It’s really a difficult task to narrow Jujitsu as a particular style. The problem with it is that it’s the root of several different styles of combat. While the techniques vary, the essence of it remains the same.

Jujitsu was a style of combat originally founded by the samurai. Ultimately, the goal was to enable an unarmed and unarmored combatant to be able to take on a fully armed and armored samurai. From this essential philosophy, several systems of combat have been founded.

The essential style of Jujitsu is to use attacks and defenses that negate the advantage of another opponent. Originally, it was about the bare-handed warrior being able to take on a fully armed opponent. Consequently, its primary focus was on throwing techniques, pinning, and joint locks that used the aggression of the opponent against him.

At one point in Japan’s history, it became illegal for samurai to stride around fully geared for combat. This led to a style that disregarded the question of armor called Edo Jujitsu, which added the element of striking vital parts of the opponent, leading to the legendary Kyushojutsu, aka Dim Mak or Death Touch techniques.

Since then, Jujitsu has evolved into several different styles, some of which maintain the name of Jujitsu. Judo is an offshoot of this style, as is Brazilian Jujitsu. All of the newer schools of fighting maintain the old way of thinking: An unarmed combata Continue reading »

The British Aikido Board
The Shameful Truth of the Governing Body of Aikido in the UK.
By Henry Ellis Co-author of Positive Aikido.

( BAB Founder members Henry Ellis & Derek Eastman & ESTA org now resigned )

For many years The British Aikido Board ( BAB ) have shown no interest what so ever in the true history of British Aikido, to be fair to the BAB, they have in the recent past shown a great deal of interest and support for the false history of British Aikido for which they have now publicly apologised, the BAB apology to Henry Ellis by the BAB chairman Mr Vincent Sumpter (left ) can be viewed on this site. The British Aikido Board Secretary Ms Shirley Timms being fully in posession of the facts on the frudulent claims of Mr Poole, had the audacity to threaten Henry Ellis with Libel action in an attempt to stop the expose of Mr Poole who even to this day is considered a BAB treasure …

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Kenshiro Abbe Sensei

When Kenshiro Abbe Sensei first stepped on British soil in 1955 he brought with him the knowledge of many Budo arts, Aikido being one of them. Abbe Sensei also brought his Aikido based philosophy of Kyu-Shin-Do. This was the inception of British Aikido. Yet no where in the BAB literature will you find any reference to Kenshiro Abbe Sensei by name or the origins of Aikido within the UK. In the year 2000 the BAB were Continue reading »