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

In 1905, ju-jutsu pioneer Sadakazu Uyenishi and his students issued the "Textbook of Ju-jutsu". It was partly illustrated with "cinematographics" produced by the Gaumont Film Company, here re-animated for the first time in over 100 years.

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[MrOphachew]

Wheres their pants?

[BartitsuSociety]

- 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.

[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]

- 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.

[pheonix1754]

wonderful;thx for sharing this.

[0713mas]

A lot of samurai jujitsu looks like the less functional parts of arts like aikido, Brazilian jujitsu came from a but scooter style later evolved into a ground and submission based sport. traditional jujitsu evolved into a primarily throwing based sport. Both are great & functional defense in their own ways! Put them together you've got a total system

[kalihibiscus]

Because Judo was developed from Ju-Jitsu, to be a sport (i.e. dangerous or ambiguous jujitsu techniques removed)

[Drbranicap]

Because ,all those throws are part of judo!

[0713mas]

Cool! basically looks like judo.

[Cameron Quin]

It is amazing to see this because we learn all of these moves at Sakura Ryu Ju Jitsu underneath Kyoshi Reg Ellis. Old style is the best style. It is the Samurai's art

[Jimbo Jones]

Personally I found it fascinating to watch. Also gives a bit better sense of Barton-Wright's influences in Bartitsu. Thanks for uploading this :)

[KrimzonKnight01]

holy crap! notice the difference in size between the Europeans and their japanese instructors! lol no wonder it said that when europeans first saw the japanese, they said they had the bodies of children. No disrespect to them, of course, skill is what matters in a fight, not size.

[Steve Price]

Interestingly enough that both Kano Sensei and Ueshiba O'Sensei both studied Daito Ryu Jujutsu (which loosely means "soft-technique"). They then both developed what we today refer to as Aikido and Judo, "The Way of Power Harmony" and "The Gentle Way".

[jin54363]

lol i'm gaijin too ^_^