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Definition of Jujutsu

1. Noun. A method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength.

Definition of Jujutsu

1. n. The Japanese art of self- defense without weapons, now widely used as a system of physical training. It depends for its efficiency largely upon the principle of making use of an opponent's strength and weight to disable or injure him, and by applying pressure so that his opposing movement will throw him out of balance, dislocate or break a joint, etc. It opposes knowledge and skill to brute strength, and demands an extensive practical knowledge of human anatomy.

Definition of Jujutsu

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of jujitsu) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jujutsu

1. jujitsu [n -S] - See also: jujitsu

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jujutsu

Literary usage of Jujutsu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"Complete self-control and an intimate knowledge of physics as related to the human body are its prominent characteristics. Possessed of it a jujutsu expert ..."

2. Around the World Through Japan by Walter Del Mar (1904)
"jujutsu, the Art of Self-defence. RETURNING to Mitsu, we took a small coasting steamer across that part of the Inland Sea called the lyo Nada to Beppu, ..."

3. Japan in Days of Yore by Walter Dening (1905)
"As Chinese arts and Chinese civilization were highly esteemed by the Japanese, in order to give prestige to the art, jujutsu may have been ascribed to ..."

4. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"The person who studies and practices the art of jujutsu receives valuable physical training. ... In Japan both sexes practice jujutsu. IT JULIAN, jool'yan, ..."

5. A Bibliography of the Japanese Empire: Being a Classified List of All Books by Friedrich Wenckstern, Léon Pagès (1907)
"Kate, Dr. H. ten, jujutsu, de "zachte kunst" (De Gids, 1905, vol. ... Waits, Mrs. R. The fine art of jujutsu, with numerous illustrations from instantaneous ..."

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