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Balance breaking is an important skill in Jitsu Jitsu teaches defences against various weapons Jitsu incorporates various kicks, including front, side and rear kicks Throws enable a Jitsuka to overbalance an attacker Locks can immobilise or cause serious damage to an attacker Breakfalling reduces the chance of injury from a fall, and enables the Jitsuka to get to their feet quickly if they've been thrown Strangles enable you to quickly incapacitate an opponent Jumping We train in a dojo like this with soft mats to cushion against falls and to make groundwork more comfortable Jitsu teaches you to be able to defend yourself on the ground Like many other martial arts, Jitsu uses a system of coloured belts to acknowledge achievements in the art

Jitsu incorporates many types of technique, such as throws, strikes/kicks, locks, groundworkand weapon defences, and we've tried to describe as many as we can for you in each of these categories. If we couldn't fit them into one of those categories, we lumped them under 'miscellaneous' - that's how many we techniques we have. There are videos of many of them, so you can see what they're like.

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Where we train

City Jitsu Club trains twice a week near Angel and the Barbican, London, EC1, at City University, Northampton Square, Islington.

Training times
Monday: 7.30pm–9pm
Friday: 7pm–9pm

Directions

The Club in Action

  • Club member Liam demonstrates techniques in a gauntlet
  • Instructor Gesa Brinkmann demonstrates a throw
  • Training at our 10th anniversary session
  • Instructor Gesa Brinkmann demonstrates a technique
  • Grades demonstrate techniques they've learnt
  • Grades and novices practise techniques while instructors observe
  • Grades and instructors at the 10th anniversary session
  • A scene from our 10th anniversary session
  • An orange belt demonstrating an armlock in a circle
  • Novices being taught a wristlock
  • Novices can train in light clothing until they own their own gi.
  • Members often have to demonstrate what they have learned that session in front of other Jitsuka

Videos of techniques

  • Sensei Mat Phillips demonstrates an ashi-guruma throw followed by a rare immobilisation technique
  • Techniques being demonstrated and taught at the City Jitsu 10th anniversary session
  • Kata-juji-jime, the half-cross strangle
  • An o-goshi (major hip) throw into yoko-shiho-gatame, the side four quarters hold
  • Kata-gatame, the shoulder hold
  • Ude-garami, the forearm entanglement, used in groundwork
  • Ko-tsuri-komi-goshi, the minor lifting drawing hip throw
  • O-tsuri-komi-goshi, the major lifting, drawing hip throw
  • Ko-tomoe-seoi-nage, the small circle shoulder throw
  • Irimi-nage, the entering body throw
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