locks, leg-locks, throws, pins, arm-locks and strangles. As a fighting form it is very effective, but as a sport or a form of physical education it had one problem – A lot of practice partners were damaged during the learning... more »
English master Robert Clark of World Ju Jitsu Federation (WJJF) demonstrates some good jujutsu techniques in a 1986 footage. The last part of this video is about pressure points... more »
Yama Arashi (mountain storm) is one of the preserved throwing techniques of Japanese Jujutsu. It belonged to the fifth group, Dai Gokyo, of the 1895 Gokyo no Waza lists of Judo. It is categorized as a hand throwing technique, Te-waza. Tori uses both hands to grip Uke’s right (or left) collar and right (or... more »
Waki otoshi (armpit drop) is a Judo/Jujutsu throw. It’a very effective technique, but with a fall potentially dangerous. For that reason it should be taught only to experts judoka. Tori’s arm, in its “overwhelming” action leaves no freedom to the uke’s upper body which may undergo a very violent and focused... more »
In about 1935 Konishi Sensei, Ueshiba Sensei (the founder of Aikido), Mabuni Sensei, and Ohtsuka Sensei were training together almost daily. At this time, the Japanese government was largely controlled by top officers of the Imperial Army. Konishi Sensei was asked by the commanding general of the Japanese Army to develop women’s self-defence techniques.... more »
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In this old footage, the great master Kyuzo Mifune and his students demonstrate their self defense techniques (goshin jutsu). If you compare these to Judo techniques found in kata like kodokan goshin jutsu and kime no kata, you can notice that their approach is different, closer to the ancient japanese... more »
Morihei Ueshiba was born on December 14 1883 in a village of the province of Wakayama, south of Osaka (Japan). He was short (158 cm) and still a frail teenager when he briefly studied Jujutsu at the age of 17 at the Kito School (Tokusaburo Tosawa) in Tokyo. In 1903, at the onset of... more »
Kitō-ryū is a traditional school (koryū) of the Japanese martial art of jujutsu. Its syllabus comprises atemi-waza (striking techniques), nage-waza (throwing techniques), kansetsu-waza (joint locking techniques) and shime-waza (choking techniques). Many of these techniques are performed while in full armor. Kitō Ryū is translated as “the school of the rise and fall.” It is... more »
Mikonosuke (Mikinosuke) Kawaishi (born 1899 – 1969) was a master of Japanese Judo and Jujutsu, reaching for the life of the 7th Dan, who led the development of Judo in France and much of Europe. The application of belt colors associated with different degrees of learning resulted in a very effective teaching approach for... more »
The Kodokan Go no Kata is set of exercises developed in 1887. The Kodokan preserved the techniques of this kata from early jujutsu training methods. Originally this kata was called the GoJu no Kata (the form of strength and flexibility), however the research into the kata was inadequate and the developers were not pleased... more »
Tori tries a Tomoe Nage (circle throw), Uke lock the attack with a strong defense and kneeling. Tori, using Uke’s reaction, continues the action by rotating the hips and applying Juji gatame. Jujigatame, or cross armlock is one of the most effective armlocks in Judo, and it is consistently the number one winning armlock... more »
Kesa garami (scarf hold armlock) is a Jujutsu joint lock that you can do from a scarf hold position (kesa gatame). You can apply Kesa garami on Uke’s bent or straighten arm. This technique is used in Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu, Kawaishi method of Judo and in Mixed Martial Arts... more »