also leave twitter and embrace mastodon

  • quartz242 [she/her]
    ·
    4 years ago

    Judo: originator, traditionally referred to as jujutsu or taijutsu in Japan, until Kano Jigoro came to Japanese jujutsu and created from it Judo. Practiced and refined for hundreds of years. Teaches balance and specializes in throwing an opponent to the ground, and submitting or subduing them.

    Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu developed from judo to assist smaller, weaker people with judo. It specializes in takedowns vs throws, and keeping the fight on the ground until you maintain a dominant position and submission. It was developed within the last 100 years, and continued to evolve as both a martial art and sport, such as ”gi" and no “gi" grappling.

    Sambo was also developed around the same time as Jiu-Jitsu, in Russia, to train military troops. It incorporates many more striking techniques than Judo or BJJ, and has both a “combat” and “sport” style.

    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]M
      ·
      4 years ago

      It's worth noting that Judo was developed in part by taking out all the parts of jujutsu where you had to use weapons or overpower somebody.

      In short, resisting a more powerful opponent will result in your defeat, whilst adjusting to and evading your opponent's attack will cause him to lose his balance, his power will be reduced, and you will defeat him. This can apply whatever the relative values of power, thus making it possible for weaker opponents to beat significantly stronger ones. This is the theory of ju yoku go o seisu.[17]

      Kano realised that seiryoku zen'yō, initially conceived as a jujutsu concept, had a wider philosophical application. Coupled with the Confucianist-influenced jita kyōei, the wider application shaped the development of judo from a bujutsu (武術, martial art) to a budō (武道, martial way). Kano rejected techniques that did not conform to these principles and emphasised the importance of efficiency in the execution of techniques. He was convinced that practice of jujutsu while conforming to these ideals was a route to self-improvement and the betterment of society in general.[18] He was, however, acutely conscious of the Japanese public's negative perception of jujutsu: