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Jitsu teaches defences against various weapons

Jitsuka are taught a wide variety of techniques for defending against and disarming armed foes.

When fights start, people often grab nearby objects to use as weapons. Consider the similarity between a chair and a sword. Both tend to be swung and thrust in similar ways. Thus defending against a deadly sword lends itself to defending against a common contemporary weapon of a chair.

  • Bottles are the first weapon you learn to defend yourself again in Jitsu. Broken bottles come later.
  • Batons or coshes are used to train against an attack with a blunt object.
  • Knives are a common weapon, and every Jitsuka learns to defend him or herself from such attacks.
  • Chains have a good range and lend themselves to some of the more spectacular defences in Jitsu.
  • Swords are not common in today’s society, but defences from them can be applied to other attacks.

Videos
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Yama-arashi (mountain storm) Defence against a bottle Wristlock number 1 against a knife to the face with disarm Armlock 5 against a knife to the groin Wristlock 1 against a backhanded slash to the face with a knife Kuki-nage (whirling throw) against a chain Defences against various weapons A wristlock and armlock defence to a knife attack An attacker with a 'bokken' (wooden sword) is disarmed using a wristlock throw. The same defence can be used with other weapons such as baseball bats
  1. Yama-arashi (mountain storm)
  2. Defence against a bottle
  3. Wristlock number 1 against a knife to the face with disarm
  4. Armlock 5 against a knife to the groin
  5. Wristlock 1 against a backhanded slash to the face with a knife
  6. Kuki-nage (whirling throw) against a chain
  7. Defences against various weapons
  8. A wristlock and armlock defence to a knife attack
  9. An attacker with a 'bokken' (wooden sword) is disarmed using a wristlock throw. The same defence can be used with other weapons such as baseball bats

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

Training times
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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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