From Chapter 1: “The Beginning” According to the first story, China is the homeland of jujitsu; jujitsu penetrated the Japanese islands when a monk named Chen Yuanbin arrived in the Land of the Flowering Sakura. Having left China due to the terror of the Ming dynasty, he found a refuge in one of the monasteries in Edo. He lived modestly, away from the noise and the hustle and bustle, taught Chinese calligraphy and philosophy to the children of noblemen, and translated classics of Chinese literature. He traveled occasionally, painting monotone landscapes, but most importantly he taught fighting techniques to many samurai warriors, which helped to spread jujitsu in Japan. Finally, the story of Doctor Akayama Shirobei is widely known. He would often take walks in the garden in wintertime and admire the branches of a cherry tree (other sources say it was a spruce) that slept soundly in expectation of spring, tilting forward its cap of white snow. One time, Akayama noticed that one thick branch couldn’t support the weight of the snow and had snapped. But a small, flexible branch was bent all the way to the ground, yet it didn’t break. When Akayama saw this, he fell into contemplation and exclaimed, “You must first surrender in order to ultimately gain victory!” His words related to the fighting techniques that he was in the process of creating. Having studied the hand-to-hand combat systems known as kogusoku and kosinomawari, which were popular in Japan at that time, he set off for China in order to expand his knowledge. In China, he became familiar with a series of local fighting styles called subak and taijitsuisho. As a result of systematizing and generalizing technique, Akayama, along with his students and colleagues, demonstrated several thousand techniques to a specially convened imperial commission. These techniques formed the foundation of jujitsu. German art historian and jujitsu expert Karl Hageman stated in the 1920s that the fighting style of jujitsu derives, like everything in Japan (for example, karate), from China. This generally correct statement (let’s remember karate) should be made more precise, since these borrowings were usually subjected to a purely national reworking and reconceptualizing by the Japanese and acquired an independent character, often on a higher level. As a term that generalizes and systematizes the experience of hand-tohand contests on the battlefield, the word jujitsu appeared at the end of the fourteenth century. During the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate, a period of more than three hundred years during which martial arts flourished in Japan, the number of jujitsu schools approached seven hundred. The latter half of the nineteenth century marked the beginning of an age of striking changes in Japan. In 1868, supported by advocates of radical reforms, the emperor Mutsuhito ascended the throne. The revolutionary transformations of the Meiji Restoration era began in all spheres of society. The country’s prolonged period of isolation ended as the spirit of the West began to infiltrate the daily life of ordinary Japanese. A generation interested in everything new and modern stepped out onto the historical stage. European theater and rugby became symbols of this generation. The samurai tradition died off. The ancient martial arts, which were carried on by representatives of samurai clans, were threatened.
this looks awesome! I'm a complete novice here (looking at starting BJJ once my thumb heals in a month or so) but i have a couple questions. from what I've read, i thought slams were illegal in bjj tournaments? also from what I've read all tournaments you need to wear a gi. is the above video a particular tournament where you can wear whatever you like? and is the tight clothing the 'rash' gear i see being sold at most places
Most tournaments will have gi and no go or just one it should say on their website or flyer but I thought that too about the slams maybe it’s just cuz Brazilians are bjj gods leg locks are illegal in some places but I saw multiple have fun training man stay safe
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Can someone tell me the name of this gym/place? I rolled there back in 2004 and can't remember the name, I thought it used to be all blue on the mats back then. Thanks in advance.
Can someone explain to me the difference between brazilian jiu jitsu and judo ? Which one is more beneficial in the real world ? I know a gym that offers judo but i need to know which is more effective ?
Julian Davis Ok I'll lay it out for you hopefully this helps BJJ and Judo are different Judo is the art of take downs BJJ and JJ are the art of submissions together they are almost unstoppable being able to take your opponent to the ground like it's your job along with the grappling techniques you learn in BJJ and JJ are a beautiful pairing BUT most BJJ or JJ schools should teach you how to clinch and some basic takedowns that as long as you practice them no other person on the street should be able to defend unless they did a lot of wrestling or MMA and the chances of you starting a fight with another martial artist are pretty small unless they are a douche bag martial artist. So In the end I say if you can take both take both if you can only take one take BJJ or JJ because that will give you the control you need to stall or end the fight once you reach the ground also judging by your name you are a girl BJJ or JJ will give you control from your most "vulnerable positions" for those situations where maybe you decide you want to tell a guy no but he doesn't want to get up and wants to keep going Judo is a great competition sport if that's all your looking for but for self defense BJJ or JJ all the way.
Can someone tell me why are the guys so ripped,i've being seriously working out for over 2 years(never miss a workout except for rest week) and i dont look like them,is it from BJJ or from the gym
JIGORO KANO Admits that there would not be Jiu Jitsu, if it were not for the Chinese. JIGORO KANO CREDITS SHAOLIN MONK CHEN YUAN-BIN AS BRINGING TO JAPAN THE CHIN NA TECHNIQUES THAT WOULD BECOME JU-JITSU. At the beginning of the time period Tokugawa (1600-1867), Hichiromen Fukuno created a new technique named YawaraRyoshinto which comprised what nowadays could be regarded as the principles of Ju (the principle of climbing down or nonresistence). Around the same time period, Jushin Seiguchi founded a school which insisted a lot on Ukemi art(specific falling). These tho schools sytematised the content of their techniques, creating the adequate frame for Ju-Jitsu as an independent unarmed fight form. Also, at the same time (around 1600) it is supposed to having arrived in Japan the Chin-Gen-Pin or Chen-Yuan-Bin priest, who would have brought and taught a series of procedures based on roll-outs and volts, drifts and crafty movements of throwing down on the ground, articulated techniques as well as hit techniques. Regarding the Chen-Yuan-Bin or Chen-Yoan-Pin „phenomenon”, he was one of the numerous warrior Shaolin monks came to Japan, initially as master in ceramics for Daimyo-ul ( the great noble) feud Owari. As he trained ronini (samurai without master) in the fight without weapons, residing in blows in the vital points and articular techniques, he was noticed by the instructor of the clan of samurai from Owari and taught them what later would be known as JU-JITSU. Master Jigoro Kano (the father of JUDO) has accredited him with it. In the modern age, the old Ju-Jitsu keeps on surviving both through the disciplines adapted by the modern masters to the requirements of the modern life, Judo respectively - created by proffesor Jigoro Kano and Aikido, created O Sensei Morihei Ueshiba, but also through a series of schools in the field which managed to resist despite the time. In this way we cand mention: TakedaRyu, Wa-Jutsu, Ju-Tai-Jutsu (within Ninjutsu Bujinkan), Goshinjutsu (Ju-jitsu for defence), Kendo („the way of the sword“) etc.
