"Textbook of Ju-jutsu" (1905) re-animated

[pheonix1754]

wonderful;thx for sharing this.

[chazzzwazzzer]

I got chills. This is amazing.

[Yamtendo]

LEGIT.

[bloodline321]

Amazing

[helsinki]

very...very...cool

[ZarniwoopUK1]

Great to see how little the throws have changed :)

[Zeroichiz]

Very cool video. Thanks for posting.

[nakedmambo]

I have this book with the original dust-jacket. 50p in a charity shop 15 years ago.

[papaiosif]

great

[Judokkaa]

hahaha awesome video, I especially love the hilarious lack of pants.

[MrOphachew]

Wheres their pants?

[BartitsuSociety]

@MrOphachew - it was pretty common for European jujitsuka to wear shorts in training, at least before the First World War. These ones are unusually short, though.

[nislijski]

@MrOphachew The pants is something karate users adopted from Judo. For example in Okinawa island poor farmers don't use Kimono or Gi, they go like a sumo wrestlers. Funakoshi Gichin use pants because he was ashameed that promote karate and feel naked in front of Japanese emperor Hirohito. During this period nationalistic japanese change old karate kanji symbols menaing from Chinese art to Empty hand art.

[dusankrang]

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[bigtimepimpin666]

about 15 years ago Dragon Times put back into print a book that was an instructional on JiJitsu. It was published in England probably at the turn of the century or early XX century for sure. It had a picture of a British cop doing a take down on a person facing away fromt him. It was a great book. Anyone knwo the name of it??

[BartitsuSociety]

@bigtimepimpin666 - from that description of the cover, it sounds very much like W. Bruce Sutherland's "Jujitsu Self Defence", published in 1913. There are free PDFs, etc. of Sutherland's book available online.

[jin54363]

@bigtimepimpin666

jijitsu? its jujutsu, not jijitsu or jiujitsu, or jujitsu, it is spelled jujutsu

[NateHowl]

@jin54363

What is the point in arguing over spelling when the original name used Japanese characters anyway?

[jin54363]

@NateHowl

its just because, you don't say kenjitsu, or aikidojujitsu, or ninjitsu, or shurikenjitsu, its jutsu, means art in japanese, you don't say "desi", you say "desu", isnt it?

[bushin64]

This is an awesome video. Thank you for putting it together and sharing it with us.

[shorinroo]

Very cool, thanks for posting!

[G0dspelronin]

The cool thing about this video is that tall looking white guy is like 5' 9'.!

[tainopasiempre]

IT'S SAD TO SEE THE DISRESPECT SHOWING UP IN ALOT OF THESE COMMENTS. ESPECIALLY ON A SUBJECT MATTER WHOSE PRINCIPLE TEACHING BACK THEN N NOW , HAS ALWAYS BEEN "RESPECT" .

[360LEELUKE]

@tainopasiempre I agree totally anyone who has studied jiu jitsu approaches all other arts with respect and an open mind, if all they can do is make negative comments then they have not even learnt the basics.

[WarriorBoy]

Fantastic historical presentation, it's nice to know this still exists!

[zenzombie72]

JUDO

[pcjudosambo]

@zenzombie72 Might be Judo, might be traditional Ju-Jutsu (which gave birth to Judo). Hard to tell from this video. Based on the clothing (which is not traditional), looks like Judo.

[BartitsuSociety]

@pcjudosambo - what Uyenishi was teaching in London was *probably* a combination of judo and various ko-ryu jujitsu styles. He said that he had trained mostly at the Handa dojo in Osaka; that school was not affiliated with the Kodokan, but chances are good that he had also competed in inter-ryu tournaments before arriving in England.

[pcjudosambo]

@BartitsuSociety makes sense. Although, most techniques of Judo came from Ju-Jutsu, it's hard to distinguish the difference between the two.

[kevinchris]

Really cool!

[MrBINDEL]

Super travail de reconstitution. Une pièce de musée.

Jean-Paul BINDEL, 7° dan Jujitsu.

[bIackarrrow125]

photoshopped

[faron27]

nice application!

[adamjowens]

thats still surprisingly similar to the jujitsu i practice 100+ years later

[GJJFan]

I absolutely LOVE seeing this kind of historical footage! To see the changes since then, and the simularities between now and then as well, is just so incredible to see in action! Thank you so much for sharing this. :-)

[geoffp13]

Well done, thanks!

[HeyGoMember]

Great job on this! It was really fun to see what is essentially 105 year old film footage of this. (^_^) Thank you.

[wilowonka21]

this is a very interesting video. it would mean more to me if i studies ju-jutsu, but i study shotokan.

[newazajunkie]

It's been republished recently without the recussitation chapter by American publisher

[EdwinjoseFeliz]

where can i find this book there no where to be find online

[haffoc]

Excellent. It's great to see how they did things in the old days.

[warrior288]

thanks for sharing

[KaptainKeys]

Incredible footage - thanks for the upload. 5 stars.

[Whadzup100]

thanks, great video.

[josemiguelhurtado]

Thank you very much

[Shindai]

Awesome

[Lordasia]

I have had the book for years and always thought about doing something like this. I'm glad someone else had the same idea.

[Dynaman21]

Fascinating material.

[SenseiStrange]

cool

[Lafaugere]

Very nice and thanks for sharing! We all benefit from these types of vids!!

[humbleboxer1]

wow simply amazing. great stuff you guys need a full length documentary. would be great for a film festival.

great work.

[StreebosVault]

Thanks for posting!

[MichelFarfadet]

Fantastic video.

[tokyo333]

Wow... beautiful. Thank you for posting this!

[BinaryTweed]

I've got a copy of this book. Is it particularly rare/valuable?

[BartitsuSociety]

Not really. First editions in good condition average at under $50.00. Some booksellers try their luck by going up to $250.00, but a buyer would have to be pretty naive to spend that much.

[modernsamuraidojo]

Great work as usual Hanshi. I am sure so many will benefit from your sharing this valuable resource, time capsule.

Best regards,

Lou D'Agostino - Modern Samurai Dojo

[zeninfinity]

Thank you so much for doing this! Truely historic work! Again thank you for taking the time to do this.

[paulrmalley]

Great work!!! Raku (Sada Kasu) Uyenishi was my great-great-grandfather. It's great to see his work and legacy continued.

[ninjaboj]

Great stuff.

[mccarthysensei]

Nice work gentlemen...thank you.

[NomadRip]

Thanks!

[tifon111]

muy bueno

[pyrophage]

That front fall is harsh. I wouldn't jump that high with a mat under me let alone what they appear to be on.

[BartitsuSociety]

They're training on tatami mats - it's clearer in the original photographs.

[kevinchris]

@pyrophage HaHa. I know right! Notice it didn't show him actually hit the ground cause he was probably like "holy shit that hurt!" lol.

[killerhobag]

@pyrophage once you know how to fall, feels like nothing happened, sometimes makes you feel better

[G0dspelronin]

@killerhobag Lol. Yup! We have a couple Judoka that after the BJJ classes throw each other a bit to "loosen" up the muscles. I always feel better ironically.

[Wipers]

Awesome!